Christmas Music For Acoustic Guitar (SIKTBERG STEPHEN)

Duets For Two Acoustic Guitars-The Christmas season has always been special to me. It is a season that has crystallized the hopes aspirations and faith of millions of people through the centuries. The amount of music written for Christmas is monumental.This book contains 14 scores from my Christmas Guitar Portraits recording. I selected various genres dear to me.First there are selections from the early American sacred song tradition. The Babe of Bethlehem Cherry Tree Carol A Star in the East The Shepherd's Star A Virgin Unspotted and I Wonder As I Wander all are from this rich heritage.I also picked a number of carols from theOld English genre. Away In The Manger Green Grow'th the Holly and What Child is This are included.Then there are the Christmas favourites. In the Bleak Mid-winter and a medley ofBaloo Lammy; The First Noel and Silent Night make any Christmas complete. Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence is one of my favourite Advent hymns. Gaudete Christus est natus is arousing carol dating back many centuries.Finally I included two originals. Lullay My Liking is an ancient carol text. Many composers over the centuries have written melodies to these lyrics most notably GustavHolst. I could not resist the temptation so the melody here is original. Finally Christmas Prayer is a new composition. I have always wanted to compose and arrange music designed to bring the Plectrum or Flatpick Guitarto the concert stage. These arrangements were written with that in mind.

Easy Pieces for Acoustic Guitar: Christmas contains simple acoustic arrangements of 16 festive tunes for solo Guitar.The music is written in both standard notation and Guitar tab making it the perfect material forclassical or steel-string guitarists to show off their technique through great songs which have stood the test of time.The CD contains demonstrations of all the pieces.

Oh Holy Night Oh Little Town of Bethlehem and It Came Upon a Midnight Clear are just a few of the carols in this collection arranged for classical Guitar. The author's intent while arranging thesecarols was to maintain their traditional flavour while making them idiomatic for the Guitar. A great way to enhance any Christmas gathering. In notation & tablature.

Learn to Play 15 Complete Holiday Classics-Learn to Play 15 Complete Holiday Classics. Add to your repertoire with this collection of traditional easy-to-play holiday classics. You'll practice and reinforce the techniques you've learned in The Acoustic Guitar Method Book One. Bring these beautiful melodies to life by listening to the recordings on the companion CD and then using the transcriptions to practice single-note melodies in open position basic downstroke strums and simple chords. Songs: Jingle Bells · Joy to the World · Deck the Halls · Silent Night · The First Noel · Away in a Manger · O Christmas Tree · O Come All Ye Faithful · Hark! The Herald Angels Sing · It Came upon a Midnight Clear · What Child Is This? ·We Three Kings of Orient Are · God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen · Angels We Have Heard on High · We Wish You a Merry Christmas. Includes tab lyrics and notes on the song origins and arrangements.

Mastering Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar. The Hawaiian word for slack key guitar, k? h??alu, means to ?loosen the key? or retune some of the strings to create a harmonious sound with an open or alternate tuning. Slack key is a fingerpicking style characterized by strong alternating bass lines played with the thumb. While slack key can be played on any guitar, most players prefer a nylon- or steel-stringed acoustic instrument. This book presents 25 intermediate to advanced traditional and original tunes in the Hawaiian slack key style. Melodies are often harmonized in sixths or thirds played with or without double stops. Techniques like syncopated bass lines, hammer-ons, pull-offs, slides, and harmonics are tastefully employed to evoke the images of ocean breezes, swaying palms, hula dancers and white sandy beaches. The author writes, ?Unless you grew up playing slack key, it?s hard to get from the material presented in most books and DVDs to a fluid, play-it-your-own-way style.? This book seeks to reveal the insights the author has gleaned from studying and jamming with some of the giants of the slack key style, and help you develop a style all your own. Includes access to online audio tracks of all 25 relaxing but challenging Hawaiian slack key tunes.

Uses: Advent Christmas Scripture: Luke 2 David Angerman and Michael Barrett have combined to provide a new Christmas cantata seeking to blend traditional carols with some contemporary Christian seasonal selections. Designed for choirs of any size this quickly learned cantata includes songs by Michael W. Smith Keith Getty Amy Grant Point of Grace and others. The accompaniment tracks available are produced with a fresh folk sound making the work both current and comfortable to all types of audiences. Optional obbligato instruments give thoughtful directors choices for acoustic instrumental additions if desired. The simple narration reminds us of the comfort and joy we have inthe miracle of grace. Titles include: Prepare Ye the Way O Savior of Our Fallen Race Promises of Isaiah Breath of Heaven Here I Am to Worship One King Light of the Stable All Is Well. Available separately: SATB Listening CD Preview Pack Orchestration CD-ROM (Score & parts for Flute 1&2 Oboe Clarinet Horn 1&2 Piano Synth. Acoustic Guitar E. Bass Percussion 1&2 Harp Violin 1&2 Viola Cello) StudioTrax CD Split-Trax CD 10-Pack CDs RehearsalTrax CDs. Duration: ca. 37:00.

A Christmas Jubilee-Set hearts soaring with this joyful Christmas cantata based on American folk songs spirituals bluegrass-styled carols and original gospel songs. Traditional choral elements dance easily with the rustic qualities of the mountain music and the results are pure joy. Designed to be performed either with piano alone or with the unique bluegrass consort this work is a celebration of light. Even the narration has a gentle folk quality adding to the dramatic potential of your presentation. Experience the work that after its Carnegie Hall debut left New York critics ebullient with praise! Songs include: Hear the Wondrous Story; The King Shall Come; Star of Promise Light of Glory; AMorning Star Will Rise; Mary Went a-Riding; O Little Town; Here Comes the Light; A Christmas Answer; A Little Light Was Born. Score and Parts (fiddle banjo mandolin acoustic guitar upright bass drums) available as a Printed Edition and as a digital download.