Solo Guitar - Digital Download SKU: A0.483331 By Manhattan Transfer and The Four Seasons. By Bob Crewe, Denny Randell, and Sandy Linzer. Arranged by Steven Michael King. 20th Century,Pop,Rock. Individual part. 7 pages. Published by STEVEN KING (A0.483331). Solo Fingerstyle Guitar arrangement of an iconic rock staple, included both treble and tab clefs. Steven King arranged this song to create simultaneous melody, bass lines, chords and rhythms; this is the style that won Steven the Winfield Championship.

Solo Guitar - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.578228 Composed by Komitas Vardapet. Arranged by David Warin Solomons. 20th Century,Children,Contemporary,Folk,Multicultural,World. Individual part. 4 pages. David Warin Solomons #3627129. Published by David Warin Solomons (A0.578228). Variations on a popular Armenian children's song by Komitas Vardapet arranged for guitar solo, including a change to 6/8 time and a change to the minor mode.

Solo Guitar - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1201117 Composed by Geoffrey Zanelli, Hans Zimmer, and Klaus Badelt. Arranged by André Nusa. Film/TV. Individual part. 3 pages. Andre_Nusa #799762. Published by Andre_Nusa (A0.1201117). An arrangement for solo guitar of He's a Pirate by Hans Zimmer is a dynamic and exciting interpretation of the original composition. This arrangement is designed for a skilled guitarist with advanced technical abilities. The arrangement captures the iconic melody of He's a Pirate on the higher register of the guitar, while the lower strings provide a driving bassline, the performer may incorporate changes in tempo, dynamics, and phrasing to add excitement and depth to the arrangement. Overall, the arrangement of He's a Pirate is a thrilling and challenging interpretation of the original composition. It showcases the performer's technical and musical abilities and is a valuable addition to any guitarist's repertoire.

Solo Guitar - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1167528 Composed by Larry Williams. Contemporary,Folk,Jazz. Individual part. 80 pages. Larry Andrew Williams #767908. Published by Larry Andrew Williams (A0.1167528). A WORD FROM THE COMPOSER Is anyone interested in new reading material anymore? I know that when I was a kid in nineteen hundred and something, the quest for new musical pieces was always one of the funnest aspects of the whole musical journey. Of course I did learn that it would take a long time to  nd those few that would resonate with me for a lifetime, but it was always fun trying them all out. It still is, in fact. Well, times change and people change, but I’d still like to believe that same factor carries on. You know, the one about trying out all that music to get to the few you keep. And what about the few we do keep? For guitar players, was it always a classic from the usual suspects, like Albeniz, Sor, Tarrega,, Granados, Rodrigo, Brouwer, Barrios, Villa-Lobos, or anything by Bach?Was it something our band director or private instructor, one of our friends, or our parents wrote? Or – Heaven forbid- something that maybe we ourselves wrote? Or some “unknown guy.� Consider this.Just how often did some unknown composer's piece greatly affect us as we waded through a daunting pile of the familiar from the known masters? And since some, if not most of these classics are required reading, how often did we even get around to giving this unknown guy's piece a try?And furthermore, was this unknown guy - shudder...alive? Let’s face it. In the composer arena, we the living, stand no chance against the deceased (God rest their souls) But by saying “they don’t write ‘em like that anymore,� are we denying ourselves new ground to be broken, doors to be opened, frontiers to be discovered? And isn’t that pioneering spirit just plain ol’ curiosity when it comes right down to it? Well I believe the key lies within the carrying out of these notions that curiosity places in us. It’s climbing the mountain simply because it is there. So, for right now, I’m that unknown guy and I would only urge you to break new ground every day. Lots of trends, ideas, and interests will come and go in your life, but always hang on to that curiosity. It’s what makes the world a smaller neighborhood. Larry Williams.

