Celtic Music For Flute And Guitar by Allan Alexander and Jessica Walsh contains 20 pieces transcribed for flute and guitar most of them originating from Ireland and Scotland. Five of them are charming original pieces written in the Celtic style by Allan and Jessica. The music is presented in both music notation and guitar tablature for people who do not read music.Take a musical journey with dances that were written more than 400 years ago and experience Celtic traditional music that is the mainstay of modern players. If you are learning and looking for great music this is one book that you will not be able to put down. If you are a performer looking for highquality material these great pieces expertly arranged will become part of your permanent repertoire.The accompanying CD gives the musician the advantage of being able to hear how these pieces should be played by experts in this genre of music and will make the learning process easier. Some of the pieces were written for the Lute; however Allan Alexander has found that they work very well on the guitar. Being an accomplished player of both lute and guitar he has the knowledge to make accurate musical transcriptions. Other pieces in this book are traditional tunes that have been arranged specifically for guitar. Many of the selections have variations on the original melodies. This adds another dimension to the music and enhances the performance.

Brief tuneful melodies arranged for intermediate flutists and guitarists from early American (1817) popular music. Written in standard notation these delightful arrangements feature collections of popular melodies from that eraas well as airs and dances. In keeping with performance practice of the traditional music played during this time these arrangements are organized into sets of pieces as they may have been performed during this era. The setsinclude jigs slow airs and marches as well as melodies that were popular from the continent. These arrangements are appropriate both for background music as well as public concert performance. The arrangements are derived froma book of flute melodies entitled ?Riley?s Flute Melodies.? Published in 1816 and 1817 this book was possibly used as jazz musicians use lead sheets to develop spontaneous arrangements of pieces depending upon the occasion andthe musicians at hand. The guitar arrangements were modeled upon existing guitar practice during that time and use idiomatic guitar devices such as pizzicato and harmonics to provide an imaginative underpinning for the melodies.Many of the arrangements give equal treatment to both the guitar as a harmonic and melodic instrument.

John W. Duarte (1919-2004) was a British guitarist composer and music journalist. Having received a degree in Chemistry his fascination with the endless possibilities of the Guitar caused him to abandon science infavour of music. Despite having never formally studied music he is regarded as one of the foremost composers for Guitar of the 20th century. His English Suite No. 4 was composed for Flute (orRecorder) and Guitar and published in 1979 as his opus 82. Scored in three movements it makes use of traditional English folksongs: All in a Garden Green/The Rambling Sailor - Scarborough Fair - The Two Magicians.