Two beautiful pieces of Irish influence. Recorded by Gary Ryan on his CD 'Visions and Vistas'.The composer writes:'Out of Clonmel' - Over the past few years I have explored different tunings on the guitar. The instrument sounds fresh with a new tuning and harmonies or patterns that have become stale or are difficult to play with the traditional tuning can suddenly become reinvigorated idiomatic and resonant in different ways. You are also forced as a player to explore the fingerboard differently and the different tension of the strings produces a subtly different timbre.Out of Clonmel is tuned so that all of the open strings form a D major chord (D A D F# A D). This can be confusing at first but you get used to it pretty quickly and tablature helps when notating the score. Both of these pieces were originally commissioned by Rebecca Baulch a very fine player who I used to teach at the Royal College of Music. She was very good at reading tablature hence the idea to retune the guitar.Clonmel was the place my grandfather came from in Co. Tipperary Ireland and the piece has an energetic Irish flavour which reflects Irish folk music something I have always loved. The melody is decorated with ornaments which imitate those often played on the pipe or whistle. I dedicated this piece to my second daughter Caitlin so full of life who has of course in part come out of Clonmel.'Lough Caragh (Glenbeigh)' - Lough Caragh is influenced by the traditional Irish ballad and expresses for me something of the incredible beauty of the South West of Ireland. When my eldest daughter Jenny was only one year old in the summer of 2004 we stayed on the shores of Lough Caragh a beautifully tranquil lake west of Killarney visiting Glenbeigh where Jenny first played in the sea. I was trying to convey through the music the memory of those early magical childhood days which can never be recaptured. I had the melody going round in my head for a very long time before writing it down. When I compose I like to think that if what I have written is good I will remember it several weeks or months later in my head. My aural memory therefore acts as a filter retaining the best ideas before I put pen to paper. Lough Caragh uses a

Over 40 traditional and contemporary songs from the world of folk and folk-rock all presented with complete lyrics and a detailed chord guide.From the introspective guitar virtuosity of John Martyn and Bert Jansch and the traditional roots of The Dubliners right up to the songs of David Gray Adem and KT Tunstall these timeless classics will will never grow old!

From Bach to Bebop-In Jazz Guitar Fretboard Navigation Mark White will help you to develop a fingerboard facility that fuses the great navigational conception of the classical Guitar tradition with the improvisational on-the-fly solo content/language of the modern jazz guitarist to create an overall fingerboard concept that is flexible and rich. The result is a complete approach to the Guitar fingerboard that combines vertical orientations mixed with side-to-side and diagonal phrasing. Each Bach/bebop pair of arrangements presents similar fingering concepts so that you can see how they are applicable across styles. This comprehensive BerkleeGuide teaches a continuity in fingering concepts that you can apply to all Guitar traditions. The accompanying online recordings include demonstration and play-along tracks such as Guitar duets and jazz combos. Traditional fingering and tablature are included.

Learn to Play Using the Techniques & Songs of American Roots Music. A complete collection of all three Acoustic Guitar Method books and CDs in one volume! Learn how to play guitar with the only beginning method based on traditional American music that teaches you authentic techniques and songs. Beginning with a few basic chords and strums you'll start right in learning real music drawn from blues folk country and bluegrass traditions. You'll learn how to find notes on the fingerboard expand your collection of chords by learning songs in various keys and learn different kinds of picking patterns. When you're done with this method series you'll know dozens of thetunes that form the backbone of American music using a variety of flatpicking and fingerpicking techniques. Songs include: Bury Me Beneath the Willow · Delia · Frankie and Johnny · The Girl I Left Behind Me · House of the Rising Sun · Ida Red · In the Pines · Little Sadie · Man of Constant Sorrow · Sally Goodin · Scarborough Fair · Will the Circle Be Unbroken? · and many more.

This collection of traditional music from Ireland and Scotland arranged for solo guitar is the result of a passionate study of the tradition of some of the finest musicians playing in this genre. This volume one features Martin Simpson Steve Baughman Pierre Bensusan Duck Baker Tom Long Pat Kirtley El McMeen.

