This compilation contains 50 pieces for intermediate to advanced guitar players. It contains pieces by de Narvaez, J.S. Bach, Sor, Carulli, Carcassi, Tarrega, Brouwer and many more. The collection is aimed at senior classes within music schools, at students minoring in music, at musicians who participate in competitions, and last but not least at music lovers looking for performance literature to enjoy.

ISBN 9781609745578. This anthology contains nineteen of the most popular Gilbert and Sullivan classics arranged in easily sight-readable versions for beginning to intermediate classical guitarists. All the favorites are here, ranging from sentimental ballads such as 'Little Buttercup', 'Willow, Tit-Willow' and 'There Grew a Little Flower', to more up-tempo 'patter' type pieces such as 'Oh! A Private Buffoon', 'Kind Sir You Cannot Have the Heart' and 'A Policeman's Lot'. The aim has been to provide both a useful teaching resource and a light-hearted alternative to the more 'serious' music of the classical guitar repertoire. All the pieces lend themselves extremely well to the common idiomatic textures of the classical guitar. A variety of melody and accompaniment styles are employed, including block chords, arpeggio patterns and passages of double-stopped thirds and sixths. A number of the pieces are in easy first position format, while others explore the common higher positions. The standard guitar keys are utilized (C, G, D, A, E) but there are occasional more challenging temporary modulations to 'difficult' keys, such as E flat major. There are also instances of drop-D tuning, which is often required in classical guitar playing.

ISBN 9781513469041. 8.75x11.75 inches.

Composer/arranger Owen Middleton delivers the goods in these intermediate-level, idiomatic arrangements of 21 traditional hymns and patriotic songs for solo classic guitar. The book includes optional parts for cello and flute in supporting and lead roles. Written in standard notation only, a few tunes feature altered tunings. Light left-hand fingering is provided for the more challenging passages as well as access to online audio for each piece.Middletons years of experience as a choral singer and composer for the guitar and piano shine through in these tasteful settings; his awareness of voice-leading concepts, inner parts, and basslines often gives these time-honored melodies a modern twist.

ISBN 9781513459370. 8.75x11.75 inches.

Choro is a popular instrumental-music tradition flourishing in Brazil and around the world. It preceded, influenced, and in turn was influenced by samba and bossa nova. Its repertory is vast, including thousands of choros composed by all manner of string, wind, keyboard, and percussion playersin addition to the guitar classics by Joao Pernambuco and Heitor Villa-Lobos.This landmark publication gives guitarists access to this seemingly endless repertory, empowering its readers to turn a choro written for any instrument into a convincing and idiomatic solo guitar arrangement. This process is taught through examples provided by Dr. Stephen Guerra, a versatile guitarist/composer intimately familiar with both classical and Brazilian guitar (violao brasileiro) as well as the choro idiom. This book is intended for both students of Brazilian guitar and classical guitarists seeking to add choros to their repertory and play them authentically. It includes: Original solo arrangements plus lead sheets and online recordings of 10 choros for the intermediate to advanced classic guitarist.Biographical and performance notes regarding the selected composers and compositions.Insightful suggestions for further reading, listening, and study. Extensive endnotes explaining arrangement choices, notation practice and influences. Dr. Guerra focuses on classics from the pioneering generation of choro composers culminating in the artistry of Joao Pernambuco, Pixinguinha, and Heitor Villa-Lobos; among others, these include compositions by choro pianists Chiquinha Gonzaga and Ernesto Nazareth, samba singer-composer Noel Rosa, choro bandleaders Joaquim Calado and Anacleto de Medeiros, and Brazils early flute virtuoso, Patapio Silva.Includes access to online audio.

ISBN 9781610656436. 8.5 X 11 inches. A collection of classical pieces arranged for flatpicking guitar, together with a few modern flatpicking originals in the classical style by William Bay. Includes works by J.S. Bach, Dowland, Handel, Krieger, Mouret, Playford, Praetorius, Quantz, Rameau, Sanz, and St. Jacome, as well as music by a couple of anonymous Renaissance lutenists-21 pieces in all. All selections appear in standard notation and tablature with fingering and suggested guitar chords when appropriate. The online recording includes all of the selections in the book.

ISBN 9780739099339. Irving Mills.

No one in popular American music has recorded for so long and at such a high level of excellence as Tony Bennett. This collection of classics spans his career from the beginning, to the current hits he continues to send onto the charts. Also included are rare photos, a biography, and a timeline of Tony's career highlights. Titles: Because of You * The Best Is Yet to Come (with Diana Krall) * Blue Velvet * Body and Soul (with Amy Winehouse) * The Boulevard of Broken Dreams * Don't Get Around Much Anymore (with Michael BublA(c)) * Fly Me to the Moon (In Other Words) * For Once in My Life (with Stevie Wonder) * How Do You Keep the Music Playing? * I Left My Heart In San Francisco * I Wanna Be Around (with Bono) * If I Ruled the World * It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) * It Had To Be You (with Carrie Underwood) * Just in Time * The Lady Is a Tramp (with Lady Gaga) * Mood Indigo * My Favorite Things * Night and Day * Once Upon a Time * One for My Baby (And One More for the Road) * Put On a Happy Face (with James Taylor) * Rags to Riches * The Shadow of Your Smile * Smile (with Barbra Streisand) * Speak Low (with Norah Jones) * Steppin' Out with My Baby * Stranger in Paradise (with Andrea Bocelli) * This Is All I Ask (with Josh Groban) * The Very Thought of You (with Paul McCartney) * The Way You Look Tonight (with Faith Hill) * When Do the Bells Ring for Me (with Mariah Carey) * When Joanna Loved Me * Who Can I Turn To When Nobody Needs Me (with Queen Latifah) * Yesterday I Heard the Rain (with Alejandro Sanz).

ISBN 9781610654913. Books in Mel Bay's "Acoustic Guitar" category are written to be played fingerstyle on either nylon or steel string guitars. The titles in this category are extremely eclectic. Subjects range from Latin American music to Renaissance classics. Music of Mexico for Acoustic Guitar is a superb solo collection. Ruben Delgado has penned wonderful solos based on 11 favorite Mexican songs. Contents include such standards as Maria Elena; Donde Estas, Corazon; and Noche de Ronda. All arrangements are written in notation and tablature. Includes access to online audio.