Solo Guitar - Level 4 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.1411011

Composed by Michael Reardon. Classical,Jazz. Individual part. 35 pages. Songburd Music #993382. Published by Songburd Music (A0.1411011).

Reflections is a set of ten solo pieces for classical guitar that focuses on connecting compositional ideas and moments expressed in the framework of each piece of this collection.

Vesta, Gaia and Lakshmi assume some connection to mythology as these titles take their names from three notable Roman, Greek and Hindu goddesses.  Vesta, Gaia and Lakshmi are classical pieces, but they are not without jazz influence, using the major scale modes to convey a sense of mood and atmosphere that is commonly found in impressionism.  

Pulse No. 1 and No. 2 follow the idea of maintaining a steady beat over changing meter to influence the way the music is perceived.  The melody at the end of Pulse No. 1 creates the melodic material of Pulse No. 2, which can be thought of as an extension to No. 1.  Inspired by minimalist and popular music these pieces are not melodically and harmonically complex, and what makes them of interest is how the feeling of the beat is different in each piece.

Chiasma Nos. 1, 2 and 3 are pieces that find common ground in “linking,� created by using similar compositional devices such as chord shapes and patterns, which gives the impression of crossing over or exchanging information from one piece to another.

Sleeping Muse is a three-movement work inspired by the famous 1910 bronze sculpture of Constantin Brâncuși’s “Sleeping Muse,� with each movement expressing some reflection or meditation on Brâncuși’s work, illustrating the notion of drifting off to sleep, dreaming and waking, while characterizing the impact of our dreams on reality.

Synesthesia is a highly chromatic piece with distantly related harmonic progressions that gives the listener the sense of seeing the different colors in the score and/or hearing the colors in the music.

The abstract nature of these pieces encourages the performer to reflect and draw their own conclusions of imagery and story within the music.

Solo Guitar - Level 4 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.1124165

Composed by Dale K. Rodgers. 20th Century,Celtic,Classical,Contest,Festival,Irish,Wedding. Individual part. 4 pages. Dale K. Rodgers #724923. Published by Dale K. Rodgers (A0.1124165).

Joyful Solo for Classical or Finger-Style guitarists. Up-Tempo Celtic style solo celebrating the birth of a good friend's daughter. In open E tuning (E B G# E B E }. Lovely intro in 4/4 time, then very lively theme in 6/8 time @ MM=120. Advanced Intermediate level. Because of the uncommon tuning and the level of difficulty, FULL fingering and TAB are included with the pdf. Great recital or performance piece.

Solo Guitar - Level 5 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.1155968

Composed by Dale K. Rodgers. Contemporary,Contest,Festival,Jazz,New Age,Wedding. Individual part. 8 pages. Dale K. Rodgers #756273. Published by Dale K. Rodgers (A0.1155968).

Beautiful, pensive, and romantic performance piece for classical or finger-style guitar. Melody and chord progression came about during the first quiet snowfall of a Northern Ohio winter while sitting by the fire. Keys of Em and G Major. Various time signatures ( 4/4 5/4 2/4 3/4 ) Advanced level utilizing the entire fretboard with uncommon chord combinations, harmonics, etc. Two versions are provided; the first in standard notation with extensive fingerings given, and the second which also includes TAB.

Guitar - Intermediate - Digital Download

SKU: M0.30906MEB

Country. Folk. Ebook and online audio. 41 pages. Mel Bay Publications - Digital Sheet Music #30906MEB. Published by Mel Bay Publications - Digital Sheet Music (M0.30906MEB).

ISBN 9781513476667. 8.75X11.75 inches.

This solo collection presents 19 iconic melodies from the American traditional song book plus 6 modern original compositions by William Bay, president of Mel Bay Publications; all selections have been arranged in tablature for the 5-string banjo in gDGBD tuning by Catalonian multi-instrumentalist and bluegrass specialist, Llu?s G?mez.Any collection of American ballads would be incomplete without settings of the beautiful melodies penned by Stephen Foster, several of which appear here including Beautiful Dreamer, Darling Nellie Gray, I Dream of Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair, and Hard Times, Come Again No More. Some of these tunes are arranged in uncommon banjo keys, all without retuning the banjo or using a capo. These keys may be challenging at first but will teach you a lot about the banjo fretboard.The authorÆs generous preface offers tips on practice, performance and interpretation rarely found in tablature collections such as these, but this book has it all, including online recordings of each arrangement.

