A collection of 23 Celtic songs arranged for Guitar with standard notation and Tab. Includes a comprehensive guide to Flatpicking Celtic style Guitar and also a CD of examples.For me playing the Guitar is all about finding pieces of music that you want to play over and over again. I don't know a formula for what makes up a great piece but I know it when I hear it. A good piece of music is not a page with notes hanging in a museum it is music you come back to ten years later and love it just as much as you did when you first heard it. Whether it???s a classic piece by O'Carolan or a traditional piece in the Celtic tradition that is what I believe you will find inthis book. Quite simply these are beautiful arrangements of Celtic Music that you will keep you coming back. So if you love playing the guitar and you are looking for music you will be playing for a lifetime this is the book for you.Allan Alexander

Peter Penhallow presents fifteen American folk songs arranged to be accessible for the beginner guitarist complete with a glossary of terms a guide to music notation and a CD of examples. Get started by playing the music you love. Each of these wonderful folk and traditional favourites includes useful performance notes to help you develop the correct styles and techniques. Each song also boasts a variety of tracks on the CD featuring accompaniment patterns full performances and split rhythm/lead examples. Before you know it you'll be playing and singing such timeless songs as Down By The Riverside Will The Circle Be Unbroken and ThisLittle Light Of Mine.

Par THOMPSON JOHN. Richard Thompson Teaches Traditional Guitar Instrumentals / Rép International / Méthode / Guitare Tablatures

Media Type : Book Level : Multiple Levels Musical Genre : Flamenco Number of pages : 176 This beginning guitar method is written for aspiring classical or flamenco guitarists who want to learn how to read music up to the intermediate level. Music from the Spanish tradition such as Romanza, Pica-Pica, El Vito, Café de las Chinitas, Perfidía, La Virgen de la Macarena and flamenco music of Juan Serrano provides a technical and musical foundation that improves facility in playing scales, arpeggios, tremelo, and rasgueado. Tablature is not included as the one of the primary aims of this book is to improve note reading and the comprehension of the fundamental elements of music. Performances of all musical examples are available online that includes one performance at tempo for each of the more than 230 musical examples. Short repertoire pieces from Gaspar Sanz, Dionisio Aguado, Fernando Sor, Mauro Guiliani, Ferdinand Carulli, and Mateo Carcassi are included at the end of the book and are repertoire studies that will prepare guitarists for further study in classical and/or flamenco guitar.

For 'Flatpicking Guitar'. Includes TAB notation.An exciting and varied collection of 35 traditional tunes from around the world arranged for easy flatpicking guitar. All tunes are written clearly in standard notation as well as guitar tablature. An accompanying CD contains all the tunes played at a manageable speed accompanied by a backing band of guitars bass mandolin fiddle and percussion.The tunes come from Africa North and South America Europe The Middle East Asia and Australia and are specially arranged by the author with the beginning/intermediate guitarist in mind. On the CD the tunes are played 2 or 3 times so you can really get into thefeel of the tune when playing along. The speed of the tunes is quite slow but not so slow as to take away from the essential feel of the music.There is a mine of great music to be discovered from around the world a sample of which can be found in this unusual and stimulating selection which may well prove to be a springboard to further studies of traditional styles.

Jerry Garcia the lead guitarist singer and alleged leader of the Grateful Dead became an icon of the 60s youth movement. It was well-known that Jerry was a huge fan and probably considered himself a player of old-timeAmerican music from mountain fiddle and banjo music to English ballads to jug band music to bluegrass and blues and more. On the 'Shady Grove' recordings one can hear the deep commitment respect and love Jerry had for thistraditional American music. He's very faithful to the original artists' music. That may be surprising if you expect more of an ego-driven 'my version' approach from one the biggest rock stars ever. What you have here is a vibrantcollection of wonderful traditional American songs from a great variety of genres played in a style closely based on their traditional sources. Of course within those parameters we hear wonderful and personal readings of thetunes from both Jerry and mandolinist David Grisman. Dix Bruce has carefully transcribed many of Jerry's solos from the album trying to determine not just what he was playing but how he was playing it. Melodies tablature lyrics and chords are included in arrangements designed to be playable on the guitar while presenting the melodies as closely as possible. Jerry's banjo solos are transcribed here for guitar.

