ISBN 9781619119925.

A collection of 23 beautiful airs and ballads of the British Isles arranged for guitar solo. These solos capture the beautiful melodies and moods of this genre. All solos are presented in notation and tablature. Each solo has been recorded by the author. Includes access to online audio.

ISBN 9781513459950. 8.75x11.75 inches.

This fingerstyle guitar collection features 20 engaging lyrical tunes from England, Ireland, Scotland, and Wales plus three original pieces by accomplished guitarist, trumpeter and composer William A. Bay, president, and editor-in-chief at Mel Bay Publications. Tasked with writing intermediate-level arrangements in either standard or dropped-D tuning, guitarist/arranger Raymond Gonzalez displays uncommon music rethinking skills while preserving the plaintive and lilting nature of these enduring melodies. Unique to these settings, you will find sparse, open-chord harmonies accentuated by double hammer-ons and pull-offs, and the odd harmonic mixed with normal tones within a melodic line all reminiscent of gentle waves washing up against a rocky island shore. Conceived to be played on either steel or nylon-string guitar, these pieces are written in both standard notation and tablature. Includes online access to the authors own audio recordings.

Song List: Aura Lee Beautiful Dreamer Black is the Color of My True Love's Hair Black Sunday Darling Nellie Gray Hard Times, Come Again No More I Dream of Jeanie With the Light Brown Hair In The Pines Johnny Has Gone For a Soldier Just A-Wearyn' for You Just Before The Battle, Mother Land of Rest Lorena Mighty Lak' A Rose Paper Of Pins Prairie Sunset Pretty Peggy û O Shady Grove Shenandoah The Lonesome Dove The Long Road The Old Country The Old Homestead TO a Wild Rose Trail Of Tears

Lirical pieces for classical guitar
Ballad in Violet 3
Ballad in Magenta 6
Ballad in Blue 9
Amber Ballad 13
Ballad in Orange 15
Ballad in Yellow 20
Aquamarine Ballad 24
Emerald Ballad 27

This legit ballad, expressing the wistfulness, melancholy, and hope of the 2020-2021 era, will be an instant classic. Its soaring melody and well-crafted lyric make it ideal for student recitals, small combos, and creative arranging such as acapella and show choirs. .

ISBN 9781619119895.

This is a collection of 25 lyrical North American melodies scored for guitar solo. Some of the solos have historical themes and some are from the turbulent Civil War era. Any collection of American ballads would be incomplete without some settings on the beautiful melodies penned by Stephen Foster. A number of those are included herein as guitar solos. All solos are presented in standard notation and tablature. Includes access to an online audio.

Song List: Adoro Devote (th Century Plainsong) Allegro (Anon) Alman (Robert Johnson) An dro An Drochshaol (The Hard Times) An Italian Rant (John Playford) Andante (Anon) Aura Lee Ballade (Anon) Bear Dance (Anon) Beautiful Dreamer Believe Me If All Those Endearing Charms Black is the Color of My True Love's Hair Black Sunday Blessed Reunion Branle Double (Michael Praetorius) Cailin Deas Crúite na mBó (Pretty Girl Milking Her Cow) Call The Ewes Canarios (Gaspar Sanz) Carolan's Dream Carolan's Fancy Chanter's Tune Chestnut (John Playford) Childgrove (John Playford) Clancy's Wake Come With Me, My Giselle (Adam De La Halle) Coming Home Cooley's Reel Courting is a Pleasure Darling Nellie Gray Dont vient cela (Susato/Danserye ) Dowland's Ghost (W Bay) Down by the Sally Gardens Drowsie Maggie Endless Horizon Fair Flower Of Northumberland Fields Of Culloden Flint Hills Fortune My Foe (Anon) Gavotte (Michael Praetorius) Golden Fields Greensleeves (Anon) Greyfriars Bobby Grimstock (John Playford) Guardeme Las Vacas (Luis De Narvaez) Guilderoy Hard Times, Come Again No More Harvest Festival Hills Of Ireland I Dream of Jeanie With the Light Brown Hair I Went To Visit The Roses In The Pines Irish Prayer Jock O'Hazeldean John Anderson, My Jo Johnny Has Gone For a Soldier Just A-Wearyin' For You Just Before The Battle, Mother Kean O'Hara (First Air) Kemp's Jig (John Playford) La Folias (Gaspar Sanz) Lady Laiton's Almain (John Dowland) Land of Rest Londonderry Air Lorena Macdonald, Lord Of The Isles MacPherson's Farewell Mara's Theme Master Shardlake (W Bay) Meadowlark Meramec Echoes Mighty Lak' A Rose Moderato (Anon) My Irish Home My Lagan Love My Spirited Love Mystic Valley Ned Of The Hill New Day O Esca Viatorum (Louis Bourgeois) On The Cold Ground (John Playford) Once I Had A Sweetheart Ozark Memories Packington's Pound (Anon) Paper Of Pins Parson's Farewell (John Playford) Pastourelle (th Century French) Pigeon On The Fence Prairie Sunrise Prairie Sunset Pretty Peggy - O Quiet Summer Night Rainfall Remembrance Rose Of Sharon Saltarello (Vincenzo Galilei) Saturday Night Waltz Scarborough Fair Shady Grove She Moved Through The Fair Sheebeg and Sheemor Shenandoah Si pour t'aymer (Anon) Southwind Waltz Spagnoletta (Michael Praetorius) St Martin's (John Playford) Star of the County Down State Fair Storm Coming Summer Plans Sunflower Waltz The Bonny Light Horseman The Boys Of Ballisodare The Brave Lad The Church on the Prairie The Connachtman's Rambles The Flowers Of Sweet Erin The Green The Fragrance of Fall The Galway Shawl The Highlander The Highwayman's Reel The Lark In Clear Air The Lilting Banshee The Lonesome Dove The Long Road The Lost Child The Marsh of Rhuddlan The Mist Covered Mountain (Jig) The Mist Covered Mountains Of Home (Ballad) The Old Country The Old Homestead The Parting Glass The Rambling Pitchfork The Shearing's Not For You The Water Is Wide The Yearling TO a Wild Rose To Drive The Cold Winter Away (John Playford) Trail Of Tears Treasure Of My Heart Tutte Venite Armati (Anon) Village Meeting House Volte (W Bay) Wild Mountain Thyme Wilson's Wilde (Anon) Winfield Waltz