Rev. Gary Davis is the real thing. The authentic blind-seer. He is a genius with a brightly burning spirit enormous musical intelligence technical brilliance an encyclopedic memory driving passion deep faith araunchy and gracious sense of humor. A mystic. He is an icon of the style of Guitar he was born into known today as the Piedmont blues. Through players of the first half of the twentieth century like Alfred Shultz Mose Ranger Merle Travis and Chet Atkins this is the signature American fingerpicking style that would so deeply inform the country folk blues and even rock and roll of our day.Rev. Davis (1896-1972) was born black indeep poverty in South Carolina blind from an early age. He overcame these longest of odds to become world famous a giant of American music. He brought together black and white styles country gospel folk themes blues jazz ragtime minstrel songs dance tunes and popular song. He developed his own brilliant fingerpicking style that was deep economical and adaptable enough to easily cover all these genres. Supporting all his creativity was anunshakable faith that pulled him through the obscurity the bitter hard times and crushing poverty he would endure until the folk music awakening of the fifties and sixties caught up to him.Ernie Hawkins has transcribed 13of Rev. Davis' best known blues and ragtime arrangements. Tunes such as Candyman Cocaine Blues Hesitation Blues Baby Let Me Lay It on You Spoonful and Delia are included alongside the ragtimeinstrumental tour de forces of Slow Drag (Cincinnati Flow Rag) and Make Believe Stunt (Maple Leaf Rag).The playing of Rev. Davis has influenced generations of Guitar players from Blind Boy Fullerto Dave Van Ronk Bob Dylan David Bromberg Ry Cooder Jorma Kaukonen Bob Weir Stefan Grossman and Woody Mann. His tunes have been recorded by a host of today's finest rock musicians: The Grateful Dead Hot Tuna Bob Dylan

Eric Clapton is one of the world's most acclaimed and well known guitarists. His style has influenced and inspired countless other musicians and his amazing technique has earned him the name 'Slow Hand'. Now in this fabulous DVD from the Guitar Signature Licks Series you can learn the licks riffs and solos that propelled him and his bands into superstardom. The Early Years features tuition of eight classics songs from Clapton's time with The Yardbirds John Mayall's Blues Breakers Cream Blind Faith and Derek and the Dominos. The DVD bonus features include Guitar Technique section Jam-along songs and practice tips.

This book contains John's own miniature scores to 28 classic Mahavishnu songs. Titles: Awakening - Be Happy - Birds of Fire - Celestial Terrestrial - Commuters - Dawn - Dream - Earth Ship - Eternity's Breath - Faith - Hope - Meeting of the Spirits - Miles Beyond - Noonward Race - One Word - Opus I - Pastoral - Resolution - Sanctuary - Vital Transformation - and many more.

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 companion audio. Access to audio available online.

This comprehensive edition brings together all of the standard pieces in the adopted Albeniz 'guitar repertoire' along with additional pieces that complete many of the suites and other groupings as published during the composer'slifetime. These solo arrangements were made while consulting the earliest editions of the piano originals and are faithful to Albeniz tempo indications dynamics phrasing slurs and other expression markings. The selectionsare: Pavana-Capriccio Op. 12 (1992); Suite espanola Op. 47 (1886); Recuerdos de viaje Op. 92 (1888); Doce piezas espanolas Op. 164 (1889); Espana seis hojas de album Op. 165 (1890); Serenata espanola (Cadiz cancion) Op.181 (1890); Mallorca barcarola Op. 202 (1890); Zambra granadina danse orientale WoO (1891); Cadiz-gaditana WoO (1891); and Chants d'Espagne Op. 232 (1891-1894). Carefully researched and meticulously fingered in thescholarly manner one would expect from Stanley Yates.

Nestor Ausqui hails from the picturesque Argentinian city of Santa Fe: a robust and vibrant city catering to the arts and culture, most notably music. Definitive de Falla is Ausqui's second book from Mel Bay Publications, following the release of the Nestor Ausqui Collection (MB99894EB). This book and accompanying audio represent an important collection in the classical guitar genre. Guitarists from around the world will enjoy Ausqui's faithful attention to detail in the transcriptions, making this book an excellent addition to any guitarist's library. Includes access to online audio.

Par GRANADOS ENRIQUE. Enrique Granados composed his Valses Poeticos for solo Piano around 1886-1887, after he moved from Barcelona to Paris to study with Charles-Wilfrid de Beriot and Felip Pedrell. This book presents the seven beautiful waltzes in the Valses Poeticos for Guitar, preceded by an un-waltz-like introduction (Vivace molto) and ending with a colorful, clever coda (Presto). Lily Afshar's Guitar arrangement is very faithful to the original Piano version and contains fingerings that are idiomatic and musical. The total performance length is sixteen minutes in duration in eight movements/ Répertoire / Guitare

Contents include: Joy to the World; Ding Dong Merrily on High; The Most Wonderful Day of the Year; We Are Santa's Elves; Angels We Have Heard on High; Silent Night; Hark! The Herald Angels Sing; Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree; Jingle Bells; A Holly Jolly Christmas; Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer; O Come All Ye Faithful.

Soul Jazz Guitar is a collection of Randy Johnston's tunes and solos specifically designed for the intermediate student.Rather than merely transcribing solos from his CDs he plays material at areasonable tempo specifically with the student in mind. There are tunes ('Downtime ' 'The Philadelphians ' and 'Rolling at the Summit') that appear on his commercial CDs but included here are versions that are new and totallyunique to this project. There are also some improvisations on some familiar 'standard' progressions to help the student deal with these changes when he or she encounters them at jam sessions etc.Randy has tried topresent his take on the Jazz language as clearly and faithfully as possible to make the solos easy to learn. He hopes that this will lead the student not just to imitation but also to develop his or her own approach to theseprogressions just as he developed his own approach from listening to the playing of his role models over the years.

Par FALLA MANUEL DE. Nestor Ausqui hails from the picturesque Argentinian city of Santa Fe: a robust and vibrant city catering to the arts and culture, most notably music. Definitive de Falla is Ausqui's second book from Mel Bay Publications, following the release of the Nestor Ausqui Collection (MB99894EB). This book and accompanying audio represent an important collection in the classical guitar genre. Guitarists from around the world will enjoy Ausqui's faithful attention to detail in the transcriptions, making this book an excellent addition to any guitarist's library. Includes access to online audio./ Répertoire / Guitare Classique

Contents include: Jingle Bells; Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer; O Come All Ye Faithful; What Child is This?; Angels We Have Heard on High; Up on the Housetop; Silent Night; The Most Wonderful Day of the Year; I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day; A Holly Jolly Christmas; The Night Before Christmas Song; We Wish You a Merry Christmas.

Par FOSTER RICK. This book presents sixteen right-hand simplified arrangements of sacred music that can be played with just the thumb or both the thumb and fingers. The first twelve arrangements are written for thumb-only playing and will allow you to appreciate the beauty of simplicity, something often overlooked on the guitar. The music is written in standard notation and tablature. / Niveau : Intermédiaire / Recueil / Guitare

for Classical Guitar. The author's intent while arranging these carols was to maintain their traditional flavor while making them idiomatic for the guitar. They are intended for guitarists with intermediate to advanced technique, and are ideal for performance at intimate gatherings as well as the concert stage. Standard classical guitar notation and symbols are used throughout. Includes access to online audio.