Solo Guitar - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.914747 Composed by Benjamin Godard (1849-1895). Arranged by Eric J Roth. Romantic Period. Individual part. 14 pages. Eric J Roth #5867073. Published by Eric J Roth (A0.914747). Benjamin Godard (1849-1895) was a French  violinist and composer of Jewish heritage. He wrote hundreds of works, including  symphonies, operas, concertos, chamber and solo pieces, and songs. Today he is  most remembered for his five symphonies and the Berceuse from his opera,  Jocelyn. In style, Godard's music is reminiscent of the early Romantic  period rather than the more grandiose style of Wagner. Godard wrote two sonatas for solo violin. The first dates from the 1870s. The  second was composed in the 1890s and published after his death. Both sonatas contain four movements and employ baroque dance forms. The Deuxiéme (second) Sonata,  arranged here for guitar solo, opens with a Sarabande in A minor, marked molto  moderato e pompasamente (very moderately and pompously). The following Rigodon in C major is quick and convivial, although a contrasting section in C  minor tempers the mood. The third movement, Adagio non ma troppo, begins in a  tranquil F major. The texture soon thickens and makes striking use of the  instrument’s lower register. A sudden modulation to F minor provides the  sonata's most introspective moment. The piece returns to A minor and ends in a dramatic  cliffhanger on the dominant. The rhythmic Bourrée serves as a true  finale and includes a frenetic contrapuntal section recalling the violin  sonatas of J. S. Bach.

An Insider's Guide to Jazz Guitar and Studio Work. Theory. Technique. E-book. 137 pages. Mel Bay Publications - Digital Sheet Music #31078EB. Published by Mel Bay Publications - Digital Sheet Music

Solo Guitar - Level 5 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1021517 Composed by Victor Rebullida. 20th Century,Concert,Contemporary. Individual part. 14 pages. Victor Rebullida #6055667. Published by Victor Rebullida (A0.1021517). Recorded by Alberto Royo in CD Mistúra. Música para guitarra. Cuatro autores contemporáneos aragoneses. Edited by Delicias Discográficas 2001. Reference DCD-28. More information about the CD: alberto.guitarra@gmail.comGioco is a five part piece: Allegro leggiero; tpo. giusto Triste e intenso; poco rubato Scherzando Adagio meditativo Allegro agitato The author wrote:Gioco, an Italian word meaning game, is the title of this guitar work composed in 1994.Gioco is a work of current aesthetic, atonal, built however on a structure as classic as that of a Sonata, of great conciseness and clarity and brief duration. It consists of five movements in which the former has a simple, school sonata shape, with two well-identifiable themes, one ethereal based on sets of bells and harmonics and another choppy, contrasting, in parallel ninth intervals, which are developed and subsequently reexposed at the end of the movement.The second movement is a slow time when the resonance of arpeggiated sounds is important. As will happen in the fourth half, the music conveys a sense of freedom, almost improvisation resulting from its unsympted writing and the irregularity of the measure. The third is a Scherzo in which humorous character is accentuated by the rapid descending and ascending glissandi. No less grotesque is the contrasting quote of Gaspar Sanz's Spaniard played in a singular way as will be seen in the interpretation, suddenly interrupted by the glissandi. The fourth is another slow movement in which resonances are also the center. Here you resort to obtaining a particular, harmonic sound similar to the sound of a gong, by placing paper clip on the three boards of the guitar. The fifth and final time is live movement in the form of a purr in which the different episodes are quotes from the themes appeared in the previous movements. The player says about this work: Work dated in 1994, virtuoso and contrasting, of resounding accessibility, not intending to reach the audience using easy resources but an admirable capacity for communication, Gioco is divided into five movements in which varied colours and textures occur and almost all the abundant classical and contemporary timbric resources of the guitar are exploited with intelligence, (controlled challenges, blows on the board, metallic vibration of a clip...), In this work one of the outstanding findings of its author is the alternative use in the Scherzando of his contemporary language and two recognizable literal quotations of the Aragonese Baroque guitarist Gaspar Sanz, which appear softly in an ironic and evocative loudness. Justino Losada wrote this review:Gioco, represents a continuous game of sonorities of very rich timbric nuances as well as an exacerbated game of frets (such as in its 3rd movement Scherzando), and abundant contemporary resources such as the microtonal vicinity of the detuned passages or the blows on the box for our interpreter to show of his skills, a task that although complicated he knows how to perform perfectly coming out of all difficulties. Rebullida's language is not simple, but the composer is clearly aware of the difficulties to reach a large audience, and to do so he polishes his language by seeking an exchange between modern and ancient sonorities in a continuous game creating a climate of warm and direct communication. Justino Losada

