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Give Me Jesus (For Fingerstyle Guitar Tuned CGDGAD)
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Solo Guitar - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.806143 Composed by Public Domain. Arranged by Ellsworth McMeen. Christian,Folk,Spiritual. Individual par...
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Solo Guitar - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.806143 Composed by Public Domain. Arranged by Ellsworth McMeen. Christian,Folk,Spiritual. Individual part. 5 pages. Ellsworth McMeen #4348999. Published by Ellsworth McMeen (A0.806143). Evocative, harplike arrangement of a Christian spiritual song for solo fingerstyle guitar in CGDGAD tuning. El McMeen is included in the Digitaldreamdoor listing of the 100 Greatest Acoustic Guitarists. https://tinyurl.com/GreatestGuitaristsThis tune is on El's recording called Gospel Guitar Treasures. https://store.cdbaby.com/cd/elmcmeen7
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Fly Me To The Moon (in Other Words)
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Solo Guitar - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1310263 By Tony Bennett. By Bart Howard. Arranged by Christopher J. Malin. 20th Century,Broadway,Jazz,Mu...
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Solo Guitar - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1310263 By Tony Bennett. By Bart Howard. Arranged by Christopher J. Malin. 20th Century,Broadway,Jazz,Musical/Show,Pop,Standards. Individual part. 1 pages. Christopher J. Malin #899378. Published by Christopher J. Malin (A0.1310263). Solo jazz guitar chord/melody arrangement with tablature. Seldom heard standard in this style. Beautiful, instantly recognizable melody. One of Bart Howard's finer pieces. He's from Iowa! This piece makes you stand out as a solo jazz guitarist of all idioms. Some chords are played as triads or dyads or eliminated, and single notes are used. I draw a line over the note if it's the high note of a chord or I use a dot if it's played as a single note, the chord is then in parentheses. I tend to use a minimalist style that keeps the important parts of the music. There are many arrangements of this song. Give mine a go, it's a bit different. Sounds great on acoustic and electric guitars.
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Killing Me Softly With His Song
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Guitar, Classical Guitar - Intermediate - Digital Download By Roberta Flack. Arranged by David Jaggs. Solo Part. 3 pages. Published by David Jaggs...
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Guitar, Classical Guitar - Intermediate - Digital Download By Roberta Flack. Arranged by David Jaggs. Solo Part. 3 pages. Published by David Jaggs
Some songs fit onto the classical guitar so well it's as though they were written for it. Killing Me Softly is one of these songs, every section seems to work effortlessly with some very interesting textures. Fingerings are given in the trickier sections. There is another version of the same arrangement that includes tablature. Not too difficult to master but certainly not a beginners piece.
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Acoustic Music Source Book
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Guitar (all) - Beginning - Digital Download SKU: M0.21665EB Over 200 Old-Time Songs With Melody Line, Lyrics & Guitar Chords. Composed by Richard ...
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Guitar (all) - Beginning - Digital Download SKU: M0.21665EB Over 200 Old-Time Songs With Melody Line, Lyrics & Guitar Chords. Composed by Richard L. Matteson, Jr. American Music. Acoustic Music. E-book. Mel Bay Publications - Digital Sheet Music #21665EB. Published by Mel Bay Publications - Digital Sheet Music (M0.21665EB). ISBN 9781619110991. 8.75x11.75 inches.Bill Bay asked me to write a follow up book to my last book, The Bluegrass Pickers Tune Book (20233). If you like Bluegrass music (232 songs) I'd recommend getting that book to add to your collection. The focus of this book, The Acoustic Source Book is on roots and old-time music. The book is focused on the time period from late 1800's until 1940's.There are a few songs from The Bluegrass Book that were too important to be left out. I decided not to use any patriotic and Christmas songs and came up with a list of about 400 songs which eventually was cut down to over 200. During the late 1800's and early 1900's there was an important evolution in American music; the birth of jazz, ragtime, and blues. This was also the period of the phonograph and early commercial recordings. Music from the Minstrel period as well as traditional songs were used as staple for the roots musicians. In the early 1900's there were rags, blues, gospel, Tin-Pan Alley, jug band, spiritual, old-time country and popular songs. I've tried to include some of the well-known songs from every genre to give you a big slice of Americana.There are some great songs that are popular roots, bluegrass and old-time songs today that have never been published. There are also great songs that are not well known that should be played and enjoyed.
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8 Swinging Xmas Carols for Guitar & Piano
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Solo Guitar - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1315071 By Keith Terrett. By Various. Arranged by Keith Terrett. 20th Century,Christmas,Holiday,Praise &...
