Traditional, Wire bound,
Celtic. Folk. Book and
online audio. 216 pages.
Mel Bay Publications, Inc
#WBM58M. Published by Mel
Bay Publications, Inc
(MB.WBM58M).
ISBN
9781736363058. 8.75x11.75
inches.
A
comprehensive collection
of 172 guitar solos for
the flatpick or plectrum
guitarist. All solos are
written in standard
notation with
accompanying online
recordings by the author.
The solos include
beautiful American,
British and Celtic airs
and ballads, Celtic dance
tunes, lute and early
music, popular classical
repertoire and
contemporary etudes.
Includes access to online
audio.
Composed by Paolo Ugoletti Andrea Vezzoli. Edited by Piero Bonaguri and Raffae...(+)
Composed by Paolo
Ugoletti
Andrea Vezzoli. Edited by
Piero Bonaguri and
Raffaello
Ravasio. Saddle
stitching.
Piero Bonaguri
Collection.
Classical. Ut Orpheus #CH
254.
Published by Ut Orpheus
Guitar SKU: UT.CH-191 Anzaghi, Cappelli, F. Luppi, G. Luppi, Reghezza,...(+)
Guitar
SKU:
UT.CH-191
Anzaghi,
Cappelli, F. Luppi, G.
Luppi, Reghezza,
Spazzoli, Tagliamacco,
Ugoletti. Edited by
Piero Bonaguri. Saddle
stitching. Piero Bonaguri
Collection. Classical. Ut
Orpheus #CH 191.
Published by Ut Orpheus
(UT.CH-191).
Ãœber 50 Klassiker &
aktuelle Hits für
Akustikgitarre.
Composed by Wieland
Harms. This edition:
Klebebindung. Sheet
music. 168 pages. Edition
Melodia #GRG 106102100.
Published by Edition
Melodia
(M7.GRG-106102100).
ISBN 9783872523532.
German.
Ãœber 50
Rock- & Popsongs fu?r
Akustikgitarre - vom
kultigen Klassiker bis
zum aktuellen Hit Das
breite Spektrum des
Repertoires vom
3-Akkorde-Stu?ck bis zum
anspruchsvollen
Chord-Melody-Arrangement
ist Motivation fu?r den
Anfänger und stellt
dem Fortgeschrittenen
Songmaterial zur
Verfu?gung, mit dem er
sich stilistisch und
spieltechnisch
weiterentwickeln kann.
Viele Fotos und
Informationen zu den
Bands, Teilweise mit
Noten & Texten, teilweise
nur mit Chord Charts.
(The Most Popular Series for Learning How to Play). Composed by Nathaniel Gunod,...(+)
(The Most Popular Series
for Learning How to
Play). Composed by
Nathaniel Gunod, L. C.
Harnsberger, and Ron
Manus. For Guitar. Book;
Guitar Method or
Supplement;
Method/Instruction;
Other. Alfred's Basic
Guitar Library. Rock.
Beginner. 48 pages.
Published by Alfred Music
Piano/Vocal/Guitar SKU: HL.256650 Composed by Various. Piano/Vocal/Guitar...(+)
Piano/Vocal/Guitar
SKU: HL.256650
Composed by Various.
Piano/Vocal/Guitar
Songbook. Children,
Disney, Movies.
Softcover. 288 pages.
Published by Hal Leonard
(HL.256650).
ISBN
9781540015303. UPC:
888680723699.
9.0x12.0x0.78
inches.
This
updated 7th edition
coffee table collection
is a Disney lover's dream
come true! It is a guided
tour through the many
legendary years of Disney
music. The book begins
with an extensive musical
history of Disney,
followed by beautiful
piano/vocal arrangements
of 70 Disney classics.
