Neil Smith and Chris, studying one of Chris' Barrios Volumes

Chris has the useful ability to be able to write music down from recordings very accurately. He is becoming known, particularly in the guitar world, for this talent, and an impressive number of his transcriptions have been played by such prestigeous guitarists as Neil Smith, Karin Schaupp, David Caswell (David Caswell on Chris' Cacho Tirao transcriptions) and Philippe Lemaigre.

It goes without saying that this is a very skilled ability to have and the pieces themselves can take several hours of work to write down. However, Chris is aware just how rare this talent is, but yet does not make his work uncompetitive. His rates therefore, while depending on the length and complexity of the piece, are very reasonable, especially when the purchaser would be getting a playable version of a piece that is, one assumes, not in print.

An Interview with Chris by Tim Panting was published in the January 2011 edition of Classical Guitar. You can read the full article here.

These transcriptions are all taken from recorded performances and are for solo guitar unless otherwise stated. All are unpublished, with the exception of 'The Complete Known Performances' by Agustin Barrios (50+ pieces, all transcribed). They were all previously published by The Barrios Anniversary Edition (no longer available). Now the original works have been incorporated into Mel Bay's Two volume Set 'The Complete Works Of Agustin Barrios Mangore', as edited and compiled by Richard 'Rico' Stover. The Arrangements are published by Lathkill Music Publishers as 'Barrios: The Arrangements' as transcribed by Chris Dumigan.