SKU: HL.14012744

9.0x12.0x0.153 inches.

Gitarre Spelen is a German language guitar method for children split across three books Experienced tutor, and author of this series, Andreas Schumann points out that the average age of students is getting younger, as children are starting their lessons sooner than ever before. Because of this he has designed an approach to teaching the guitar with the needs of younger players in mind. For instance, the melodies here are in small manageable chunks and it is an easy method which considers the smaller hands being used. It is also important that they play tunes they know and so international folksongs and nursery rhymes have been included here. Book One features Tom and Lena, two children who will help guide students through and enable them to have as much fun as possible! They give tips, suggestions, advice and directions throughout to ensure the student is always kept informed! This is an enjoyable and practical group learning method that encourages and adds confidence whilst covering the important basics, rudiments and techniques needed to play the guitar including fingerstyle and first chords.

SKU: GI.G-7566G

English. Text by Liam Lawton. Scripture: Matthew 18:20.

** GIA no longer publishes nor sponsors the work of Paul A. Tate. Pieces for which Tate served as an arranger remain on our website as the original work of the composer.

SKU: MB.31060M

ISBN 9781513468051. 8.75x11.75 inches.

As aspiring fingerpicking guitarists started expanding their horizons from folk, blues, and ragtime in the 1970s, it was only logical to look towards early jazz tunes as a vast source for new possibilities. For one thing, they could follow the same evolutionary path from ragtime to jazz that had been taken by pianists such as Jelly Roll Morton and Harlem stride players like James P. Johnson and Fats Waller. These musicians all composed in a variety of styles, but their most ambitious piano solos expanded on the classic ragtime format developed by the likes of Scott Joplin, James Scott, and Joseph Lamb, using several strains that usually changed keys at least once. Morton, the self-proclaimed inventor of jazz, would record versions of tunes like King Porter Stomp and The Original Jelly Roll Blues that are similar to straight ragtime performances, and others where there is lots of room left for embellishment and jazz improvisation.

The present collection is a bonanza for guitarists who want to tackle advanced arrangements along the lines of ragtime but featuring jazz age harmonies from the playing of Jelly Roll Morton, Louis Armstrong, Bix Beiderbecke, WC Handy, the Original Dixieland Jazz Band and other early jazz legends. The 32 arrangements included are by a wide assortment of guitarists including Ernie Hawkins, Pat Donohue, Lasse Johansson, Duck Baker, Ton Van Bergeyk, Sandy Shalk, Steve McWilliam, and Dorian Henry.

Titles include: Oh, You Beautiful Doll, I’ve Got The Blues, High Society, St. Louis Blues, Davenport Blues, Poor Butterfly, Dixie Jass Band One-Step, Memphis Blues, Big Foot Ham, Grandpa’s Spells, The Original Jelly Roll Blues, Midnight Mama, Milenberg Joys, Fizz Water, Back Home in Indiana, Sweet Georgia Brown, Red Wing (An Indian Intermezzo), There’ll Be Some Changes Made, Way Down Yonder In New Orleans, Charleston, Where The Morning Glories Grow, Limehouse Blues, Susie (of the Islands), I Need Some Pettin’, Weather Bird, Cornet Chop Suey, Kansas City Stomps, King Porter Stomp, Jubilee Stomp, Take It Easy, If I Had You, Moonlight Serenade