Printed on deluxe stock
with more than 100
stunning full-color
illustrations
accompanying the text and
music, this book is a
keepsake to treasure for
years to come! Songs
include:
Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo (from
Cinderella) * Circle of
Life (from The Lion King)
* Evermore (from Beauty
and the Beast) * How Far
I'll Go (from Moana) * I
See the Light (from
Tangled) * Let It Go
(from Frozen) * Under the
Sea (from The Little
Mermaid) * When You Wish
Upon a Star (from
Pinocchio) * You've Got a
Friend in Me (from Toy
Story) * and more.
Goliaths Roll....
Composed by Sheila
Wilson. Music Sales
America. Musical
Education. Book
[Softcover]. Composed
2017. 24 pages. Music
Sales #GA10978. Published
by Music Sales
(HL.14008359).
ISBN
9780711947153.
9.0x12.0x0.125 inches.
English.
A short
rock musical retelling
the Biblical story of
David and Goliath, which
will be enjoyed by both
younger singers and
senior choirs. It can be
sung as a series of songs
with or without the
narrative or enacted with
dialogue added. There are
various song styles
including contemporary,
ballad and three-part
round. Duration: 15 mins.
Script available in
student book. If you need
to license a school/youth
theatre performance of
this product, please use
the online application
form.
12-String Guitar SKU: HL.287559 By Various. Guitar Collection. Pop, Stand...(+)
12-String Guitar
SKU:
HL.287559
By Various.
Guitar Collection. Pop,
Standards. Softcover.
With guitar tablature.
120 pages. Published by
Hal Leonard (HL.287559).
ISBN 9781540043313.
UPC: 888680904715.
9.0x12.0x0.299
inches.
This
one-of-a-kind collection
presents accessible,
must-know songs from the
Beatles and Bob Dylan to
Dave Matthews Band and
Tom Petty for those who
have been learning
12-string guitar and are
eager to put their new
skills to work. You'll
find a combination of
tab, chords and lyrics
for 50 great songs,
including: California
Dreamin' • Carry On
• Closer to the
Heart • Do You
Believe in Magic •
Free Fallin' • Give
a Little Bit • A
Hard Day's Night •
Hotel California •
Leaving on a Jet Plane
• Life by the Drop
• Like the Way I Do
• Melissa •
Mr. Tambourine Man
• More Than a
Feeling • The One I
Love • Over the
Hills and Far Away
• Solsbury Hill
• Space Oddity
• Still the Same
• Turn! Turn! Turn!
(To Everything There Is a
Season) • The
Waiting • Wish You
Were Here • You
Wear It Well • and
more!
About First
50
You've
been taking lessons,
you've got a few chords
under your belt, and
you're ready to buy a
songbook. Now what? Hal
Leonard has the answers
in its First 50 series.
The First 50 series
steers new players in the
right direction. These
books contain easy to
intermediate arrangements
for must-know songs. Each
arrangement is simple and
streamlined, yet still
captures the essence of
the tune.
Guitar Solo SKU: IS.G6763EM Composed by Silvio Leopold Weiss. Arranged by...(+)
Guitar Solo
SKU:
IS.G6763EM
Composed
by Silvio Leopold Weiss.
Arranged by Ben Beuming.
Plucked - Guitar.
Metropolis Music
Publishers #G6763EM.
Published by Metropolis
Music Publishers
(IS.G6763EM).
Spanish Edition Guitar SKU: HL.114930 Metodo De Tab Para Guitarra....(+)
Spanish Edition Guitar
SKU: HL.114930
Metodo De Tab Para
Guitarra. Guitar Tab
Method. Instruction,
Method, Spanish Edition.
Softcover with CD. With
guitar tablature. 32
pages. Published by Hal
Leonard (HL.114930).
ISBN 9781480312579.
UPC: 884088876326.
9.0x12.0x0.17
inches.
The
revolutionary Hal Leonard
Guitar Tab Method
(HL00697411) is now
available in a Spanish
edition.
Guitar SKU: FG.55011-324-4 Composed by Kai Nieminen. Fennica Gehrman #550...(+)
Guitar
SKU:
FG.55011-324-4
Composed by Kai Nieminen.
Fennica Gehrman
#55011-324-4. Published
by Fennica Gehrman
(FG.55011-324-4).
