The Latin Guitar Handbook
The Latin Guitar Handbook

Author: Chris Mello

Publisher: Mel Bay Publications

Published: 2010-10-07

Total Pages: 91

ISBN-13: 1609746945

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The most complete and comprehensive handbook outlining the role of the guitar in the music of Cuba, Brazil, Columbia, Mexico, and other South American countries in print. A complete survey and guide for any guitarist interested in performing different styles of Latin music. Each chapter examines the styles common to the music of a featured country. Includes a thorough exploration of the history, common instrumentation, core rhythms, guitar patterns and chord voicings, transcriptions, application, and provides musical examples in each style.Students will explore: Mambo, Cha-Cha, Samba, Bossa Nova, Cumbia, Vallenato, Baion, Bolero, Rumba Flamenco, and Contemporary Latin Pop...just to name a few! Students may choose to focus in on one style or sample many. This resource book contains valuable knowledge guitarists can also utilize in application to a multitude of branch styles (jazz, smooth jazz, pop, rock, and the ever – growing Latin Music market), including what to play with an ensemble.

Latin American Guitar Guide
Latin American Guitar Guide

Author: RICO DWIGHT STOVER

Publisher: Mel Bay Publications

Published: 2011-02-09

Total Pages: 68

ISBN-13: 161065532X

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This is a well written, informative study of the solo and rhythmic guitar styles found in Latin America. Featured is music from Argentina, Brazil, Costa Rica, Paraguay, Peru, and Venezuela. Most of the compositions are in E major or E minor and all are scored in notation and tablature.

100 Most Popular Songs for Fingerpicking Guitar
100 Most Popular Songs for Fingerpicking Guitar

Author: Hal Leonard Corp.

Publisher: Hal Leonard

Published: 2019-07-01

Total Pages: 877

ISBN-13: 1540065189

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(Guitar Solo). This massive collection will keep you fingerpicking for days! It features a fun and diverse collection of 100 great arrangements of classic songs like: Africa * Ain't No Sunshine * Babe, I'm Gonna Leave You * Blackbird * Brave * Careless Whisper * City of Stars * Crazy * Creep * Despacito * Dust in the Wind * Every Breath You Take * Fire and Rain * Free Fallin' * Fur Elise, WoO 59 * Good Riddance (Time of Your Life) * Havana * Hey, Soul Siter * I'm Yours * Imagine * James Bond Theme * Lean on Me * Love Yourself * Mrs. Robinson * The Pink Panther * Shape of You * She's Got a Way * Smells like Teen Spirit * The Sound of Silence * Stairway to Heaven * Take Me Home, Country Roads * Thinking Out Loud * Time After Time * Unchained Melody * We Are the Champions * Wonderwall * Yesterday * Your Song * and more!

Classical Guitar Answer Book
Classical Guitar Answer Book

Author: Sharon Isbin

Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 102

ISBN-13: 9781890490089

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In this update of the Acoustic Guitar Answer Book, Sharon Isbin, the classical guitar virtuoso who heads the Juilliard School Guitar Department, answers 50 essential questions about performing, practicing, and choosing and caring for your guitar. The questions were asked by Acoustic Guitar magazine readers and answered by Isbin in four years of Master Class columns in the magazine. This book collects all this vital information together in an easy reference format - an absolute must for every classical guitar player. Includes new appendices of resources for classical guitarists and students. 88 pages, 9 inch. x 12 inch.

Music of Latin America for Acoustic Guitar
Music of Latin America for Acoustic Guitar

Author: ELIAS BARREIRO

Publisher: Mel Bay Publications

Published: 2011-03-11

Total Pages: 122

ISBN-13: 1610656393

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This superb collection features 31 solo guitar settings of a colorful spectrum of music from Brazil, Venezuela, Columbia, Mexico, Cuba, Puerto Rico, Bolivia, Chile, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Peru, the Dominican Republic, and Uruguay. the music is derived largely from 19th and 20th century piano literature. While many anonymously composed selections are included here, most of these tunes were written by professional musicians who happened to be pianists, band directors or arrangers. Typical of the period, some orchestral scores appears as piano reductions, which Professor Barreiro has also used as a source for his guitar transcriptions. All of these selections are presented in standard notation and tablature with historical and performance notes. A companion CD is included featuring 16 selections from the book performed by Barreiro.

30 Easy Spanish Guitar Solos
30 Easy Spanish Guitar Solos

Author: Mark Phillips

Publisher: Cherry Lane Music

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 63

ISBN-13: 9781603780599

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(Easy Guitar). Easy arrangements with tab of favorites by Albeniz, Granados, Sor, Tarrega, and others. Includes: Cielito Lindo * Lagrima * Leyenda * Malaguena * La Paloma * Salamanca * and more. Also includes a demonstration CD.

Cuban Latin Guitar
Cuban Latin Guitar

Author: Johann Christoph May

Publisher:

Published: 2015-09

Total Pages: 56

ISBN-13: 9783892218555

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Cuban Latin Guitar is a practical teaching guide for guitarists who want to get familiar with Cuban Latin music. This book focuses on four styles in detail: Son, Cha-Cha-Cha, Bolero, and Danz�n. The basic rhythmic patterns such as clave and cinquillo cubano are also explained. After working with this book and CD, you will have an insight into different finger-picking techniques and accompaniments with a pick that work with each style and will prepare you for playing with a band or a duo. Every chapter closes with an original composition, including full transcriptions of the melody and the accompaniment. Play-alongs, listening examples, and tunes are contained on the CD.

The Latin Bass Book
The Latin Bass Book

Author: Chuck Sher

Publisher: "O'Reilly Media, Inc."

Published: 2011-01-12

Total Pages: 466

ISBN-13: 1457101386

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The only comprehensive book ever published on how to play bass in authentic Afro-Cuban, Brazilian, Caribbean and various South American styles. Over 250 pages of exact transcriptions of every note Oscar plays on the 3 accompanying CDs. Endorsed by Down Beat magazine, Latin Beat magazine, Benny Rietveld, etc.

Mariachi Favorites for Solo Guitar
Mariachi Favorites for Solo Guitar

Author: Laura Sobrino

Publisher: Mel Bay Publications

Published: 2010-10-07

Total Pages: 57

ISBN-13: 1609744764

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Mariachi music for most of its 200 or so years has primarily been an aural tradition, passing songs down from generation to generation, ear to ear. This collection puts many popular tunes from the genre in print for any classical guitarist to play. Author Laura Sobrino has been a professional mariachi and is familiar with the stylistic intricacies that truly make this Mexican traditional and popular music unique. Written in standard notation and tablature.