ISBN 9781619115637. 8.75 x 11.75 inches.

This book serves as a follow-up to Ben Monder Compositions, with an emphasis on the compositions found on the 2013 recording, Hydra, as well as some older pieces that didn't make it into the first book. They are scored for solo guitar, guitar trio, guitar and voice duo, and quartet with one or multiple voices. The majority of the works are through-composed and reflect the exploration of various harmonic, technical, and textural elements of the guitar. These pieces will present an array of challenges to the performer, including unusual techniques and alternate tunings.

Song List: Ain't Gonna Get No Supper Here Tonight Altamont Angelina Baker (aka Angeline the Baker) Antelope Gap Arkansas Traveler Avalon Quickstep And The Cat Came Back Barlow Knife (John Salyer) Barlow Knife (Song) Banjo Tramp Been To The East, Been To The West Big Eyed Rabbit Big John McNeil Big Scioto Bill Cheatam Billy In The Low Ground Black Eyed Suzianna (aka Susiana) Black Cat in a Briar Patch Black Hills Waltz Black Jack GroveBlackbird Says to the CrowBoatman Bob Tailed Mule Booth Shot Lincoln Bowl-a-Rama Breaking Up Christmas Briar Picker Brown Broken Down Gambler Buck Mountain Buffalo Gals (KY version in G) Buffalo Gals (Common version in G) Buffalo Gals (in A) Buckin' Dun ull at the Wagon Camp Chase Camp Meeting on the 4th of July Candy Girl Chase the Squirrel Chattanooga Cincinnati Hornpipe Cherokee Shuffle (in A) Cherokee Shuffle (in D) Chinese Breakdown Climbing the Golden Stairs Chinquapin Hunting (in A) Chinquapin Hunting (in D û Stamper) Coast Is Clear Cluck Old Hen Colored Aristocracy Cookhouse Joe Crow Little Rooster Crook Brothers Breakdown Crow Creek Cuffy Cuckoo's Nest in D Cuckoo's Nest in A (aka Richmond) Dance All Night with a Bottle in My Hand Devil Eat the Groundhog Dinah Doctor, Doctor Dogs in the Dishes Double File Dry And Dusty Drunken Hiccups Ducks on the Mill Pond Dubuque Duck River Ducks in the pond Duke of Kent's Waltz Mr. Fishar's Hornpipe (aka Fisher's Hornpipe) Durang's Hornpipe Dusty Miller Ebenezer

ISBN 9781619118249.

Johann Sebastian Bach most likely composed the Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue during his stay in Kothen between 1717 and 1723. Originally written for the harpsichord, the work was duly recognized as a masterpiece within its own era.Nestor Ausqui has taken extraordinary measures in creating a guitar transcription of this monumental piece. The fundamental tonality of D minor was retained to preserve the workas sonority, and the 6th string of the guitar had to be lowered to D to expand the guitaras range and adhere to the original key.The articulation of the piece often requires the use of the slur technique to maintain and enhance the legato effect in the melodic line. As the guitar has a more percussive character than the harpsichord, various inconveniences occur in the management or execution of the legato, but the transcriber has done his best to preserve the character of the original piece.Ausqui admits that the most arduous task was the fingering of the piece. He had to familiarize himself with Bachas intentions and avoid shortcuts and aberrations which would have depleted the original harmonies and melodies. In the process, he discovered that utilization of the open strings can subtly enhance the balance of right and left-hand duties to achieve the timbre the original score mandates.Written in standard notation only, with each line of music forming only one measure, this piece is meant for the classical guitarist willing to accept an interpretive challenge to reap enormous musical benefits.

ISBN 9781609742867. The works in this volume are for the intermediate level guitar duo. There are some technical challenges, but they should not be so difficult as to interfere with the student expressing the musical intent. The works here are suitable for the concert stage and include pieces by Scarlatti, Schumann, Granados, Albeniz, and others. Standard notation only. Score and separate parts included.