Solo Guitar - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1124819 Composed by Isaac Albeniz. Arranged by Padet Netpakdee. 19th Century,Classical,Traditional. Individual part. 8 pages. Padet NEtpakdee #725590. Published by Padet NEtpakdee (A0.1124819). Asturias (Leyenda) - Classical Guitar Ver. If you're looking for a newer & fresh interpretation on this iconic repertoire, you are in the right place. This Asturias version is arranged based on the original piano version without changing the typical guitar version's key, Em. Therefore, if you have already learnt the regular version of the piece, you wouldn't have to do much more of the extra work in order to play this version. The overall concept of this specific version is to capture the impressionism aspect of the piece rather than the guitaristic stand point. This, when played properly, gives you a serenity and impressionistic atmospheric aspect of Albeniz music in general.

Solo Guitar - Level 1 - Digital Download SKU: A0.948978 By John Dowland. By Anonymous. Arranged by Bisdré Santos. Instructional,Multicultural,Renaissance,Standards,Traditional,World. Individual part. 3 pages. Soul - Musical Creations #6353761. Published by Soul - Musical Creations (A0.948978). From the Dowland manuscript, this piece seems to te based on Kemp's Jig, a popular tune of the time, associated with Will Kemp, the famous English comic actor and dancer. Suggest tempo is brisk. * On the measure 8 is important to release the third finger from the low C at this point to avoid an ugly clash with the upper C#. The change of key is somewhat sudden, but it is helped by stressing the C#. Volt: This very popular piece was untitled in the Dowland manuscript but apears elsewere under the title of Volt or La Volta. It Appears frequently in Italian lute sources and was probably originally Italian. * The only technical problem lies the first two measures, where the change from the second to fifth position should be made evenly and without hurry.

Guitar - Level 2 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1168489 Composed by Stephen Foster. Arranged by Brian Streckfus. Country,Folk,Instructional,Pop,Singer/Songwriter. Chords/Lyrics. 1 pages. Brian Streckfus #768792. Published by Brian Streckfus (A0.1168489). If you are looking for a historically accurate version, I would just get Hal Leonard's publications of it. This version really sprinkles some razzle dazzle on an otherwise straightforward public domain song in G major, though it does not use the exact  original melody.1. The original melody is NOT intact, this is ghostwritten. Notes were flatted to give a bluesier sound.  2. The chords are very modern, despite this song being written in the mid 1850s. 3. Grace notes added 4. Background harmonies now have more thought put into part writing, originality, being idiomatic on guitar, and making the melody the forefront. 5. Left hand fingerings added to aid in sight-reading.6. Letter names added to note heads to aid in sight-reading.7. I like versions like this because it could be used for a guitarist who doesn't sing, a guitarist who does sing, or a guitarist in a band. In otherwords, the more band members, the more you are just focusing on background chords, the more you are a one-person band, the more you have to take everything in. Tips:1. I arranged this so that students could see how blues scales work as I drenched this song in more blues than it originally had (Bb - B...F - F#...E minor blues and G major blues respectively.) You'll notice I don't stay on these dissonant blues notes for very long, that's why there's so many grace notes in this song.2. The D9 in measure 6 was originally a D7. Some extensions like this don't really change the scale in use.3. The Ab7 in measure 7 was originally a D7, making the Ab7 a tritone substitution. If you know the key of G major well, that chord should stick out like a sore thumb. 4. The Bb7 in measure 14 was originally a G7. I call these kind of substituitions mediant substitutions as they are similiar to jazz tritone substitions, but at a 3rd instead of a tritone.5. The Cm(maj7) was originally a C major chord. This is a modal borrowing composition technique of borrowing from the parrallel minor, in this case, G minor.

