Folio of Graded Guitar Solos

Folio of Graded Guitar Solos
Author: Mel Bay
Publisher: Mel Bay Publications
Total Pages: 25
Release: 2016-06-09
Genre: Music
ISBN: 1609748727

Mel Bay's renowned beginning book of plectrum style guitar solos in first position. Provides a wealth of music playable by the beginning student. Solos have been arranged and graded for the student desiring to play good music, even though hisknowledge of the instrument may be limited. A great supplement to any note-reading guitar method. Standard notation only

Famous Lute Solos Arranged for Plectrum Guitar

Famous Lute Solos Arranged for Plectrum Guitar
Author: Rob MacKillop
Publisher: Mel Bay Publications
Total Pages: 49
Release: 2022-09-09
Genre: Music
ISBN: 1513470604

Rob MacKillop presents 20 classic lute transcriptions; the "greatest hits" of the Renaissance and Baroque lute repertoire arranged for pick acoustic, electric, or classical guitar. MacKillop has for many years played all these pieces on the lute, and has created sensitive guitar arrangements that lose nothing from the original scores. Composers include Bach, Weiss, Dowland, Spinacino, among others. Finally, we have a book of lute-to-plectrum guitar transcriptions by an arranger who is deeply familiar with and respectful of both instruments. Includes access to online audio for every item recorded by Rob MacKillop in plectrum style.

Dirt Simple Electric Guitar Solos on Open Strings

Dirt Simple Electric Guitar Solos on Open Strings
Author: Sven Nier
Publisher: Mel Bay Publications
Total Pages: 29
Release: 2018-07-03
Genre: Music
ISBN: 161911822X

This guitar method focuses on playing engaging rhythmic themes entirely on open strings. What seems at first to be a simple task quickly becomes a real challenge, requiring a high level of accuracy and an excellent sense of rhythm. While the picking hand can only play what the other hand has prepared, nothing musical will happen unless you pluck the right string. Sven Nier’s exercises and tunes offer motivating, effective training to facilitate hitting the correct string with precision, winning half the coordination battle. While the audio examples are recorded on an electric instrument, guitar teachers and beginning students in all styles will appreciate this innovative book. Includes access to outstanding play-along online audio with and without the solo part.

Easy Classic Guitar Solos

Easy Classic Guitar Solos
Author: Mel Bay
Publisher: Mel Bay Publications
Total Pages: 33
Release: 2010-10-07
Genre: Music
ISBN: 1609748786

Designed for the beginner, these diverse solos acquaint the student with musical selections by a myriad of great composers. Standard notation only.

Easy to Play Guitar Trios

Easy to Play Guitar Trios
Author: Franco Bertucci
Publisher: Mel Bay Publications
Total Pages: 41
Release: 2022-10-25
Genre: Music
ISBN: 1513471376

Designed with easy, intermediate, and more challenging parts, this mix of traditional, classical, and original melodies arranged for guitar trio is ideal for a classroom of students at various playing levels. Written in 3-part score format in standard notation only, these 1 to 3-page arrangements are ideal for advancing sightreading skills as well as recital performance. All the arrangements are in guitar-friendly keys and use open strings as much as possible. The author’s downloadable audio recordings are available for every tune; these can be used strictly as an audio reference or for private or group play-along. Even beginning guitarists can enjoy the ensemble experience with this much-anticipated book! In addition, many of the first and second guitar parts can be played on another soprano instrument like the violin, flute, or recorder—so a mixed ensemble is also possible. Includes access to online audio.

Complete Bach Cello Suites

Complete Bach Cello Suites
Author: Rob MacKillop
Publisher: Mel Bay Publications
Total Pages: 81
Release: 2022-10-07
Genre: Music
ISBN: 1513471228

Most instrumentalists would agree with the author’s introductory statement, that the six Bach cello suites are “…one of the greatest collections of solo instrumental music ever written.” Many amateur classic guitarists have endeavored to play favorite movements of the suites, and a few professionals have recorded all six in their entirety. The author himself has played them on various plucked-string instruments. Here, for the first time, Rob MacKillop and Mel Bay Publications present the Six Cello Suites of J. S. Bach, transcribed for the plectrum-style acoustic or electric guitarist! According to MacKillop, Bach had an overall didactic plan and each suite increases in emotional depth and difficulty, posing specific problems to the plectrum guitarist or any instrumentalist. For example: Using a pick, how do you play a 2-note interval when there is a string in-between the two notes? MacKillop provides a good deal of fingering in the early suites suggesting solutions to this and other issues, but ultimately encourages readers to make their own decisions through careful analysis and left-hand fingering. If you stay the course and play through all six suites, you will gain a personal understanding not only of the Baroque suite, but also of left-hand digitation, picking direction, and the guitar fretboard. Written in standard notation in guitar-friendly keys for the intermediate to advanced plectrum guitarist, this book is destined to be a part of university curriculums and recitals worldwide. It deserves a place in your music library too.

Mastering the Classical Guitar Book 2A

Mastering the Classical Guitar Book 2A
Author: Wissam Abboud
Publisher: Mel Bay Publications
Total Pages: 73
Release: 2019-07-25
Genre: Music
ISBN: 1619119307

Mastering the Classical Guitar Book 2A is the third book in a progressive method series that uses a wide variety of music and educational material to provide a solid technical foundation for classical guitar students while revealing the full range of the instrument’s potential and repertoire. This book is appropriate for students who have completed Books 1A and 1B and can read standard notation in the first and second positions. The book is written in four broad sections: Progressive Studies and Pieces, Technical Exercises, Chords and Chord Progressions, and Rhythmic Reading. Tips on how to integrate the four sections are given throughout the book. Mastering the Classical Guitar Book 2A focuses on the concepts of melody and accompaniment by introducing cue-sized notation that helps the student understand the structure of the piece and emphasize the melody. Concepts introduced in this particular volume include: tuning the guitar, notes on the first string, musical forms, dotted eighth notes, guitar and nail care, and the use of the barré technique to implement moveable chord shapes. Teachers will welcome the generous number of attractive intermediate-level recital pieces by Carulli, Carcassi, Giuliani, Paganini, and others. Written in standard notation only. Includes access to online audio.