Early American Roots - Recorder Edition

American Melodies-These 45 early-American melodies work especially well on the soprano recorder. They provide excellent material for developing skills in rapid tonguing extended breath-control and the playing of high notes. Many of these melodieshave roots in the Old World. For example La Cachucha La Cracovienne and La Smolenska were brought to America by the amazing ballerina Fanny Elssler. (For her White House performance Congress adjourned early!) Although arrangedprimarily for soprano recorder most of the solos can be played on tenor or alto recorder. (On the alto use C fingerings.) A separate flute edition is available.

Here is the Lost Heritage of the Irish-American Banjo! The Irish-style Tenor banjo has become immensely popular of late yet the roots of Irish influence on American Banjo music extends right back to the 1840s when the legendary Joel Sweeney picked up a gourd Banjo from Black American Banjo players and proceeded to perform 'jigs reels and breakdowns'. Other Irish-Americans played a leading role in the development and popularity of theBanjo in America and Rob MacKillop has collected 27 of their finest pieces in this collection the first of its kind. Early Irish-American Banjo is a solo instrumental collection writtenin standard notation plus 3 lines of tablature for the 5-string Banjo the 4-string tenor Banjo in standard tuning (CGDA) and for the Irish tenor Banjo in octave-mandolin tuning (GDAE low-to-high). Lyrics are not included in thisvolume.Can be played with either a flat pick or fingerstyle.The audio recording contains brilliant performances of all 27 pieces by Rob MacKillop a leading performer of historical Banjo music.Rob performs fingerstyle with the flesh of his fingertips on gut strings on a period-appropriate banjo in the old American tuning. This online recording is a treasure in itself.Tunes included: StPatrick's Day; Rocky Road To Dublin; Savourneen Deelish; McCormick Party Reel Sheridan's Hornpipe Connaught Man's Rambles and many others. Includes access to online audio.

Volume Two-The performances in this DVD series present two generations of artists who have advanced the acoustic guitar’s cause with formidable boldness. We clearly hear their folk blues and country roots even as they develop other distinctly personal harmonic and melodic pathways. Thinking coupled with the 90% perspiration 10% inspiration formula is evident in the performances here no less than in the artful arrangements in the original compositions. There are English guitarist playing original music tinged by American blues and American guitarists picking with English accents. There are guitarists from everywhere bringing music from the keyboard and othersources to the guitar. There is an apparent user-friendly adaptability happening around the instrument: the example of these players encourages the rest of us to tinker with arrangements explore open tunings try varied techniques of picking. The means they demonstrate are flexible. And the ends? Endless. As the redoubtable Claw Jerry Reed once remarked I don’t go to see a man pick. I go to see a man think. Dave Evans Stagefright John Renbourn Rosslyn Stefan Grossman Tightrope John Knowles Coastin' Pat Donohue The Mooch Marcel Dadi Saturday Night Shuffle Duck Baker Blood Of The Lamb Chris Proctor Interstate John Renbourn Little Niles Stefan Grossman Bermuda Triangle Exit El McMeen My Mary Of The Curling Hair Joe Miller Ivory Coast John Knowles Waltz Forever Pat Donohue High Society Duck Baker 'Round Midnight Chris Proctor Morning Thunder El McMeen Angels We Have Heard On High Marcel Dadi Je Te Veux Bonus Instructional Tracks: Stefan Grossman Diddie Wa Diddie and Pat Donohue High Society

Series: Stefan Grossman’s Early Masters of American Blues Guitar Category: Guitar Method or Supplement Format: Book & CD Instrument: Guitar The Early Masters of American Blues series provides the unique opportunity to study the true roots of modern blues. Stefan Grossman, noted roots-blues guitarist and musicologist, has compiled this fascinating collection of 16 songs, transcribed exactly as performed by legendary blues master Lonnie Johnson. In addition to Stefan's expert transcriptions, the book includes a CD containing the original recordings of Lonnie Johnson so you can hear the music as he performed it. One of the most influential blues artists of the 20th century, Lonnie Johnson began his 50-year music career in the early 1920s, and continued to perform and record until his passing in 1970. Recording both as a soloist and with legends like Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, and Eddie Lang, Lonnie Johnson's influence can still be heard today, from the work of blues guitar greats like T-Bone Walker and B.B. King, to a whole new generation of blues players.