Guitar - Beginning - Digital Download

SKU: M0.30574EB

Gig Savers Complete Edition. Composed by Corey Christiansen. Gig Savers. Rock and blues, jazz and contemporary. E-book. Mel Bay Publications - Digital Sheet Music #30574EB. Published by Mel Bay Publications - Digital Sheet Music (M0.30574EB).

ISBN 9781619116894. 8.75x11.75 inches.

Rock Guitar Essentials: Gig Savers Complete Edition combines Corey Christiansen's five previous pocket-sized books. Part 1 of this comprehensive edition gives aspiring rock guitarists a working knowledge of the most basic scales commonly used to improvise rock solos and write rock melodies. A discussion on how each scale can be used over a set of chords is provided to help guitarists use these scales when performing. Charts provide the names of the notes on the fretboard and a section on sequencing scales makes it possible for guitarists to easily master rock scales. Part 2 teaches the rock guitarist how to play any barre chord, providing insight on how to play them with ease and agility. Moveable chord shapes and practice etudes are especially useful for beginners. Part 3 presents comprehensive warm-up and technical exercises. Studies begin at the most basic level and progress in difficulty. This chapter gives guitarists the information needed to continue constructing their own technical exercises. Part 4 presents accompaniment patterns for a wide variety of pop styles such as folk, rock/blues, country/bluegrass, jazz, and some Latin styles including bossa nova and samba. Basic fingerstyle accompaniment patterns are taught in a simple manner, presented with rhythmic notation and string numbers. This chapter pays special attention to the blues, covering alternate changes and substitutions in a method that provides easy transposition. (Chapters 3, 4 and 5 are also included in Jazz Guitar Essentials: Gig Savers Complete Edition).

Solo Guitar - Digital Download

SKU: A0.483404

Composed by Felix Bartholdy Mendelssohn. Arranged by Robert McCormack. Christmas,Classical,Holiday,Sacred,Traditional. Individual part. 1 pages. Published by Robert McCormak (A0.483404).

The hymn that is this Christmas carol has gone through many iterations before popularly settling on this most commonly sung Mendelssohn melody. The arrangement is well within the intermediate level with the possible exception of the first two measures of the last two lines. There is a stretch here between fingers one and four, frets one and five with the additional challenge of a middle voice. Another carol offered by this arranger is, Once In Royal David's City, which has the same stretch but without the inner voice with which to contend. These two pieces are frequently performed together due to other similarities between them.

Solo Guitar - Level 3 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.1309725

Composed by Traditional. Arranged by Stewart Maclennan. 19th Century,Folk,Multicultural,Standards,World. Individual part. 1 pages. Stewart Maclennan #898892. Published by Stewart Maclennan (A0.1309725).

Scottish Gaelic song that was written in 1856 by Highlander John Cameron. It is commonly played on the bagpipes and numerous artists including Mark Knopfler have arranged it.

Solo Guitar - Digital Download

SKU: A0.1001768

Composed by Naftule Brandwein. Arranged by Eric Charles Mokotoff. Jewish,Romantic Period,Wedding. Individual part. 2 pages. Eric mokotoff #6293429. Published by eric mokotoff (A0.1001768).

This commonly heard tune was played as a dance in the Eastern European Jewish world. Its a dance of celebration and has origins in Arabic and Oriental music styles.
Naftule Brandwein, Clarinet player and probably on the most influential musician in the history of klezmer music.
In 1908 he emigrated to the USA where he became a star of the 78 rpm record era, as the (selfproclaimed) King of Jewish Music. Brandwein possessed a talent for seemingly endless and subtle rythmic and melodic variation on his C melody Albert clarinet, and his recordings belong to the best of the entire klezmer genre. Although he made his last recording in 1941, Brandwein continued to perform at weddings and other simkhes in New York, as well as at hotels in the Catskills until shortly before his death in 1963.