ISBN
9790550113244.
Quad
ri Morandi (2014) ties
together two essential
themes of Kai Niminen's
(b. 1953) compositional
style: guitar and a
subject inspired by
Italy. The strong
presence of the guitar in
his works is natural
since he is in an
actively performing
guitarist himself, and
guitar works indeed play
a significant role in his
oeuvre. Moreover, he has
written plenty of
orchestral music; for
instance two symphonies,
numerous concertos, and
chamber music. In the
field of Finnish music he
is a composer who can be
characterized as free
from any specific school
or style. In his musical
language, free tonal in
essence, one can detect
traces of Impressionism,
Neoromanticism and even
Expressionism at times,
but he is also willing to
employ more recent
20th-century stylistic
devices. Nieminen has
mentioned that he finds
himself very similar to
Japanese Toru Takemitsu
both musically and in
thought.
Mediterannean culture and
Italy especially have
been close to Nieminen's
heart ever since he first
visited the country and
appeared in the jury of
the international
Fernando Sor guitar
competition in 1981. He
has composed a great
number of works which
refer to Italian
landscapes or artists.
The work Quadri Morandi
(Morandi's pictures) is
written in four
movements. It has at its
centre the painter
Giorgio Morandi
(1890-1964), who is known
as a master of still
lifes and landscapes
painted in a plain manner
and is subdued colours.
Their atmosphere
typically reflects a calm
spirit. This is the third
guitar work that nieminen
has written for Kleemola.
It is easy to
find a counterpart for
the encaptivating realm
of Morandi's art in
Nieminen's clear and pure
expression. The titles
and expression markings
also include several
references to Morandi.
For example, in the
opening movement Prelude
the words la Natura morta
(still life) appear as an
additional note on the
chord sequence following
the freely flowing
opening section. At the
end of the movement one
can hear rhythmic motif
coloured with flageolets
that repeats the
syllables of the
painter's name: Gior-gio
Moran-di. A similar motif
can be heard at the end
of the second movement
Quasi cadenza. The
tranquilly breathing
third movement Paesaggio
(landscape) creates an
illusion of landscape by
imitating the echo of
monastery bells (come
campane del monastero)
and at the same time
refers to il monaco (the
monk), the name by which
Morandi was often called.
The final movement
Ritratto (Portrait) is
the most extensive of all
the movements and can be
seen, with its recurring
motifs, as a reflection
of the stable yet subtly
varying elements of
Morandi's art. The work
ends with the rhythmic
motif that once more
echoes Morandi's name,
like signature.
Guitar - Intermediate SKU: MB.30667M With Guitar Transcriptions of Bac...(+)
Guitar - Intermediate
SKU: MB.30667M
With Guitar
Transcriptions of Bach's
Figured Bass
Accompaniment.
Composed by Matthias
Stegmann. Gospel/Sacred,
Squareback saddle stitch,
Christian. Gospel. Book
and online PDF. 238
pages. Mel Bay
Publications, Inc
#30667M. Published by Mel
Bay Publications, Inc
(MB.30667M).
ISBN
9781513463971. 8.75 x
11.75
inches.
Johann
Sebastian Bachâ??s
arrangements of the
â??69 Sacred Songsâ?
from the Musical
Hymnal by Georg
Christian Schemelli
(Leipzig, 1736) have long
been part of the German
language vocal concert
repertoire and a mainstay
in vocal pedagogy.
Originally, only these 69
of the 954 hymns in the
collection were published
with a single bass line
as the accompaniment.
Bachâ??s contribution
was to specify harmonies
to be played over those
same bass lines by adding
figured bass
numbers and symbols
beneath each
note.
A figured
bass line can easily be
turned into a relatively
simple guitar
accompaniment or a more
elaborate setting,
offering a range of
possibilities that make
working with this music
both interesting and
rewarding for the
guitarist. While other
period and modern
editions of the â??69
Sacred Songsâ? offer
accompaniments for
keyboard instruments,
this Mel Bay publication
features intermediate to
advanced transcriptions
exclusively for the
guitar.