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Solo Guitar - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1315071 By Keith Terrett. By Various. Arranged by Keith Terrett. 20th Century,Christmas,Holiday,Praise & Worship. Individual part. 31 pages. Keith Terrett #903814. Published by Keith Terrett (A0.1315071). An exciting arrangement of eight popular swinging xmas carols arranged for Guitar & Piano; in an up-beat and somewhat jazzy manner. This challenging set of carols, offers players in general, something very different for those Christmas concerts and recitals, give them a go, and I am sure that you won’t be disappointed!The set includes: Ding Dong Merrily On High, Silent Night,We Three Kings,Away in a Manger, Joy to the World, God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen, Deck the Halls & Good King Wenceslas.The part is all written out with jazz inflections and articulation included. The Piano part is all written out, but also includes the jazz chords for players who wish to comp. These Carols are playable by moderately advanced performers and are perfect for parties, church services, busking & recitals. Range is very moderate, nothing high at all.Need an anthem fast? They are ALL in my store! All my anthem arrangements are also available for Orchestra, Recorders, Saxophones, Wind, Brass and Flexible band. If you need an anthem urgently for an instrumentation not in my store, let me know via e-mail, and I will arrange it for you FOC if possible!Reviewer Chet Heflin Date 29th Sep 2006Bluesy Xmas! Keith Terrett has done an outstanding job of injecting jazz and blues into these holiday favorites. The writing beginning in measure 13 of Ding Dong Merrily On High is outstanding. Check out the wonderful contrast in movement between the flute and bass. This arrangement of Xmas carols would be a wonderful addition to any future holiday program. Well done Keith! Have fun! Caroling (singing carols in the street) is one of the oldest customs in Great Britain, going back to the Middle Ages when beggars, seeking food, money, or drink, would wander the streets singing holiday songs..
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Easy Way to Guitar C
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Guitar - Beginning - Digital Download SKU: M0.93196MEB Folk. Ebook and online audio. 49 pages. Mel Bay Publications - Digital Sheet Music #93196MEB. Publ...
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Guitar - Beginning - Digital Download SKU: M0.93196MEB Folk. Ebook and online audio. 49 pages. Mel Bay Publications - Digital Sheet Music #93196MEB. Published by Mel Bay Publications - Digital Sheet Music (M0.93196MEB). ISBN 9781610654180. 8.75X11.75 inches.Easy Way to Guitar C is a popular, easy to understand childrenÂ’s course designed to give the student a thorough grounding in note reading and solo performance. Chord playing is introduced gradually, utilizing simplified chords. Creative graphics, color, and short pieces in big-note format make this an appealing series for the young guitar student. A few easy duets are included in each book for performance with a teacher or a friend. Standard notation only. Includes access to online audio.
Song List
: A Rhythm Review A Rondo For Two Guitars M. Gebauer, Opus 10 Around Her Hair She Wore A Purple Ribbon Auld Lang Syne Aura Lee Balkan Moon Black is the Color of My True Love's Hair Blue Guitar Bublitchki Careless Love Carry Me Back To Old Virginny Bland Darling Nellie Gray Duet In D Minor Mazas Grandfather's Clock Greensleeves Gypsy Guitars Joshua Lament In E Minor Little Annie Rooney Londonderry Air March Slav Tschaikowsky Melody If F Rebenstein-Bay Mustang My Bonnie Oh! Susanna Polly Wolly Doodle Seeing Nellie Home Shenandoah Ski Jump Sombrero Thanksgiving The Girl I Left Behind Me The Guitar Festival Mazas The March Of The Robots The Melancholy Maid The Steeplechase The Streets Of Laredo The Swiss Yodeler Waltz in B minor When The Saints Go Marching In
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The William Bay Collection - Sacred Guitar Solo Anthology #2
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Guitar - Intermediate - Digital Download SKU: M0.WBM75MEB Folk. Ebook and online audio. 141 pages. Mel Bay Publications - Digital Sheet Music #WBM75MEB. ...
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Guitar - Intermediate - Digital Download SKU: M0.WBM75MEB Folk. Ebook and online audio. 141 pages. Mel Bay Publications - Digital Sheet Music #WBM75MEB. Published by Mel Bay Publications - Digital Sheet Music (M0.WBM75MEB). ISBN 9781513478005. 8.75X11.75 inches.This is a collection of 86 guitar solos in notation only from William Bay’s books, Solo Guitar in Worship, Communion, Psalms, Timeless Gospel Melodies and Spirituals. The solos work well as preludes, offertories, communion hymns, recessionals or they can be played for enjoyment. All 86 solos have been recorded and are available as online downloads with this book.