This book and download set from Berklee Press introduces the reader to the rich and varied world of mainstream jazz Guitar.Jazz Swing Guitar contains 47 lessons and etudes that present a comprehensive course of study to facilitate rapid progress with harmonic sensibility fingerboard scholarship essential repertoire and stylistic nuance. These gorgeous performance-quality etudes are rooted in the timeless jazz swing tradition for solo duet and soloing over ensemble. The accompanying recording demonstrates performances of the etudes. Traditional notation and tablature are included.

To most of us, Japan is an exotic and faraway land. When we see images of Shinto shrines, pagodas, geishas, and Kabuki actors in face paint, our imaginations are immediately captured.Now you can experience this rich and mysterious culture through its music. In addition to arrangements of classic folk tunes such as 'Sakura' and 'Edo Komori-uta,' Guitar Atlas: Japan teaches about Japanese scales, modes, and tunings, and traditional instruments such as the shamisen, koto, shakuhachi. Learn guitar techniques to emulate the sounds of these exotic instruments. Discover the fascinating world of Kabuki music, including a style of shamisen playing called ozatsuma. The book also informs about the Bon odori, or bon dances, held during the summer festival of Bon.This exciting introduction to the music of Japan offers new and interesting music to add to your repertoire, and teaches techniques, theory, and traditions that will enhance your playing and enrich your spirit. A CD demonstrating all examples and compositions is included. / Guitare

'Danish songs' - Danske Sange gathers the core repertoire in the Danish song tradition. It covers the Danish song from ballads to the traditional Danish songs till Danish pop and rock. It's all the well known songs and song we'll never get tired of singing. Not just because the songs are Danish but because of the wonderful melodies and lyrics have a special quality and speaks to the heart . The songs are annotated to include origin historical and cultural background. In this way there is also the opportunity to learn more about the context in which the songs were originally written. Edited by Inge Marstal and Kaj Nørholm.

Rob MacKillop is regarded as one of Scotland's finest musicians. In this groundbreaking book he defines a uniquely Scottish way of playing the guitar incorporating rich traditions into later material - from Gaelic songs to traditional airs and dances. His arrangements reflect the origins of the tunes with appropriate ornaments and phrasing. The accompanying CD helps players gain a deeper understanding of the subtle art of phrasing. Tunings used are DADGAD Open D and Open G.

Par MOZELL DAN. For volume II of The Incomplete Celtic Guitar, Dan Mozelle has arranged more great tunes from Ireland, Scotland and Cape Breton. Carefully notated in both standard notation and flatpicking Guitar tablature, the settings maintain the traditional flavour essential to Celtic music. There are few books available with flatpicking arrangements in this style. Along with Volume I, this book will enable guitarists to take their places next to fiddlers and other melody players in the rich musical traditions of Ireland and Scotland. There are over 90 pieces in this 104 page book. / Musique traditionnelle anglaise, irlandaise, écoss / Recueil / Guitare

Juan Martin's internationally-acclaimed series which reveals the art of playing the flamenco Guitar. A video series of six lessons is now presented on two DVDs with a total duration of three hours.Juan Martin explains and demonstrates the essential techniques and rhythmic forms of flamenco Guiar playing in six lessons designed for all players from beginning to advanced.The lessons show you in detail many varieties of basic rhythms which form the foundation of flamenco Guitar styles. They also give a wealth of traditional and modern flamenco solos accurately transcribed into music notation and easy-to-follow 'cifra' tablature all presented in a video series of sixlessons. In this way you learn not only how to play but also what to play as the lessons build into a substantial repertoire of flamenco music.Juan Martin is a Guitarist in the great tradition of flamenco. From early beginnings immersed in the flamenco culture of Andalucia he mastered the skills of accompanying flamenco singers and dancers before his emergence as an innovative soloist who is now an internationally-celebrated concert and recording artist with many albums to his credit.

Mariachi music for most of its 200 or so years has primarily been an aural tradition passing songs down from generation to generation ear to ear. This collection puts many popular tunes from the genre in print for any classicalguitarist to play. Author Laura Sobrino has been a professional mariachi and is familiar with the stylistic intricacies that truly make this Mexican traditional and popular music unique. Written in standard notation and tablature.