Best
suited to college-level
players or advanced
aficionados, this special
Mel Bay Publications
edition includes the
vocal line with German
lyrics and the guitar
accompaniment transcribed
from Bachâ??s figured
bass lines. Written in
guitar-friendly keys, 29
of the transcriptions
employ a capo to achieve
the original key designed
for high voices. Without
the capo, these same
arrangements would be
suitable to be sung by
lower voices. The
remaining 40 hymns are in
their original
guitar-friendly keys and
so do not require a
capo.
This volume
contains accompaniment
settings of all 69 of the
sacred songs and arias
for which Bach wrote
figured bass annotation.
For performance variety
and convenience, this
book includes â??Scores
in their Original
Keys,â? and
stand-alone â??Guitar
Accompaniment,â? and
â??Bass Parts.
Guitar - intermediate SKU: M7.DUX-867 Edited by Michael Langer. Sheet mus...(+)
Guitar - intermediate
SKU: M7.DUX-867
Edited by Michael Langer.
Sheet music with CD.
Performance book. 110
pages. Edition Dux Verlag
#DUX 867. Published by
Edition Dux Verlag
(M7.DUX-867).
ISBN
9783868493221.
46
Stücke von
südamerikanischen
Komponisten mit
Gitarrenmusik
verschiedenster Länder
und Stile. Nach
Schwierigkeitsgrad
gereiht mit detaillierten
Fingersätzen.
Guitar - Intermediate SKU: DY.DO-1522 Composed by Francis Bebey. Arranged...(+)
Guitar - Intermediate
SKU: DY.DO-1522
Composed by Francis
Bebey. Arranged by Ingrid
Riollot. Score. Les
Editions Doberman-Yppan
#DO 1522. Published by
Les Editions
Doberman-Yppan
(DY.DO-1522).
Francis
Bebey was born in Douala
in July 1929, into a
large family where his
father, a pastor,
struggled to feed his
children. But Francis had
the opportunity to go to
school. Admiring his
elder brother, Marcel
Eyidi Bebey, he educated
himself, distinguished
himself, and eventually
received a scholarship to
go and take his
baccalaureate in
France. We approached
the end of the 1950s when
he arrived in La
Rochelle. More than ever,
in this France where
Africans were looked at
with curiosity,
condescension, or
disdain, Francis relied
on his intellectual
resources. A diligent
worker, he obtained his
Baccalaureate, then moved
to Paris where he started
English studies at the
Sorbonne. One day, he
knew what truly attracted
him: he wanted to do
radio. Francis learned
his craft in France and
in the USA. After
working for a few years
as a reporter, he was
hired in 1961 as an
international civil
servant in the UNESCO
Information
Department. In
parallel, Francis had
always been drawn to
musical creation. His
very serious daytime
activity didnâ??t
prevent him from
frequenting jazz clubs in
the evenings. In Paris,
the Jazz, the trendy
music of that time, but
also rumba and salsa
attracted him. He
collected records and
attended numerous
concerts. With his
accomplice Manu Dibango,
Francis took the stage
and played
music. Francis liked
classical music since his
childhood. He grew up
listening to the cantatas
and oratorios of Bach or
Handel that his father
had sung in the temple.
He became passionate
about the guitar,
impressed by the Spanish
and South American
masters, and decided to
learn to strum the
instrument himself. He
started composing guitar
pieces, blending the
various influences that
flow through him with the
traditional African music
he had carried within
since childhood. His
approach captivated the
director of the American
Cultural Center (then
located in the
Saint-Germain
neighborhood of Paris),
who offered him the
opportunity to perform in
front of an audience.