Par MARTIN JUAN / CAMPBELL PATRICK. The acclaimed first volume of this exciting series gave extensive insights into basic techniques of flamenco Guitar playing and the two important rhythmic forms (palos) of Solea and Alegrias. This second volume continues on with an exploration of further essential rhythmic palos. The first of these, occupying the whole of the first DVD, is the Bulerias. Juan Martin brings his many years of experience as an internationally renowned flamenco soloist and accompanist for singers and dancers to unravelling its mysteries, explaining and demonstrating very clearly the different elements of its rhythmic structure and the various ways it may be accented and counted. He uses traditional and more modern examples of the different kinds of rhythm and melodic passages (falsetas) to provide an invaluable understanding of this wonderful palo. The second DVD is devoted to the popular flamenco Rumba, then Tangos, Tientos and that most profound of all the palos, the deeply moving Seguiriyas. Martin's solo playing is complemented by demonstrations of the Guitar's role in accompanying the flamenco dance (baile) and song (cante) with the help of outstanding dancers Raquel de Luna and Miguel Infante and singers Amparo Heredia (La Repompilla) and Carlos Brias. The music for solo Guitar is transcribed in standard notation and tablature (cifra) and the two DVDs contain nearly three hours of explanation and demonstrations. The series is complemented by two other best-selling Juan Martin volumes published by Mel Bay, shown below. These provide progressively graded solo material to extend the repertoire, from beginner to concert level./ Tablatures / Guitare Tablatures

This is the first in a series of beginning method books that uses traditional American music to teach authentic techniques and songs. From the folk blues and old-time music of yesterday have come the rock country and jazz of today. This method will give you a foundation for understanding playing and enjoying these essential traditions and styles on the instrument that truly represents American music: the acoustic guitar. Working in both tablature and standard notation you'll learn how to find notes on the fingerboard a variety of basic chords and strums country backup basics waltz time and melodies with half notes and rests. At the end you'll knowdozens of the tunes that form the backbone of American music and you’ll be able to play them using a variety of flatpicking and fingerpicking techniques! Whether you are studying with a teacher or on your own this comprehensive approach with graded lessons and supplementary songs is the tool you need to get started!

Par MARSHALL DAVE. Dropped D Guitar: Bach to Blues provides in-depth strategies to help the seasoned beginner to intermediate guitarist gain familiarity with the patterns of dropped D, utilizing a series of hands-on exercises for playing in dropped D tuning. Actual music is provided (no scales here) in the major keys of C, G, D, A, and the minor keys of Dm, Am, and Em. In addition, the guitarist is given a wide-ranging source of music, in a variety of musical styles and keys. There are works written by classical masters, traditional music, and early blues - all arranged for fingerstyle guitar in dropped D tuning in both standard notation and tablature. Background narrative is given on musical periods, composers, and the music to add to the reader\'s understanding and interest. All instructional and solo material is played by the author on the accompanying CD. / Niveau : Débutant à Intermédiaire / All Styles - Methods / Tablatures / Guitare Tablatures Flatpick et Fingerpick

A Guide to Playing Modern & Traditional Electric Country Lead Guitar-This complete guide to playing modern and traditional electric country lead Guitar includes access to audio demo tracks online for download or streaming.Al Bonhomme's Country Guitar covers the topics: pentatonic and other scales string bending hybrid picking chicken pickin' flatpicking pickin' on the low strings steel Guitar double stops triad basics Banjo rolls open-string cascades cow jazz and intros and endings. Standard notation and tablature are both included.

Par AL PETTEWAY. Whispering Stones won the award for 'Best Recording' from the Washington Area Music Association and has continued to be a favorite with fans of fingerstyle guitar music throughout the world. The book features Celtic-inspired original and traditional tunes performed on solo acoustic guitar with the occasional addition of flute, mandolin, cello, piano, or bells. The tunes appear in the same order as in the recording. Al Petteway is an award-winning fingerstyle guitarist and composer. His many 'Wammie' awards from the Washington Area Music Association include 'Artist of the Year' and 'Musician of the Year'. Al's playing fuses Celtic/British ideas and tunings with American themes and drive. Acoustic Guitar Magazine praised his 'concise, clean arrangements similar to John Renbourn's better work'. In notation and tablature. / Niveau : Intermédiaire / Tablatures / Guitare Fingerpicking