Guitar Games

The composer says: Several musical threads led to my writing this piece of music to celebrate my friend Matanya Ophee?s (AKA MO) 80th birthday - a life lived with the guitar. Jelly Roll Morton once asserted: ?In fact, if you can't manage to put tinges of Spanish in your tunes, you will never be able to get the right seasoning; I call it, for jazz.? Over the last couple of years I moved back to Jelly Roll Morton?s city: New Orleans, home of my adolescence and reacquainted myself with the tinges of Spanish in its rich musical heritage. One of these pieces was the Mardi Gras Mambo, an iconic song frequently played during Mardi Gras and, in David Newman?s reworking of the lyrics, at the New Orleans Saints football games as the Super Bowl Mambo. Uncited sources on both Wikipedia and Essortment say the word Mambo means ?conversation with the gods? in Kikongo, the language spoken by Central African slaves taken to Cuba where it became the name for a musical form and a dance style that developed originally in Cuba in the able hands of Cachao?s (Bassist Orestes Lopez) tune: Danzon Mambo. This rhythmic style became famous in the 1950?s following its use in dance bands in Mexico and through New Orleans to the United States. The infectiousness of the New Orleans re-interpretation of the Mambo?s ostinato bass line and the reaction of people who are readily moved to dance when they hear it spoke to me of dance and celebration. This led me to choose some of this piece?s characteristics and title for this piece: Mambo for MO. As we have progressed on the instrument, some of us may have encountered the four-chord descending minor chord progression known as the Andalusian cadence: i - VII - VI - V in many different genres and guises. After all, it appears in Ray Charles? Hit the Road, Jack, the verse on Good Vibrations by The Beach Boys, Walk, Don?t Run by The Ventures, Runaway by Del Shannon and in that great work arranged and embraced by the Guitar: J.S. Bach?s Chaconne from the Partita in D minor for solo violin, BWV 1004. This bass line derived from a Latin American musical style as reinterpreted in New Orleans, a chord progression that evokes the Flamenco Music of Spain, and my impressions of the sinuous lines of people dancing the Second Line in the streets of New Orleans at Mardi Gras led me to this synthesis as a tribute to a man who has contributed so much in his lifelong efforts for the guitar, its history and lore on the occasion of his birthday! Happy Birthday, Matanya! Carlos Barrientos was born on June 25, 1954 in Tela, Honduras. He began his formal music studies at the National Music Conservatory in Guatemala City, Guatemala C.A. His training with Maestro Elias Barreiro, Director of Guitar Studies at Tulane University, was supplemented with Master Classes with Manuel Barrueco, Leo Brouwer, Juan Mercadal, Michael Newman, Tommy Tedesco and Carlos Barbosa-Lima. He studied composition under the tutelage of Dr. Jerry Sieg, University of New Orleans, and Dr. Roy Johnson, Florida State University. He consulted with Michael D. Martin, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Music, Albany State University, Albany, GA in the creation of a recordings library that reflects Western Art Music and American Jazz for the students at Albany State University. The New York Premiere of the First Movement of his Second Guitar Sonata was dedicated to and performed by Classical Guitarist Maestro Carlos Barbosa-Lima in 2003 at Carnegie Hall. At the request of U.S. Senator Bob Graham one of his compositions, Si Tu Te Vas (If You Go Away), was included on a recording to promote The Everglades Trail. In 2004, at the American Church in Paris, France the World Premiere of his Romance for Flute and Guitar was performed by the award-winning Serenade Duo, flutist Michelle LaPorte and guitarist Gerry Saulter. He has performed with such legendary musicians as Herbie Mann, Donald Byrd and Debbie Reynolds, led an on stage Renaissance Trio in a University of New Orleans production of Shakespeare?s Twelfth Night, and played incidental music for their production of Bertold Brecht?s The Good Woman of Sichuan. He has performed Carulli?s Guitar Concerto in A, Leonard Bernstein?s West Side Story and Marvin Hamlish?s A Chorus Line with the Northwest Florida Symphony Orchestra and Okaloosa-Walton Community College, Niceville, FL, and with the Southern Art Music Ensemble, a Jazz/Latin Fusion Sextet, including an Honors Convocation in Atlanta for Mr. Ted Turner. He has been a guest performer with the Albany State University Jazz Ensemble at The Fletcher Henderson Jr., Macon and Atlanta Jazz Festivals, and played the banjo in the Albany State University /Albany Symphony?s co-production of George Gershwin?s Opera Porgy and Bess.