Francis gave his first
guitar recital there
(1963) in front of a
mesmerized audience. His
first solo album was
released shortly
thereafter. Gradually,
Francis became recognized
as a musician and
composer. Several albums
of the African guitar
ambassador, as described
by the press, were
released. He also wrote
books, to the point that
his artistic career
became challenging to
reconcile with his career
as a civil servant. In
1974, even though he had
become the General
Manager in charge of
music at UNESCO, he took
the bold leap and
resigned from this
prestigious institution
to dedicated himself to
the three activities that
interested him: music,
literature, and
journalism. He
explored the traditional
musical heritage of the
African continent,
notably through the thumb
piano sanza, and the
polyphonic music of the
Central African pygmies,
or singing in his native
language and composing
humoristic songs in
French! Success
followed. Francis Bebey
traveled the world: from
France to Brazil,
Cameroon to Sweden,
Germany to the Carribean,
or Morocco to Japan...
the list of countries
where he was invited to
perform, gives lectures,
or meets readers is very
long. In addition to
public recognition, he
enjoyed the recognition
of his fellow musicians,
such as guitarist John
Williams or Venezuelan
Antonio Lauro, who
invited him to be a part
of the jury for a
classical guitar
competition in
Caracas. His life was
the journey of an African
pioneer, a man rooted in
his cultural heritage and
carrying a message of
sharing and hope for the
world. His originality
continues to vibrate
around the world since
his passing at the end of
May 2001.
Performed by Led Zeppelin. For guitar and voice. Format: easy guitar/vocal songb...(+)
Performed by Led
Zeppelin. For guitar and
voice. Format: easy
guitar/vocal songbook.
With standard notation,
vocal melody, lyrics,
chord names, guitar chord
diagrams and strum
patterns. Metal and hard
rock. 156 pages. 9x12
inches. Published by
Warner Brothers.
Guitar Solo SKU: IS.G6761EM Composed by Silvio Leopold Weiss. Arranged by...(+)
Guitar Solo
SKU:
IS.G6761EM
Composed
by Silvio Leopold Weiss.
Arranged by Ben Beuming.
Plucked - Guitar.
Metropolis Music
Publishers #G6761EM.
Published by Metropolis
Music Publishers
(IS.G6761EM).
Guitarra Liturgia Guitare [Conducteur] - Intermédiaire OR-TAV Music Publications
Guitar - Intermediate SKU: OT.26114 Composed by Ariel Lazarus. A short su...(+)
Guitar - Intermediate
SKU: OT.26114
Composed by Ariel
Lazarus. A short suite
for classical guitar
based on themes from the
Spanish and Portuguese
tradition. Classical.
Score. OR-TAV Music
Publications #26114.
Published by OR-TAV Music
Publications (OT.26114).
ISBN 9789655051049.
8.27 x 11.69
inches.
Ariel
Lazarus Guitarra
Liturgia Two pieces
based on music from the
Spanish and Portuguese
tradition.
Contents: Jerusalem
de Sefarad - Suite for
Guitar Contrapunto
Sefardi The composer
writes: For many
years I wanted to compose
a piece for guitar which
would inspire interested
students to expand their
repertoire in the
direction of Jewish
music. The most natural
thing for me was to write
a suite based on themes
from the synagogue in
which I grew up –
the Spanish and
Portuguese synagogue of
Gibraltar. My beloved
grandfather served all
his life as hazzan
(cantor) of this
synagogue, and I always
felt as a composer and
educator that I had a
special obligation to
continue his tradition
and pass it on to a new
generation. In this
composition, I let the
guitar echo the piyyutim
(semi-liturgical poems)
that were part of my
childhood: Adon Olam,
Sh'charchoret, Achot
K'tana, Yigdal, Borei ad
Ana, all of which are
sung in the Spanish and
Portuguese tradition from
Gibraltar to London, and
from New York to
Jerusalem. I let myself
dream the piyyutim, take
them apart and
reconstruct them as a
short suite for guitar,
the results of which you
are invited to hear here.