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Adoro Devote
All My Trials
All the Way My Savior Leads Me Lowry CrosbyINeed Thee Every Hour Lowry Hawks
Balm in Gilead
Benediction
Bread of the World Eucharistic Hymn
Canticle #1
Canticle #2
Close to Thee Vail Crosby Every Day and Every Hour Doane Crosby
Come to the Feast
Compline
Consecration
Deep River
Evening Prayer
Gloria
God Unseen Yet Ever Near St Flavian
Have Thine Own Way, Lord Adelaide
He Hideth My Soul Kirkpatrick Crosby
Here, O My Lord, I See Thee Face to Face Penitentia
Higher Ground Gabriel Oatman
Hold to God’s Unchanging Hand Eiland
Holy Is The Lord
I Love to Tell the Story Fischer Hankey
At the Cross Hudson Watts
I Will Arise and Go to Jesus Arise
I Will Praise Him Harris More Love to Thee Doane Prentiss
Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring
Jesus Paid It All Grape HallI Am Coming, Lord Hartsough
Jesus Spreads His Banner O’er Us Autumn
Just As I Am Woodworth
Kyrie Eleison
Lamb Of God
Lenten Meditation
Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence Picardy
Let Us Break Bread Together
Light Of The World
Litany
Lonesome Valley
Look Down That Lonesome Road
Lord, I’m Coming Home Kirkpatrick Draw Me Nearer Kirkpatrick Crosby
Lord, Speak to Me Canonbury
Meditation on Psalm
My Faith Looks Up to Thee Olivet
My Lord, My God
My Shepherd Will Supply My Need
Resignation
Nearer, My God, to Thee Bethany
Never Alone Anon
Night Prayer
Nobody Knows The Trouble I’ve Seen
O Esca Viatorum
Pass Me Not Doane Crosby
Only Trust Him Stockton
Peace
Praxis Pietatis Melica
Prayer
Prayer of Simeon
Psalm 102:1 Hear My Prayer, O Lord
Psalm 118:24 This Is the Day That the Lord Hath Made
Psalm 119:28 My Soul Is Heavy with Sorrow
Psalm 126:6 They That Sow in Tears
Psalm 128:1 Blessed Are They That Fear the Lord
Psalm 139:7 Where Shall I Go From Thy Spirit
Psalm 142:3 When My Spirit Grows Faint Within Me
Psalm 144:3 Lord, What Is Man
Psalm 16:1 Keep Me Safe, O God
Psalm 19:1 The Heavens Declare the Glory of God
Psalm 34:18 The Lord Is Close to the Broken Hearted
Psalm 65:2 Thou That Hearest Prayer
Psalm 88:13 Unto Thee Have I Cried, O Lord
Rendez a Dieu
Sanctus
Shall We Gather at the River Lowry
Softly And Tenderly
Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child
St Gregory Chorale
Steal Away
Sweet By and By Webster Bennett Leaning on the Everlasting Arms Showalter Hoffman
Sweet Hour of Prayer Showalter Hoffman Is Your All on the Altar Hoffman
Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
The Lord’s Supper Way
To God Be the Glory Doane Crosby
Turn Your Eyes Upon Jesus He Is Lord
Wade In The Water
Wayfaring Stranger
We Give Thee Thanks
Were You There
What a Friend We Have in Jesus Converse
When I Lay My Burdens Down
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I Could Have Lied
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I Could Have Lied
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Solo Guitar - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1303867 By The Red Hot Chili Peppers. By Anthony Kiedis, Chad Smith, Flea, and John Frusciante. Arranged...
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Solo Guitar - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1303867 By The Red Hot Chili Peppers. By Anthony Kiedis, Chad Smith, Flea, and John Frusciante. Arranged by Cleber Correia. Rock. Individual part. 5 pages. Cleber Domingues #893390. Published by Cleber Domingues (A0.1303867). I Could Have Lied was one of the Red Hot Chilli Peppers' biggest hits. It appeared on the same album (Blood Sugar) as other important songs from the band's history, such as Give It Away, Under The Bridge and Breaking in the Girk.In the beginning, the intro lick performed by the guitar, and the guitar solo were what inspired me for the arrangement, but I also found the bass line, another attraction to do the work.A pleasure to have reproduced this musical gem.Contacts:Tel - 55 11 9 5348 3015Instagram - euclebercorreia.
