Blues Classics: Guitar Solo: Instrumental Tutor

Le Petit Guitarama est un répertoire de morceaux tous styles, connus, pour guitaristes débutants, permettant de jouer aussi bien du classique (Vivaldi, Bach...), des légendes de la pop (Beat It, Love Me Tender...), des musiques de films (Le parrain, La panthère rose...), du répertoire francophone (Goldman, Brassens...), ou des airs traditionnels de différents horizons (Orient, Irlande, Italie...). Chaque morceau est le fruit d'un travail d'arrangement, précis, adapté à l'instrument et au niveau de l'élève. Ce volume, progressif, couvre l'apprentissage de la guitare du tout début, à deux ans de pratique. En plus des nombreuses pièces en solo, l'ouvrage propose des duos, trios, et quatuors. La mise en page assure une grande lisibilité, en couleur. Richement illustré, ce recueil s'adresse à tous. Et, toujours dans l'esprit de la collection ...RAMA : originalité, qualité des arrangements, progressivité, variété des styles. 66 morceaux pour guitare, dont : ' La campanella (Paganini) ' Mon frère (M. Le Forestier) ' What i'd say (Ray Chales) ' Jules et Jim (thème du film) ' Le magicien d'Oz (thème du film) ' Je l'aime à mourir (F. Cabrel) ' La panthère rose (thème du film) et bien d'autres...

The composer says: For years, my fellow guitarists have been asking me to compose a solo classical guitar piece that reflects that most American of musical styles'the blues. Their prodding was the motivation for Periwinkle Memories; the inspiration for the piece, however, really came from a maestro of extraordinary skill, and a teacher of even more extraordinary patience, Elias Barreiro, my guitar teacher at the University of New Orleans. I have always tried to emulate in my performances the beauty of his interpretations, and to fuse in my compositions the power and emotion of the blues. The name, Periwinkle Memories was a serendipity. I was struck by the light purplish-blue hue of the periwinkle, and soon learned the history of the funnel-shaped flower (Vinca minor.) Though it now grows wild in parts of the United States it is native to Australia, some consider it an invasive weed, most admire its extraordinary beauty. Common herbicides won't kill it. The periwinkle is too vigorous and hardy for that. And now it is not merely a begrudged part of the American landscape, it is a vibrant part of the American landscape, elegant, stubborn, and nearly native. Like the blues. And like that young recalcitrant student Maestro Barreiro worked so hard to mold so many years ago. Ogden Nash said, 'One man's remorse is another man's reminiscence.' Periwinkle Memories is a celebration of Maestro Barreiro, and of both facets of that adage in me. Carlos Barrientos was born on June 25, 1954 in Tela, Honduras. He began his formal music studies at the National Music Conservatory in Guatemala City, Guatemala C.A. His training with Maestro Elias Barreiro, Director of Guitar Studies at Tulane University, was supplemented with Master Classes with Manuel Barrueco, Leo Brouwer, Juan Mercadal, Michael Newman, Tommy Tedesco and Carlos Barbosa-Lima. He studied composition under the tutelage of Dr. Jerry Sieg, University of New Orleans, and Dr. Roy Johnson, Florida State University. He consulted with Michael D. Martin, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Music, Albany State University, Albany, GA in the creation of a recordings library that reflects Western Art Music and American Jazz for the students at Albany State University. The New York Premiere of the First Movement of his Second Guitar Sonata was dedicated to and performed by Classical Guitarist Maestro Carlos Barbosa-Lima in 2003 at Carnegie Hall. At the request of U.S. Senator Bob Graham one of his compositions, Si Tu Te Vas (If You Go Away), was included on a recording to promote The Everglades Trail. In 2004, at the American Church in Paris, France the World Premiere of his Romance for Flute and Guitar was performed by the award-winning Serenade Duo, flutist Michelle LaPorte and guitarist Gerry Saulter. He has performed with such legendary musicians as Herbie Mann, Donald Byrd and Debbie Reynolds, led an on stage Renaissance Trio in a University of New Orleans production of Shakespeare's Twelfth Night, and played incidental music for their production of Bertold Brecht's The Good Woman of Sichuan. He has performed Carulli's Guitar Concerto in A, Leonard Bernstein's West Side Story and Marvin Hamlish's A Chorus Line with the Northwest Florida Symphony Orchestra and Okaloosa-Walton Community College, Niceville, FL, and with the Southern Art Music Ensemble, a Jazz/Latin Fusion Sextet, including an Honors Convocation in Atlanta for Mr. Ted Turner. He has been a guest performer with the Albany State University Jazz Ensemble at The Fletcher Henderson Jr., Macon and Atlanta Jazz Festivals, and played the banjo in the Albany State University /Albany Symphony's co-production of George Gershwin's Opera Porgy and Bes

Guitar Play-Along Volume 95-Guitar Play-Along Volume 95: Blues Classics will help you play your favourite blues songs quickly and easily! Just follow the tab listen to the CD to hear how the Guitar should sound and then play along using the separate backing tracks. The melody and lyrics are also included in the book in case you want to sing or to simply help you follow along. The audio CD is playable on any CD player and also enhanced so PC and Mac users can adjust the recording to any tempo without changing pitch!8 songs: Dust My Broom ? Easy Baby ? I Ain't Got You ? If You Love Me like You Say ? Mary Had a Little Lamb ? Messin'with the Kid ? Mojo Hand ? Reconsider Baby.

for Solo Guitar Vol. 1-This collection will help spark an interest in the development of an American repertoire for the classical guitar. Traditional Scottish and Irish tunes were transformed by the African rhythms of banjo players which in turninfluenced popular music and led to ragtime jazz and blues. The amount of folk music in America is staggering. The nineteenth century gave birth to many unique American styles and its songs are an important part of our musicalheritage. Even today quite a few of the tunes in this collection will seem very familiar. Written primarily in standard notation the exceptions being those tunes in altered tunings which logically appear in tablature only.

Delta is a collection of compositions written over about a 20 year period. It includes 13 solos in notation and tablature reflecting Mediterranean Latin Jazz Celtic and Blues genres. The title Delta is drawn specifically from the last movement of the Blues Suite that wrote for Stanley Yates back in '99. Stanley toured England playing the entire Suite at his concerts. He returned to the States with reports asto the success of the Blues Suite and in particular the Delta movement.

A classic collection of 20 songs from this legendary blues guitarist. Along with Muddy Waters and Howlin' Wolf the Hook casts a giant shadow that covers the Delta Blues of the 30's the primal electric Rhythm 'N' Blues of the late 40's and eclectic blendings of 60's rock and beyond. Those bumping pumping boogies can still fire up the rampant randiness of anyone who 'has the boogie-woogie in 'em and that's got to come out.'

The At a Glance series pairs an instructional DVD lesson taught by a professional guitarist with a supplemental book for a comprehensive learning experience. The lessons are loaded with valuable tips and information and popular song examples help to demonstrate the concepts in action. The DVD is filmed in high definition and features on-screen music. The At a Glance Classical Guitar book includes over 20 works in tab by Beethoven Corelli Carcassi Carulli Sor and more.