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Civil War Suite for Classical Guitar

Author: Stephen S. Brew

Publisher: Mel Bay Publications

Published: 2020-07-07

Total Pages: 24

ISBN-13: 151345515X

Civil War Suite for Classical Guitar is a collection of ten Civil War-era songs arranged in standard notation for the advanced solo classical guitarist. The suite includes music from the Confederacy and the Union, along with soldier's songs, parlor songs, and an African American spiritual. The sequencing of the pieces is designed to create a musical narrative, with songs grouped in a manner that shows various perspectives of the war before ultimately celebrating Union victory. Throughout the suite, extensive passages feature delightful special effects that emulate period instruments such as the banjo, snare drum, and fiddle. Includes access to online audio.

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.

Civil War Songs and Ballads for Guitar

Author: Jerry Silverman

Publisher: Courier Corporation

Published: 2001-01-01

Total Pages: 166

ISBN-13: 9780486419022

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Forty-one favorites: songs to rally the troops, ballads of sorrow, even some of hope and humor. Includes Marching Through Georgia, The Battle Hymn of the Republic, When Johnny Comes Marching Home, Go Down, Moses, many others. Each song printed as a guitar solo and also as a "lead sheet" with accompaniment and complete lyrics.

Ballads & Songs of the Civil War for Guitar

Author: JERRY SILVERMAN

Publisher: Mel Bay Publications

Published: 2011-04-15

Total Pages: 160

ISBN-13: 1610650603

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This comprehensive and historically significant collection captures the hope and tragedy of the Civil War era with period photographs and lithographs. Includes guitar/vocal and guitar solo arrangements of 38 favorite songs of the period. Songs are classified by subject matter: the Union, the Confederacy, Lincoln, universal sentiments, soldier's songs, battles, Negro spirituals & abolitionist songs, the lighter side, and post-bellum. Written in standard notation and tablature.

Infantry Bugle Calls of the American Civil War

Author: George Rabbai

Publisher:

Published: 2015-01-28

Total Pages: 40

ISBN-13: 9780786686100

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Contains 49 bugle calls used exclusively by the infantry branch of service during the American Civil War. Performed by the author on the B-flat infantry bugle, each call is accompanied by historical notes and direct quotes from the manuals of the period. When appropriate, the command is spoken before the call is played. Also includes interesting anecdotes. In standard notation. Audio download available online

Carmen Suite

Author: Néstor Ausqui

Publisher: Mel Bay Publications

Published: 2021-03-30

Total Pages: 20

ISBN-13: 1513459759

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One might think that it would be impossible to arrange the music of Georges Bizet’s opera, Carmen, for solo classic guitar, but Néstor Ausqui has done it! While the guitar is an intimate and sweet-sounding instrument, it does not have a broad dynamic range; yet, as Dionisio Aguado proclaimed in his Nuevo Método para Guitarra of 1843, the classic guitar’s expansive palette of tone color gives it the ability to emulate “a miniature orchestra”. These characteristics make the guitar the ideal instrument to reflect both the character and sensuality of the dances that occur throughout Bizet’s Carmen—Aragonaise, Habanera, Seguidillas, and Danse Bohéme—as well as Carmen’s sober “Chant de la Mort”. Recommended for the advanced guitarist, Carmen Suite is written in standard notation with extensive digitation and occasional drop-D tuning. In Néstor Ausqui’s Carmen Suite, “…the guitar both sings like a human voice and accompanies itself, giving the work an irrefutable guitar identity. The characteristic feeling manifested in Spanish dance is now expressed through the guitar with a full and defined instrumental singularity.” — Guillermo René Alvarez Musicologist, Professor at the Instituto Superior de Música, Universidad Nacional del Litoral-Argentina

Christmas on Guitar

Author: Giovanni De Chiaro

Publisher: Mel Bay Publications

Published: 2023-08-31

Total Pages: 49

ISBN-13: 1513474502

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This collection offers 10 well-known Christmas carols and instrumental solos, idiomatically arranged to be technically accessible by the intermediate classic guitarist; at the same time, these 10 settings feature occasional flashes of virtuosic technique and are musically satisfying for players and audiences alike. With a little preparation, they are perfect for holiday concerts or while simply decorating the Christmas tree or wrapping presents. Written in standard notation only, this book includes access to online audio recordings of each piece, expertly played by the author.

Stephen Foster For Classic Guitar

Author: Stephen Foster

Publisher: Mel Bay Publications

Published: 2012-02-28

Total Pages: 97

ISBN-13: 1619110326

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These melodies of Stephen Collins Foster have been freely adapted from the original songs, and will enrich the repertoire of the solo guitar through their colorful variety. These settings appear in standard guitar notation, complete with fingerings. Although conceived principally for interpretation on the classical guitar, many of these pieces also lend themselves well to being played on the steel-string guitar

Classical Guitar Solos - Favorite Sonatinas

Author: David Grimes

Publisher: Mel Bay Publications

Published: 2021-01-14

Total Pages: 152

ISBN-13: 1513455923

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In this book, guitarist and music historian David Grimes presents 20 “small sonatas” or sonatinas, complete with detailed performance notes and bio sketches of each of the contributing composers: Leonhard von Call, Matteo Carcassi, Ferdinando Carulli, Mauro Giuliani, Francesco Molino, and Antonio Nava. While flexible, the early 19th-century sonatina form usually consists of 2 - 4 contrasting movements, here in guitar-friendly keys, making these pieces ideal for performance by intermediate-level students. In all but the most challenging passages, Grimes has intentionally kept fingering to a minimum to allow students to form their own concept of this critical skill. Then, as many bass notes in these pieces are played on open strings, the player must develop a sense of when to selectively damp dissonant tones or observe a rest— exposing and overcoming yet another shortcoming in the education of many guitarists. Most classic guitar teachers are familiar with the easy didactic studies by Carcassi, Carulli and Giuliani; Favorite Sonatinas offers more highly developed, but not yet virtuoso pieces by the same Italian triumvirate— plus three more composers in a similar vein— promoting confident, enjoyable sight-reading by guitarists of all levels.

Ballads and Songs of the Civil War for Guitar

Author:

Publisher:

Published: 1997-04-01

Total Pages: 159

ISBN-13: 9780788198991

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During the Civil War, songs were written & sung by both sides on every aspect of the war: stirring marching songs, sentimental ballads, descriptions of battles & their aftermath, election campaign songs, songs with a political message or social conscience, minstrel songs, & satirical & humorous ditties. The musical arrangements in this book have been kept technically simple -- within the grasp of amateur guitarists. The songs are grouped by categories: the Union, the Confederacy, Lincoln, universal sentiments, soldiers' songs, battles, Negro spirituals & abolitionist songs, the lighter side, & Post Bellum. In singing & playing them, a precious legacy of American history will come alive.