$10.00
Élégie
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Guitar - Intermediate - Digital Download SKU: ZY.DO-1522 Composed by Francis Bebey. Arranged by Ingrid Riollot. Score. 5 pages. Les Editions Doberman-Ypp...
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Guitar - Intermediate - Digital Download SKU: ZY.DO-1522 Composed by Francis Bebey. Arranged by Ingrid Riollot. Score. 5 pages. Les Editions Doberman-Yppan (digital) #DO 1522. Published by Les Editions Doberman-Yppan (digital) (ZY.DO-1522). Francis Bebey est né à Douala en juillet 1929, dans une grande famille où son père, pasteur, luttait pour nourrir ses enfants. Mais Francis a eu l'opportunité d'aller à l'école. Admirant son frère aîné, Marcel Eyidi Bebey, il s'est éduqué, s'est distingué, et a finalement reçu une bourse pour passer son baccalauréat en France.Nous approchions de la fin des années 1950 lorsqu'il est arrivé à La Rochelle. Plus que jamais, dans cette France où les Africains étaient regardés avec curiosité, condescendance ou dédain, Francis s'appuyait sur ses ressources intellectuelles. Travailleur assidu, il a obtenu son baccalauréat, puis s'est installé à Paris où il a commencé des études d'anglais à la Sorbonne. Un jour, il a su ce qui l'attirait vraiment : il voulait faire de la radio. Francis a appris son métier en France et aux Ã?tats-Unis.Après avoir travaillé quelques années comme reporter, il a été embauché en 1961 en tant que fonctionnaire international au Département de l'information de l'UNESCO.Parallèlement, Francis a toujours été attiré par la création musicale. Son activité diurne très sérieuse ne l'empêchait pas de fréquenter les clubs de jazz le soir. Ã? Paris, le jazz, la musique à la mode à cette époque, mais aussi la rumba et la salsa l'attiraient. Il collectionnait les disques et assistait à de nombreux concerts. Avec son complice Manu Dibango, Francis montait sur scène et jouait de la musique.Francis aimait la musique classique depuis son enfance. Il avait grandi en écoutant les cantates et les oratorios de Bach ou Handel que son père chantait au temple. Il s'est passionné pour la guitare, impressionné par les maîtres espagnols et sud-américains, et a décidé d'apprendre à jouer de l'instrument lui-même.Il a commencé à composer des pièces pour guitare, mêlant les diverses influences qui le traversaient avec la musique traditionnelle africaine qu'il portait en lui depuis son enfance. Son approche a captivé le directeur du Centre culturel américain (alors situé dans le quartier de Saint-Germain à Paris), qui lui a offert l'opportunité de se produire devant un public. Francis y a donné son premier récital de guitare (1963) devant un public hypnotisé. Son premier album solo est sorti peu de temps après.Progressivement, Francis est devenu reconnu comme musicien et compositeur. Plusieurs albums de l'ambassadeur africain de la guitare, comme le décrivait la presse, sont sortis. Il a également écrit des livres, au point que sa carrière artistique est devenue difficile à concilier avec sa carrière de fonctionnaire. En 1974, même s'il était devenu le directeur général chargé de la musique à l'UNESCO, il a fait le saut audacieux et a démissionné de cette prestigieuse institution pour se consacrer aux trois activités qui l'intéressaient : la musique, la littérature et le journalisme.Il a exploré le patrimoine musical traditionnel du continent africain, notamment à travers le piano à pouce sanza et la musique polyphonique des pygmées d'Afrique centrale, ou en chantant dans sa langue maternelle et en composant des chansons humoristiques en français !Le succès a suivi. Francis Bebey a parcouru le monde : de la France au Brésil, du Cameroun à la Suède, de l'Allemagne aux Caraïbes, ou du Maroc au Japon... la liste des pays où il a été invité à se produire, à donner des conférences ou à rencontrer des lecteurs est très longue. En plus de la reconnaissance publique, il bénéficiait de la reconnaissance de ses collègues musiciens, tels que le guitariste John Williams ou le Vénézuélien Antonio Lauro, qui l'ont invité à faire partie du jury d'un concours de guitare classique à Caracas.Sa vie était le voyage d'un pionnier africain, un homme enraciné dans son patrimoine culturel et portant un message de partage et d'espoir pour le monde. Son originalité continue de résonner dans le monde entier depuis son décès à la fin du mois de mai 2001.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.
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