Banjo Picking Tunes - Beautiful American Airs & Ballads
Banjo Picking Tunes - Beautiful American Airs & Ballads

Author: Lluis Gomez

Publisher: Mel Bay Publications

Published: 2023-11-30

Total Pages: 41

ISBN-13: 1513476661

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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, Lluís Gómez. 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 author’s 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.

Beautiful Airs, Ballads, Spirituals, and Folk Favorites for Piano
Beautiful Airs, Ballads, Spirituals, and Folk Favorites for Piano

Author: Bryce Russell

Publisher: Mel Bay Publications

Published: 2023-01-27

Total Pages: 77

ISBN-13: 1513472364

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This collection presents 25 classic and original tunes arranged as piano solos in a unique impressionist style reminiscent of Debussy or Ravel. The rich harmonies and pianistic character of each piece also reflect the author’s own musical personality. These arrangements provide a brand-new perspective of classic ballads, spirituals, airs, and folksongs like Scarborough Fair, Amazing Grace, Skip to My Lou, For He’s a Jolly Good Fellow, and the author’s personal favorite, Over the River and Through the Woods. In addition, five Bryce Russell originals are presented here for the first time. Piano fingerings were added where the intermediate player might need clarity. In some cases, metronome markings were intentionally omitted to provide the freedom to personalize each performance. The book also includes access to online audio of every selection, recorded by the author.

Easy Celtic Harp Solos
Easy Celtic Harp Solos

Author: Laurie Star Edwards

Publisher: Mel Bay Publications

Published: 2010-10-07

Total Pages: 41

ISBN-13: 1609742257

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Evoke the traditional sounds of the Celtic lands with these instrumental arrangements of songs for solo Celtic harp. These 25 tunes are Manx, Welsh, Irish, Scottish, Cornish, Hebridean, and Bretton, including pieces by Turlough O'Carolan and Robert Burns. Notes at the end of the book give insights into the meanings of the texts of the songs, aiding interpretation and inviting you to experience the ambience of the Celtic lands through their music. Lyrics for selected songs are given in the notes in English.

American Treasures
American Treasures

Author: Phillip Lester

Publisher: Mel Bay Publications

Published: 2010-12-17

Total Pages: 121

ISBN-13: 1610651073

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These solo fingerstyle guitar arrangements cover a wide spectrum of American music. They include early hymns of the pilgrims, American Revolutionary war tunes, British folk ballads that later became colonial pop songs, sea chanteys, spirituals, Civil War tunes, pioneer frontier ballads, military hymns, and songs of patriotism. They were selected for their heartfelt melodies and their adaptability for solo instrumental guitar. While these arrangements seek to tap the rich polyphonic nature of the guitar, players of all levels will enjoy them and be richly rewarded with the music that is unleashed here. This collection offers an extensively researched musical snapshot of early America and a reminder of the amazing heritage of this great country. Written in standard notation and tablature.Read more about the recording included with this book at www.guitarartistry.com.

Lively Ukulele Tunes
Lively Ukulele Tunes

Author: Ondrej Sarek

Publisher: Mel Bay Publications

Published: 2020-08-31

Total Pages: 52

ISBN-13: 1513455559

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Lively Ukulele Tunes is a collection of 38 lively, up-tempo tunes arranged for ukulele solo. The collection includes fiddle tunes, reels, hornpipes, jigs, sea chanteys, bluegrass, old-time melodies and some original compositions–an ideal collection for adding to repertoire, improving picking technique or just having fun playing the uke. Backup chords and tablature are included.