As a conceptual idea for
the suite, I choose to
suggest about the
cultural continuation
between the Diaspora and
the land of Israel by way
of referencing the
well-known melody of
Naomi Shemer, which is
also popular among the
hazzanim. Dr. Ariel
Lazarus is a unique voice
among Israeli
composer-performers
today. Brought up in a
family with Jewish
musical roots both in
Gibraltar and Westphalia,
he began composing and
playing the guitar in his
teens, and has been
committed to developing
his own compositional
language ever since,
always maintaining an
open dialogue with his
traditions. Lazarus
received his BMus and
MMus degrees from
Oklahoma City University
in classical guitar
performance and
composition where he
studied with American
composer Dr. Edward
Knight. He earned his PhD
from Bar Ilan University,
studying composition with
Prof. Betty Olivero and
Prof. Gideon Lewensohn
and conducting research
under the supervision of
Prof. Edwin Seroussi from
the Hebrew University.
His symphonic works have
been premiered by the
Raanana Symphonette
Orchestra, and his
chamber works have been
performed by various
ensembles in the United
States, Central Europe,
Portugal, Gibraltar,
Scandinavia and Israel.
Lazarus performs
regularly as Art
Ambassador on behalf of
the Israeli Ministry of
Diaspora affairs Amiel
BaKehila program. His
solo album A Hebrew
Capriccio was released by
the German boutique label
SmoothFactor and was
awarded critical acclaim,
among others, in Haaretz,
and Neue Westfalishe.
Dr. Lazarus is the
musical director and
co-founder of the Israeli
Ladino Orchestra. His
work with the orchestra
has been recognized by
the official Carta de
España. He teaches at
the Academic College for
Education Givat
Washington, and the Rimon
School of Music.
Lazarus’s work has
been awarded by the
Israeli Pais Art council
and ACUM.
Goliaths Roll....
Composed by Sheila
Wilson. Music Sales
America. Musical
Education. Book
[Softcover]. Composed
2015. 4 pages. Music
Sales #GA10979. Published
by Music Sales
(HL.14008358).
ISBN
9780711948082.
9.0x12.0x0.011 inches.
English.
A short
rock musical retelling
the Biblical story of
David and Goliath, which
will be enjoyed by both
younger singers and
senior choirs. It can be
sung as a series of songs
with or without the
narrative or enacted with
dialogue added. There are
various song styles
including contemporary,
ballad and three-part
round. Duration: 15 mins.
If you need to license a
school/youth theatre
performance of this
product, please use the
online application
form.
Irish Reel Book Guitare [Partition + CD] - Facile AMA Verlag
By Patrick Steinbach. For Acoustic Instruments. Solos. AMA Verlag. Celtic/Irish....(+)
By Patrick Steinbach. For
Acoustic Instruments.
Solos. AMA Verlag.
Celtic/Irish. Level:
Beginning-Intermediate.
Book/CD Set. Size
9.x11.75. 180 pages.
Published by AMA Verlag.
ISBN 3899220234.
Book with Online Audio & Video Guitar SKU: HL.346730 The Best Step-by-...(+)
Book with Online Audio &
Video Guitar
SKU:
HL.346730
The Best
Step-by-Step Guide to
Start Playing. Do It
Yourself. Method.
Softcover Media Online.
136 pages. Published by
Hal Leonard (HL.346730).
ISBN 9781540094797.
UPC: 840126925111.
9.0x12.0x0.329
inches.
Do-It-Yours
elf Guitar is a fun way
to get started playing on
your own. Using over 90
well-known pop and rock
tunes, you will be given
step-by-step instructions
on what you need to know
to get started and
sounding like a pro in no
time. Includes over 150
audio tracks for
demonstration and
play-along, plus video
instruction that covers
all concepts within!
Covers: Guitar
fundamentals; reading
guitar tablature;
fret-hand and pick-hand
techniques; chords &
chord progressions;
scales; techniques for
acoustic and electric
guitar; lead guitar;
fingerstyle guitar;
playing styles of famous
guitarists; demonstraton
and play-along audio
tracks; video instruction
and demonstration; and
more! The price of this
book includes access to
audio and video online,
for download or
streaming, using the
unique code found inside.