Solo Guitar - Level 3 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.1442514

By Keith Terrett. By Pantaleón Enrique Joaquín Granados Campiña (27 July 1867 – 24 March 1916). Arranged by Keith Terrett. Classical,Contest,Festival,Instructional,Multicultural,Romantic Period,World. Individual part. 5 pages. Keith Terrett #1022477. Published by Keith Terrett (A0.1442514).

Pantaleón Enrique Joaquín Granados Campiña (27 July 1867 – 24 March 1916), commonly known as Enrique Granados in Spanish or Enric Granados in Catalan, was a Spanish composer of classical music, and concert pianist from Catalonia, Spain. His most well-known works include Goyescas, the Spanish Dances [es], and María del Carmen.

Granados wrote piano music, chamber music (a piano quintet, a piano trio, music for violin and piano), songs, zarzuelas, and an orchestral tone poem based on Dante's Divine Comedy. Many of his piano compositions have been transcribed for the classical guitar; examples include Dedicatoria, Danza No. 5, and Goyescas.

His music can be divided into three styles or periods:

A romantic style including such pieces as Escenas Románticas and Escenas Poeticas.
A more typically nationalist, Spanish style including such pieces as Danzas Españolas (Spanish Dances), 6 Piezas sobre cantos populares españoles (Six Pieces based on popular Spanish songs).
The Goya (Goyesca) period, which includes the piano suite Goyescas, the opera Goyescas, various Tonadillas for voice and piano, and other works.
Granados was a significant influence on at least two other famous Spanish composers and musicians, Manuel de Falla and Pablo Casals. He was also the teacher of composer Rosa García Ascot.

Solo Guitar - Level 3 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.963088

Composed by Rowland Hugh Prichard. Arranged by Tim Brace. Christian,Christmas,Concert,Sacred,World. Individual part. 3 pages. Magnolia Arts #5990197. Published by Magnolia Arts (A0.963088).

A setting for solo classical or finger-style guitar of an early 19th century Christian hymn tune named Hyfrydol. This tune is commonly associated with the Advent hymn Come, Thou Long-Expected Jesus, and others as well. This intermediate level arrangement is very flowing, true to the original melody, and has been performed in church services to great success, as well as other venues where traditional tunes are appropriate. 

Solo Guitar - Level 2 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.1011158

Composed by Unknown. Arranged by Lyle Raymond. Baroque. Individual part. 2 pages. Lyle Raymond #3062537. Published by Lyle Raymond (A0.1011158).

One of several pieces from the Anna Magdalena Bach Notebook once mistakenly attributed to J.S. Bach, this Minuet which is commonly performed on piano has been arranged for two guitars. An excellent recital selection for students in their first couple of years of study, and suitable for acoustic, electric, and classical guitars.

Solo Guitar - Level 3 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.1101385

Composed by Gustav Holst. Arranged by Simon James. 20th Century,Christmas,Classical,Contemporary,Instructional. Individual part. 5 pages. DML #704780. Published by DML (A0.1101385).

In the Bleak Midwinter is a poem by the English poet Christina Rossetti, commonly performed as a Christmas carol. The poem was published, under the title A Christmas Carol, in the January 1872 issue of Scribners Monthly and was first collected in book form in Goblin Market, The Prince's Progress and Other Poems (Macmillan, 1875). In 1906, Gustav Holst composed a setting of Rossetti's words (titled Cranham) in The English Hymnal which is sung throughout the world and is the basis of this arrangement. A wonderful tune that works well on the guitar as a solo piece. The arrangement makes extensive use of open strings and I have indicated this wherever it is important.

Solo Guitar - Level 2 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.788529

Composed by American Traditional Song. Arranged by Antonius Agung Setiawan. Contemporary. Individual part. 2 pages. Antonius Agung Setiawan #6364991. Published by Antonius Agung Setiawan (A0.788529).

O My Darling Clementine by American Traditional Song
Duet guitar arrangement by Antonius Agung Setiawan
Fingerstyle guitar arrangement, Easy to play

Oh My Darling, Clementine is an American western folk ballad in trochaic meter usually credited to Percy Montrose (1884), although it is sometimes credited to Barker Bradford. The song is believed to have been based on another song called Down by the River Liv'd a Maiden by H. S. Thompson (1863). It is commonly performed in the key of F Major. Members of the Western Writers of America chose it as one of the Top 100 Western songs of all time.