The Spirituals—Their Story Their Song is both a collection of guitar solos and a songbook devoted to African-American spirituals. The music is placed in historical context to help the reader better appreciate and interpret thisamazing musical legacy. The book provides solo guitar arrangements in standard notation and tablature plus a vocal stave with complete lyrics and chord diagrams for 60 songs of faith freedom hope and the human spirit. Acompanion CD includes the author’s rendition of all of the guitar solos in the book. The book provides an in-depth analysis of the various meanings and messages of the spirituals and traces the musical forms that grew outof them namely blues jazz gospel country calypso rhythm and blues soul and rock. This book is for all who play the guitar including: students music teachers parents performing guitarists vocalists and anyone with aninterest in folk gospel and sacred music.

A collection of all time Gospel favorites scored for guitar melody. Chords tablature and lyrics are included along with a companion CD. A Glorious Church; All the Way My Savior Leads Me; Angel Band; Blessed Assurance; BlessedQuietness; Death as No Terrors; Drifting too Far from the Shore; Every Bridge is Burned Behind Me; Every Day and Every Hour; Glory to His Name; Hallelujah We Shall Rise; He Abides and many more.

This book is filled with fresh arrangements for first-year voice students with intermediate level piano parts. These spirituals are perfect for all singers representing a significant part of American folk music. They're equally at home in the recital hall or at your next church service. The accompanying CD includes performance tracks and accompaniment-only tracks.

This book/CD combo presents flatpicking arrangements of inspirational tunes written in standard notation and tablature also included for each song is a leadsheet arrangement with lyrics chord symbols and fretboard diagrams forreference.

This book is filled with fresh arrangements for first-year voice students with intermediate level piano parts. These spirituals are perfect for all singers representing a significant part of American folk music. They're equally at home in the recital hall or at your next church service. The accompanying CD includes performance tracks and accompaniment-only tracks.