Solo Guitar - Level 5 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1164642 Composed by Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach. Arranged by Joseph Dávila. Baroque,Classical,Film/TV,Multicultural,Video Game,World. Individual part. 2 pages. JaGlo Music #764975. Published by JaGlo Music (A0.1164642). Solfeggietto in C minor has been played by accomplished pianists worldwide and is considered one of C.P.E. Bach's most famous compositions. This study is challenging but beneficial for the left and right-hand techniques on the piano and the guitar. The key has been changed to E minor which allows the guitarist to use the full range of the guitar while maintaining the challenging aspects of this study. This is a great solo piece for advanced students.

Guitar (all) - Intermediate - Digital Download SKU: M0.20033BCDEB Composed by Randy Johnston. Solos. Jazz. E-book and online audio. Mel Bay Publications - Digital Sheet Music #20033BCDEB. Published by Mel Bay Publications - Digital Sheet Music (M0.20033BCDEB). ISBN 9781610651066. 8.75x11.75 inches.Soul Jazz Guitar is a collection of Randy Johnston's tunes and solos specifically designed for the intermediate student. Rather than merely transcribing solos from his CDs, he plays material at a reasonable tempo specifically with the student in mind. There are tunes (Downtime, The Philadelphians, and Rolling at the Summit) that appear on his commercial CDs, but included here are versions that are new and totally unique to this project. There are also some improvisations on some familiar standard progressions to help the student deal with these changes when he or she encounters them at jam sessions etc. Randy has tried to present his take on the Jazz language as clearly and faithfully as possible to make the solos easy to learn. He hopes that this will lead the student not just to imitation but also to develop his or her own approach to these progressions just as he developed his own approach from listening to the playing of his role models over the years. Includes access to online audio.

Solo Guitar - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1293329 Composed by Dorothy Heyward, Du Bose Heyward, George Gershwin, and Ira Gershwin. Arranged by Christopher J. Malin. 20th Century,Blues,Jazz,Standards. Individual part. 1 pages. Christopher J. Malin #883900. Published by Christopher J. Malin (A0.1293329). Solo jazz guitar chord/melody arrangement with tablature. Seldom heard standard in this style. Beautiful, instantly recognizable melody. One of Gershwin's finer songs. This arrangement is different than the 500+ out there. I did it in the upper regitster (soprano) of the guitar. Works well if you play through the changes in lower voicings to establish your rhythm, then play my arrangement. It will raise a few eyebrows and put smiles on the faces of your listeners. I do this with a number of my arrangements. It will also help to have accurate intonation on your instrument. This piece makes you stand out as a solo jazz guitarist of all idioms. Sounds great on acoustic and electric guitars.

Guitar - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1299289 By Queen. By Freddie Mercury. Arranged by Derek Hasted. 20th Century,Film/TV,Pop. 14 pages. Derek Hasted #889151. Published by Derek Hasted (A0.1299289). LOVE OF MY LIFE (Queen) - GUITAR DUETFor Classical or Acoustic Guitar - sometimes it's erroneously listed here as Electric GuitarDerek Hasted writes This delightful melody fits classical guitar like a glove.There are two arrangements in this one edition - one for “solo and accompaniment� and one where the roles swap over at each verse. The versions are otherwise identical. The first of these arrangements is ideal for a duo in which the abilities are slightly unequal.My arrangement is based on Queen’s Official Video and includes all the key changes and phrases except for one little piece of quasi-improvisation I have removed (which would otherwise leave one player looking at the floor in a duet performance!)There is an amount of fingering and slurring which may help to get the smoothest performance, but there are plenty of places where the music needs to breathe, so please don’t rush... I hope you enjoy playing this lovely and moving piece!This is one of a large and growing range of accessible ensembles from experienced arranger Derek Hasted, and is supplied as full score and parts. Derek's website at www.derek-hasted.co.uk/smp lists all his arrangements by title and by number of instruments, with links to soundclips and sample score.