Le guitariste sérieux: Book Essential de Gear est une source inestimable pour tout ce que vous devez savoir sur l'équipement de la guitare. Avec des tonnes de photos et illustrations, les explications du monde réel sur la façon d'atteindre les tons de signature dans une variété de genres, des conseils utiles sur l'entretien des engins de pêche, et un aperçu en profondeur des innovations marquantes dans les guitares et les technologies liées à la guitare des années 1930 à le présent, cet ouvrage complet fournit tous les outils dont vous avez besoin pour gagner une riche compréhension de l'évolution des engins de guitare électrique. Appliquer ces connaissances à votre propre plate-forme pour débloquer une signature sonore qui va vous démarquer de la foule. Le CD d'accompagnement inclus propose des démonstrations de l'équipement et des configurations abordés dans le livre. / Guitare

Final Straw is the third album by Glasgow's Snow Patrol and is darker and more sinister than its predecessors. Hailed as one of the very best albums/bands of 2004 this title includes the awesome hit singles Run Chocolate and Spitting Games all presented in accurate Tab transcriptions.

After decades of anticipation Alfred is proud to release the officially licensed collectible sheet music companion folios to the Super Mario Bros.? video game series.This collection of 34 themes is arranged for solo guitar performance with full notation and TAB. Each song is arranged in easy guitar keys at an easy-intermediate level and all pieces are suitable for recitals concerts and solo performances. Beloved by generations of gamers around the globe these instantly recognizable melodies are drawn from more than two decades of Nintendo® video games from Koji Kondo's iconic 'Super Mario Bros.? Ground Background Music' to the New SuperMario Bros.? Wii? themes.Adding to the fun graphics from the corresponding games grace each page of the sheet music. Impress friends family and audiences of all ages by playing from this magnificent collection which makes a great gift for every guitarist.

Par VINCENT RANDY. Line Games is an organized series of practical studies for the development of single-note guitar technique and jazz vocabulary simultaneously. Many examples are transcribed from the recorded solos of great jazz guitarists, giving guitarists the tools to develop complete fluency in creating similar lines on their own! / Methods

Media Type : Book Level : Beginning Musical Genre : Children Series : Young Beginner Number of pages : 40 More than just a note-speller, this work has exercises in which the student writes either the note-name, the note (on the staff) or the note location on the fingerboard through first position. In addition, the second half of the book has dozens of games, puzzles, word search, mazes (and more) that teach the student names of dynamics, articulation, tone color, parts of the guitar, effects on the guitar and note rhythms. This is the most innovative and enjoyable note-speller ever written to reinforce learning along side any beginner's guitar method!

For The Young Beginner-More than just a note-speller this work has exercises in which the student writes either the note-name the note (on the staff) or the note location on the fingerboard through first position. In addition the second half of thebook has dozens of games puzzles word search mazes (and more) that teach the student names of dynamics articulation tone color parts of the guitar effects on the guitar and note rhythms. This is the most innovative andenjoyable note-speller ever written to reinforce learning along side any beginner's guitar method!

This method is time tested innovative and has proven successful in imparting essential concepts of musicianship and Classic Guitar performance to children. It's realistic approach to early childhood education utilizesimportant concepts inspired by the writings of both Suzuki and Kodaly. This method stimulates musical imagination and ability through Guitar techniques eurhythmics and listening and theory games. Students also learn byparticipating in movement singing and Guitar performance. Includes access to online audio.

Deuxième Edition - French Edition-La Méthode De Guitare Hal Leonard s'adresse quiconque désire apprendre jouer de la guitare électrique ou acoustique. Elle repose sur l'expérience acquise durant de nombreuses années d'enseignement de la guitare des élèves de tous ges et constitue aussi l'une des meilleures méthodes de guitare dans le monde.Le volume 2 aborde:Les Accords de Am Dm A E F and B7 Les 'Power Chords' Le Style 'Fingerpicking' Les Syncopes Note Pointées et Troilets Les Solos dans le Style Carter Les Lignes de Basse Les Games Pentatoniques L'improvisation Les Tablatures 92 Superbes Chansons Riffs et Examples

A selection of classic Australian songs that is a must-have for every musician. These are some of the songs that shape the Australian experience. They are time-honoured well-known favourites with special Australian relevance. This book is essentially the same book as 'Songs of Australia' but with a new cover and additional information within on the history behind the songs.The collection opens with the Australian National Anthem Advance Australia Fair and is concluded with another national song Waltzing Matilda. Many of the older traditional songs are included in this useful volume. In addition there are newer works which have become iconic for Australians such as BruceRowland's The Man From Snowy River and Under Southern Skies which was performed by Nikki Webster at the opening of the Olympic Games in Sydney in the year 2000. Each song is presented in a PVG (piano vocal guitar chord) arrangement. Contains; Advance Australis Fair Botany Bay Bound for South Australia Click Go the Shears Drovers Dream Dying Stockman Flash Jack From Gundagai Man From Snowy RIver Old Bullock Dray Overlander Under Southern Skies Waltzing Matilda and Wild Colonial Boy