Includes PLAYBACK+, a
multi-functional audio
player that allows you to
slow down audio without
changing pitch, set loop
points, change keys, and
pan left or
right–available
exclusively from Hal
Leonard.
Piano, Vocal and Guitar - Grade 2 SKU: HL.14009371 By Alison Hedger. By S...(+)
Piano, Vocal and Guitar -
Grade 2
SKU:
HL.14009371
By Alison
Hedger. By Sue Heaser.
Music Sales America.
Musical Education. Book
[Softcover]. Composed
2017. 24 pages. Music
Sales #GA10621. Published
by Music Sales
(HL.14009371).
ISBN
9780711933880.
English.
A
light-hearted musical
fantasy for young
children, set in a land
of dinosaurs and ancient
man. The tale links
educational information
about dinosaurs with the
fun of chocolate!
Includes a page of facts
about dinosaurs and
prehistoric man.
Duration: 25 mins. Script
available in student
book. If you need to
license a school/youth
theatre performance of
this product, please use
the online application
form.
Guitar SKU: UT.CH-385 Composed by John W. Duarte. Edited by Isabel Siewer...(+)
Guitar
SKU:
UT.CH-385
Composed by
John W. Duarte. Edited by
Isabel Siewers.
Classical. Score. Ut
Orpheus #CH 385.
Published by Ut Orpheus
(UT.CH-385).
ISBN
9790215328174. 9 x 12
inches.
The
Sonatina del Sur
(Sonatina of the
South) was
commissioned by Isabel
Siewersâ?? mother as a
34th birthday present for
her daughter. Its music
pays token, rather than
imitative, homage to
South American music.
Thus the sonata form
first movement, whose
brief development section
accounts for the
workâ??s
â??diminutiveâ?? title,
merely hints at
syncopations that are as
common in South America
as they are in Europe.
The Canción de
cuna (Cradle Song) is
unusual in the fact that
it is played entirely in
natural harmonics â?? no
string touches a fret
from start to finish, a
compositional challenge I
had long planned to face.
The third movement was
originally titled
Milonga, but when
the dedicatee said that,
although it has a South
American air over it, and
the rhythm is right, it
was not really like a
milonga, it was renamed!
Perhaps, though, it
captures a little of the
happy and
lightness-of-touch
character of its eponym.
The Danza negra,
another common South
American genre, is
energetic, with a variety
of percussive gestures
that demand extreme
agility on the part of
the performer.
Electric guitar - Intermediate SKU: MB.30522M Celtic Rock Solos. C...(+)
Electric guitar -
Intermediate
SKU:
MB.30522M
Celtic
Rock Solos. Composed
by Philip John Berthoud.
British, Saddle-stitched,
World. Rock and Blues.
Book and online audio. 52
pages. Mel Bay
Publications, Inc
#30522M. Published by Mel
Bay Publications, Inc
(MB.30522M).
ISBN
9781513464237. 8.75 x
11.75
inches.
Ideal for the
intermediate-level
guitarist, these 17
traditional tunes from
the UK plus one from
France are arranged to be
played with your electric
guitar plugged-in. The
transformation that
occurs in switching from
acoustic to electric
instruments adds an
unmistakable Celtic rock
element to the
authorâ??s companion
recording.
<
span style=font-family:
Arial;> The tunes are all
played twice through on
the recording and
transcribed note-for-note
in the book. The
recording features backup
from both electric bass
and a second electric
guitar, often played with
a slide and a little
â??dirtâ? thrown into
the mix. Skillful
bodhrán and djembe
playing on many of the
tracks adds to the
dynamic nature of the
recording.
<
span style=font-family:
Arial;> Many of these
tunes can be played in
lower positions but a few
venture as high as the
14th fret. Playing one
note at a time within a
narrow range, if you
donâ??t read
particularly well now,
working through these
tunes will help you
improve and gain
confidence as a sight
reader.
Written in
standard notation and
guitar tablature.
Includes access to online
audio.