SKU: FT.FM870

ISBN 9790570487691. 21 x 30 cm inches.

7/4 can be a challenge to play with conviction for those who are not used to it (hence the title), but I feel the rewards are worth it. The Baritones set the scene, with a question and answer section giving a driving feel. The higher instruments join in in pairs, with contrasting themes and rhythms, creating a layered effect, while keeping the energy levels up. This piece contains many rich harmonies and contrasting rhythms, while still being very melodic. Towards the end, there is a slightly faster section, before a quieter relaxing contrast to end. This piece needs to be played with rhythm and energy, without being distracted by the contrasting rhythms on the other parts.

SKU: FT.FM307

ISBN 9790570482061.

This piece is a rhythmic dance feel in 3/8, fairly light and fast with a folk feel. Some pastoral sections, but always requiring energy in the playing.

SKU: FT.FM303

ISBN 9790570482023.

This piece is based round suspension chords, and has a feeling of constant change. It begins slowly and moodily, with a rippling effect. Halfway through it becomes more strident and powerful, building to a loud climax before decreasing to a more tranquil finish.

SKU: FT.FM928

ISBN 9790570488278. 8.25 x 11.75 inches.

Pop style quintet.

SKU: FT.FM929

ISBN 9790570488285. 8.25 x 11.75 inches.

Melodic and rewarding.

SKU: FT.FM958

ISBN 9790570488575. 8.25 x 11.75 inches.

Unusual time signature gives a quirky feel.

SKU: FT.FM959

ISBN 9790570488582. 8.25 x 11.75 inches.

Building tension throughout the piece.

SKU: FT.FM931

ISBN 9790570488308. 8.25 x 11.75 inches.

Shifting tonalities add interest.

SKU: FT.FM304

ISBN 9790570482030.

This piece has a distinct tango fell, with all players taking the lead at various times. After the intoduction, each instrument has a 2 beat solos. This is followed by a short section where the instruments play in twos and threes, with an inverted cascade of notes leading into the next section. When the main theme starts on soprano with alto harmony, the tenor has an equally important counter melody with a clear bass line on baritone.

SKU: FT.FM956

ISBN 9790570488551. 8.25 x 11.75 inches.

Energetic and dramatic.

SKU: FT.FM705

ISBN 9790570486045. 21 x 30 cm inches.

SKU: FT.FM596

ISBN 9790570484959.

This piece is melodic and atmospheric, with a rippling effect in the backing parts. Beginning with a quiet introduction, the soprano soars above the other isntruments. The next section goes through many key changes, and coupled with the movement in the lower instruments, gives a constant feel of change, with the rest of the group playing rich harmonies above. The melody at this point is passed between the sopranos and altos, almost conversationally. The next section starts with the tenors and baritones setting up a new louder rhythm for four bars, before the rest of the group join in with a completely new section. It finishes with a paraphrase of the introduction.

SKU: FT.FM930

ISBN 9790570488292. 8.25 x 11.75 inches.

English pastoral music.

SKU: FT.FM305

ISBN 9790570482047.

Afte r a brief introduction of semiquavers passing around the whole quartet, the main there alternates between the top two parts, underpinned by parallel 5ths in the lower parts which gradually become more rhythmic. After this the parts become more rhythmically and melodically independent, and several key and style changes lead to a more calm ending.

SKU: FT.FM957

ISBN 9790570488568. 8.25 x 11.75 inches.

Lively Dance movement.

SKU: FT.FM306

ISBN 9790570482054.

Rhyt hmic, with a Spanish folk music feel, with all instruments taking the melody. Containing several question and answer phrases, the melodic ideas are composed using folk scales.

SKU: MB.31103M

ISBN 9781513468792. 8.75x11.75 inches.

Adam Granger self-published the first edition of Grangerâ??s Fiddle Tunes for Guitar in 1979. A second edition was published in 1994. Now Mel Bay Publications presents the third edition of the book.

This 236-page book is the most extensive and best-documented collection of fiddle tunes for the flatpicking guitar player in existence, and includes reels, hoedowns, hornpipes, rags, breakdowns, jigs and slip-jigs, presented in Southern, Northern, Irish, Canadian, Texas and Old-time styles.

There are 508 fiddle tunes referenced under 2500 titles and alternate titles. The titles are fully indexed, making the book doubly valuable as a reference book and a source book.

In this new edition, all tunes are typeset, instead of being handwritten as they were in the previous editions, making the tabs easier to read.

The tunes in Grangerâ??s Fiddle Tunes for Guitar are presented in Easytab, a streamlined tablature notation system designed by Adam specifically for fiddle tunes.

The book comes with a link which gives access to mp3 recordings by Adam of all 508 tunes, each played once at a moderate tempo, with rhythm on one channel and lead on the other.

Also included in Grangerâ??s Fiddle Tunes for Guitar are instructions for reading Easytab, descriptions of tune types presented in the book, and primers on traditional flatpicking and rhythm guitar. Additionally, there are sections on timing, ornamentation, technique, and fingering, as well as information on tune sources and a history of the collection.

Mel Bay also offers The Granger Collection, by Bill Nicholson, the same 508 tunes in standard music notation.