ISBN 9781619116979. 8.5 X 11 inches. Frederic Chopin was one of the most original and influential composers in history. Although he only lived 39 years, he wrote music that has thoroughly embedded itself in our culture. His melodies are often instantly familiar to us and show a profound lyric sense. Many qualities of Chopin's music are ideal for guitar transcription. He wrote pieces that are short with a manageable range. The textures are mostly single melody lines with harmonic accompaniment without the complex counterpoint that can be so difficult on the guitar. His music is often soft, intimate, subtle, and full of naunces of articulation, dynamics, and phrasing. These qualities transfer quite naturally to the guitar. While remaining as faithful as possible to the composer's musical intentions, these pieces experienced some modification that is noted in the provided performance notes. Intermediate in difficulty, this book assumes the player has basic knowledge of the guitar and familiarity with either standard music notation or guitar tablature. Selections include: Prelude Op. 28, No. 7; Prelude Op. 28, No. 20; Prelude Op. 28, No. 4; Cantabile; Mazurka Op. 6, No. 2; Prelude Op. 28, No , 15; Nocturne Op. 9, No. 2; Nocturne Op. 15, No. 3; Nocturne Op. 37, No 1; and Nocturne Op. 55, No. 1. All of these beautiful pieces are included on the downloadable online audio.

FORMATTED FOR TWO-SIDED PRINTING: Internationally acclaimed acoustic guitarist Ellsworth ("El") McMeen has been arranging hymns and other spiritual music for guitar for over 30 years. He started in standard guitar tuning, but moved away from that tuning into various so-called "open" tunings. He has been called the "King of CGDGAD tuning," in light of his prolific arrangements and compositions in that lush and evocative tuning. This major work of spiritual music contains 26 guitar settings of hymns, spirituals, and gospel songs, all lovingly arranged for solo fingerstyle guitar in the CGDGAD tuning. This book contains a chord chart for the aid of the reader. El is included in the Digitaldreamdoor listing of the 100 Greatest Acoustic Guitarists. https://tinyurl.com/GreatestGuitarists Many of El's recordings are described here: https://store.cdbaby.com/Artist/ElMcMeen

The audio sampler contains excerpts from these 10 songs, all in CGDGAD tuning:

1. Alleluia, Sing to Jesus
2. In Christ There is No East or West
3. Jacob's Ladder
4. Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho
5. Kingsfold (Tune: "Star of the County Down")
6. Poor Wayfaring Stranger
7. Praise to the Lord
8. Simple Gifts
9. This Is My Father's World
10. When I Survey the Wondrous Cross (Tune:
"Water is Wide")

El's double-length recording called "Gospel Guitar Treasures" can be found here: https://store.cdbaby.com/cd/elmcmeen7

Fifty selected National Airs of different Nations for Classical Guitar solo.

Around early intermediate to Intermediate level, while there are a few on easy and advanced intermediate level.
With downloadable mp3 just for audio help. With standard notation and tablature (TAB).
Pages: Fifty (50) pages, 40' min.
1. March by Rossini, 2. Russian Air, 3. Andante by Beethoven, 4. The Last Rose of Summer, 5. French Air, 6. Un Noel ? an old French Air, 7. Le Petit Tambour, 8. Russian Air, 9. Polish National Air, 10. Scotch Air, 11. German Air, 12. Russian Hymn, 13. John Anderson, 14. Tyrolian Air, 15. Danish Air, 16. Cherubini?s Air from Faniska, 17. Polish Hymn, 18. Kelvin Grove, 19. Podolian Air, 20. Fra Tante Angoscie, 21. Au Clair, 22. Dutch Air, 23. Portuguese Hymn, 24. Air by Gelinek, 25. Pyrenese Melody, 26. Polish Air, 27. Scotch Air, 28. Pleyel?s Hymn, 29. Donald ? a Scotch Air, 30. Sicilian Mariner?s Hymn, 31. Auld Lang Syne, 32. German Air, 33. Scots Wha Hae Wi? Wallace Bled, 34. Vive Henri Quatre, 35. Air from the Ballet of Nina, 36. Danish Air, 37. Post Horn Waltz, 38. Old German Air, 39. Air from the Ballet of Alfred the Great, 40. Polish Air Krakoviak, 41. Scotch Air, 42. Swedish Air, 43. Danish Air, 44. Il Pleut, Il Pleut, Bergere, 45. Rule Britannia, 46. C?est L?Amour ? a French Air, 47. Scotch Air, 48. An Alexis, 49. Je suis Lindor, 50. Chanson des Marseillois.