Folk Songs and Dances of the Jewish People for Acoustic Guitar
Folk Songs and Dances of the Jewish People for Acoustic Guitar

Author: Douglas Back

Publisher: Mel Bay Publications

Published: 2019-05-23

Total Pages: 64

ISBN-13: 161911917X

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These selections represent one of the first collections of traditional Jewish music for solo guitar. It includes arrangements appropriate for parties, weddings, recitals, Bar or Bat Mitzvahs, B'rit Milah (Covenant of Circumcision), or just for personal enjoyment. These works range in difficulty from moderate to advanced. Fingerings are given along with correlating tablature to facilitate learning. An appendix is included with transliterated Hebrew or Yiddish words as well as chord symbols for accompaniment purposes. English translations are given when it is common to do so. Includes access to online audio that contains all of the pieces in the book recorded in stereo format. It serves as both an aid in learning as well as a very enjoyable solo recording. Level of difficulty - intermediate.

Easy Jewish Songs
Easy Jewish Songs

Author:

Publisher: Alfred Music Publishing

Published: 2002-10

Total Pages: 52

ISBN-13: 9781929395606

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A wonderful collection of 20 popular, beautiful and fun-to-play songs for beginning to intermediate guitar students. The melody, an easy strumming pattern, chord diagrams and complete lyrics are provided with each song, so students can choose to either play the melody or strum to accompany themselves as they sing. Large-sized music, TAB and diagrams make the songs easy to read, even for beginners. The 48-page book also contains a review of music reading, tablature and chord diagrams. This handy songbook is the perfect tool for guitar teachers seeking fun musical activities to keep their students happy and involved with music making.

Great American Marches, Polkas & Grand Concert Waltzes
Great American Marches, Polkas & Grand Concert Waltzes

Author: DOUG BACK

Publisher: Mel Bay Publications

Published: 2011-02-25

Total Pages: 96

ISBN-13: 1610650506

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American fingerstyle guitar had its true beginnings with parlor room guitarists in the 19th century who cultivated a written musical tradition modeled after that of European guitarists. Polite society of the time enjoyed stylized society ballroom dances including marches, polkas, and waltzes. the works selected for this anthology represent the best of American parlor-salon guitar music. Several of the composers presented here, such as William Foden, Charles DeJanon, and William O. Bateman, are gradually becoming familiar to a new generation of fingerstyle guitarists interested in the classic guitar's American past. Written in notation and tablature. Audio available online.

Hebraic Rhapsody - Suite of Traditional Jewish Melodies for Solo Guitar
Hebraic Rhapsody - Suite of Traditional Jewish Melodies for Solo Guitar

Author: Gregg Nestor

Publisher:

Published: 2021-01-13

Total Pages:

ISBN-13: 9781625591661

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Gregg Nestor's arrangements of Hebrew folk songs for solo guitar are a rich reminder of the generations of anonymous musicians whose creativity endures in a wealth of traditional works. This Hebraic Rhapsody comprises melodies that were rooted in everyday living, centered around the Rabbi, the hearth, parents, and the dance, etc.- music and daily routines being inextricably intertwined. Here the emphasis is on community life and family relationships, though dance rhythms and religious cadences are never far away

Voices of a People
Voices of a People

Author: Ruth Rubin

Publisher: University of Illinois Press

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 566

ISBN-13: 9780252069185

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"A collection of song texts in Yiddish and English, as well as a selection of tunes Rubin transcribed, this volume brings the Jews' ancient, itinerant culture alive through children's songs, dancing songs, and songs about love and courtship, poverty and work, crime and corruption, immigration and the dream of a homeland. Rubin's notes and annotations weave each text into the larger story of the Jewish experience." --Book Jacket.

Balkan Melodies for Classical Guitar
Balkan Melodies for Classical Guitar

Author: Tanja Miric

Publisher: Mel Bay Publications

Published: 2021-10-21

Total Pages: 36

ISBN-13: 1513459422

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An exciting collection of Balkan music featuring songs from Bosnia, Croatia, Greece, Macedonia, Romania and Serbia. Enjoy captivating sounds and compelling rhythms on this exhilarating musical journey through the Balkan Peninsula. Fully fingered for an enjoyable sight-reading experience.

O'Carolan for Classical Guitar
O'Carolan for Classical Guitar

Author: Guido Boger

Publisher: Mel Bay Publications

Published: 2022-10-25

Total Pages: 97

ISBN-13: 1513471457

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O’Carolan for Classical Guitar is the fourth and final volume of Guido Böger’s classical guitar arrangements of the 214 compositions of the itinerant blind Irish harper, Turlough O'Carolan (1670–1738). This last collection includes 58 solo pieces, including O’Carolan’s variations on two Scottish airs. These settings are generally intermediate in difficulty and reflect the beauty and lyricism of the original melodies, most of which are tribute tunes named for O’Carolan’s patrons: Colonel O’Hara, John O’Connor, Mrs. O’Connor, Lady Wrixon, General Wynne, Captain O’Neil, The Landlady, etc. The works are meticulously written in standard notation and are ideal for sight-reading practice, personal enjoyment, or concert performance. Moderate left-hand fingering and string numbering are provided in these well-crafted arrangements. Along with his previous Mel Bay editions, Turlough O'Carolan Irish Harp Pieces for Classical Guitar, O'Carolan Favorites and O'Carolan Airs, this book completes Guido Böger's comprehensive O'Carolan series. The set of four books would make a great gift, particularly for an Irish guitarist.

Fingerstyle Guitar Tunes - Beautiful American Airs & Ballads
Fingerstyle Guitar Tunes - Beautiful American Airs & Ballads

Author: Raymond Gonzalez

Publisher: Mel Bay Publications

Published: 2022-03-30

Total Pages: 61

ISBN-13: 1513459171

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This collection presents 22 lyrical American tunes including traditional 19th century songs, melodies from the WWII era, and modern-day pieces by William Bay, president of Mel Bay Publications. Whether it’s a Civil War ballad or a jazz inspired tone poem, Raymond Gonzalez has a gift for creating unique settings that occasionally blend harmonics with normally fretted notes and open strings. The end result is a flowing melody/chord/bass arrangement that is challenging but accessible to the intermediate guitarist. All of the notation and tab settings in this book appear in standard or dropped-D tuning and are suitable for both steel and nylon-string guitar performance. To keep page clutter to a minimum, the reader is referred to the tablature for string, fret, and harmonic locations. Includes access to online audio of every tune recorded by the author.