Traditional : American Classics

There are extensive historical notes and rehearsal suggestions provided by the arranger for your use in rehearsing and presenting this traditional American classic in concert. Written as a medium shuffle it has a great groove throughout. An optional vibe part is included.

Continuing the reissue of the classic Phillips Collection of Traditional American Fiddle Tunes - Volume 2 Favorite American Hornpipes For Fiddle presents over a hundred classic and lesser-known Fiddle tunes inhornpipe style from all parts of the United States some with multiple versions.All tunes are transcribed from the playing of some of the greatest traditional fiddlers of the past and present including Benny Thomasson BobWalters Howdy Forrester James Bryan Rodney Miller Ruthie Dornfeld and many more. Bowings and chord accompaniment are included.Teachers are you looking for short pieces that will solidify scales and arpeggios thatdon't bore your students? Tired of the same old classical etudes? Hornpipes can also serve as effective and fun exercises for all Violin students not just fiddlers. Many of them could have come right out of the baroque periodof art music. But they also illustrate some of America's great tradition of fiddling.

Two-Steps & Marches- Fiddle-Continuing the reissue of the classic Phillips Collection of Traditional American Fiddle Tunes - Volume 2 Favorite American Listening Pieces Two Steps and Marches for Fiddle presents over 120 classic andlesser-known fiddle tunes from all parts of the United States some with multiple versions.This treasure trove gathers many of mysterious and lonesome sounding sometimes twisty but always beautiful melodies that don'tneatly fit into the typical fiddle categories yet are some of the melodies most beloved by fiddlers.All the pieces are transcribed from performances of the greatest traditional fiddlers of the past and present includingKenny Kosek Pete Sutherland Eck Robertson Bruce Greene Hoyt Ming Jere Canote Luther Strong John Salyer Clark Kessinger Kenny Baker Howdy Forrester John Hartford and dozens more.Bowings and chord accompaniment areincluded. This book will also be of value to students of classical music and Suzuki trained children. The tunes can serve as fun changes-of-pace from the drudgery of scales and arpeggios. And they illustrate America's greattradition of fiddling.

Creative Transcriptions for Today's Guitarist. Par . This second volume of The Classical Guitarist?s Gig Book contains 63 intermediate to advanced solo arrangements of pieces in various styles. From ?The Water Is Wide? and Christmas and patriotic favorites to opera arias ?Julia Florida? by Agustín Barrios and Cello Suite No. 1 by J. S. Bach all of the music in this book is written in standard notation only. Award-winning composer university professor 2013 Winfield Fingerstyle Champion and 2022 Indiana State Fingerstyle Guitar Competition winner Mark Cruz has added a few of his own engaging compositions to this exceptional collection?ideal for the performing classic guitarist. / Date parution : 2023-01-24/ Recueil / Guitare

American Fingerstyle Guitar Favorites-Learn to play twelve classic fingerstyle songs with one of the masters of the style Pat Donohue. With note-for-note transcriptions in both staff notation and Guitar tablature (tab) learn to play these great American folk songs exactly as they were intended.Drawing influences from blues legends like Robert Johnson and folk heroes like Bob Dylan Donohue takes the best of both worlds to produce an idiosyncratic blend of warm acoustic fingerpicking and traditional American travelling songs. With the Hal Leonard Solo Guitar Library you can learn every note and nuance from the cream of Pat Donohue?s backcatalogue with selections from his 2008 album Freewayman going way back to his 1989 album Big Blind Bluesy. Each song from American Fingerstyle Guitar Favorites has been expertly transcribed into both staff notation and tablature making this book perfect for any fan of acoustic-folk music or somebody who wants to learn the essentials of fingerpicking. Whatever your background there is nobody better to learn from than Pat Donohue who has been called ?one of the greatest finger pickers in the world today? by none other than Chet Atkins. As if this wasn?t enough to convince you this edition of the book also comes with free audio access to Donohue himself playing the songs. All you have to do is enter the code provided on the Hal Leonard website to download digital versions of songs like Big Blind Bluesy and Maple Leaf Rag. To see the full list of songs included in this songbook please see below.With an unparalleled level of precise transcription the Hal Leonard Solo Guitar Library offers the best possible way for you to perfectly learn a dozen fingerstyle classics that come from the very hands of one of the greatest.

In this second volume of The Acoustic Guitar Method series for beginning guitarists you'll expand on Book 1 and continue to learn traditional American music using authentic techniques and songs! Learn how to play alternating bass notes in a country backup pattern how to combine chords and classic bass runs and how to play your first fingerpicking patterns. You'll find out what makes a major scale work and what blues notes do to a melody all while learning more notes on the fingerboard and more great songs from the American roots repertoire. Whether you are studying with a teacher or on your own this comprehensive approach with graded lessons andsupplementary songs is the tool you need to get started!

The Vocal Library. A huge collection of 70 sacred songs for classical singers spanning an enormous range of literature including art songs traditional songs classic Burleigh spiritual arrangements (experts on African-American spirituals contend they are for singers of all ethnic heritages) and distinctive concert arrangements of hymns and folksongs by Richard Walters. There are five duets included. This collection will be as useful in the voice studio as in every working singer's repertoire and every church music library.