Christmas Music For Acoustic Guitar

A magnificent collection of the greatest ancient music for the Christmas season arranged for solo acoustic Guitar in standard notation and tablature. These tasteful settings are presented in three sections according to theirlevel of difficulty- easy intermediate or advanced. In addition to plain chants- carols hymns and motets in a variety of forms are included. This book contains 30 solo Guitar arrangements with extensive program notes andlyrics translated in English from the original language. Includes access to online audio from Gerard Garno's recordings entitled 'A Guitar for the Holidays' and 'O Magnum Mysterium'.

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.

This recent addition to the Acoustic Masterclass series features 12 beautiful acoustic guitar interpretations of classic Christmas music as performed by David Cullen Doug Smith and Laurence Juber. The included CD contains the original recordings from three beautiful Christmas CDs from Cullen Smith and Juber respectively. Arranged and recorded by Doug Smith winner of the 2006 Fingerstyle Championship at Winfield Festival. The CD alone will become one of your favorite holiday recordings and is included with this book at a great price!

The word 'DADGAD' refers to the names of the notes on the open strings of one of many alternate tunings for the guitar one that is very popular with acoustic guitar players. It has a wonderfully warm resonance allowing you toplay simple single-note melodies yet still fill out the sound of the instrument. The twenty Christmas carols presented here form a perfect introduction to playing guitar in DADGAD tuning. The melodies are presented withoutadded bass notes or chords - just those great melodies once heard never forgotten. This means you already know what the tune is supposed to sound like leaving you to concentrate on playing the notes on the right string andfret and for the right length of time. This book is the easiest of Rob Mackillop's DADGAD books. It assumes you know how to hold and tune the guitar and play some notes and a few simple chords. The book includes a'Technique Primer' to help get you up and running plus the essential chord diagrams for playing in DADGAD tuning. Book includes access to online audio featuring Rob MacKillop's performance of each piece.

Bill Bay asked me to write a follow up book to my last book �The Bluegrass Pickers Tune Book (20233).' If you like Bluegrass music (232 songs) I'd recommend getting that book to add to your collection. The focus of this book 'The Acoustic Source Book' is on roots and old-time music. The book is focused on the time period from late 1800's until 1940's. There are a few songs from The Bluegrass Book that were too important to be left out. I decided notto use any patriotic and Christmas songs and came up with a list of about 400 songs which eventually was cut down to over 200. During the late 1800's and early 1900's there was an important evolution in American music; the birthof jazz ragtime and blues. This was also the period of the phonograph and early commercial recordings. Music from the Minstrel period as well as traditional songs were used as staple for the roots musicians. In the early 1900'sthere were rags blues gospel Tin-Pan Alley jug band spiritual old-time country and popular songs. I've tried to include some of the well-known songs from every genre to give you a big slice of Americana. There are some greatsongs that are popular roots bluegrass and old-time songs today that have never been published. There are also great songs that are not well known that should be played and enjoyed.

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.

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.