u/thrasymachus616

I used to (20 years ago) play classical guitar...I was at best "ok," and have gotten it back out lately to pluck around on. Obviously very rusty, but some of the old songs I used to play have been fun, just seeing if there were any suggestions for hidden gem anthology books with simple beginner pieces in first position with a nice early music feel to the songs.

I started out with the Aaron Shearer method and got about halfway through book two:

https://www.amazon.com/Classic-Guitar-Technique-Vol-Shearer/dp/0898985730/ref=sr_1_3?crid=2N2MP7Q4NBI9Q&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.n-_TNMCV0jWOXWK0YLaOpkyVdQ6UbxI6fNCC8651b_JjbPVLxgR80TJL8u1FpP_dK9ha9t7Ehy5O0EB0M75Xz6GLleyBmBS5I4nwOhNktINP0f88nZoWC6pREzEOyMte2kWi50rq0UgUaO1Pk4K2dXOrpBjiI_57kRUu7825n82TEmLO6AMyXfuxNItNm5Tvz9FYw0DhV18-gETXz4XFV-8M1W8X_60-LG03wm_LfWE.wJtY3WCJHTkvrDhKGyuRCC4mj6HpOcttk601xCY5aR0&dib_tag=se&keywords=shearer+guitar+book&qid=1779292766&s=books&sprefix=shearer+guitar+boo%2Cstripbooks%2C155&sr=1-3

...which had a lot of great songs that I really enjoyed playing.

Another book that I loved (which was a little more difficult but I could still play some of the early songs like Packington's Pound) is the (apparently now very hard to find) anthology from Jerry Tertoche:

https://www.amazon.com/Renaissance-Baroque-Intermediate-Guitarist-Centuries/dp/B007RPWG6M/ref=sr_1_5?dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.bQYMVL6G-Wcp3KuXhM1pzWl9qeFrZZOV_nzSGni5gkRsesbNTF0Oz9ndS2jySVp_r62FwmEbQamYflWe_Y3loA.ypbr9N7lB1W2ItYP131jOIPBw3bsZrSLLZjoNxUa6K8&dib_tag=se&qid=1779292488&refinements=p_27%3AJerry+Tertocha&s=books&sr=1-5

Any other decent collections of early guitar music out there that a novice could tackle?

Also, I've got zero interest in playing anything in a major key, so, that's a consideration too ;)