Traditional

This publication, for advanced fingerstyle guitar players, is the first book in the United States of Bensusan's arrangements. It contains sections on all aspects of guitar performance, emphasized with pieces by various composers, including Mr. Bensusan's traditional Irish fiddle tunes, French ballads and more.

A complete collection of all three Acoustic Guitar Method books and CDs in one volume! Learn how to play guitar with the only beginning method based on traditional American music that teaches you authentic techniques and songs. Beginning with a few basic chords and strums, you'll start right in learning real music drawn from blues, folk, country and bluegrass traditions. You'll learn how to find notes on the fingerboard, expand your collection of chords by learning songs in various keys, and learn different kinds of picking patterns. When you're done with this method series, you'll know dozens of the tunes that form the backbone of American music, using a variety of flatpicking and fingerpicking techniques. Songs include: Bury Me Beneath the Willow • Delia • Frankie and Johnny • The Girl I Left Behind Me • House of the Rising Sun • Ida Red • In the Pines • Little Sadie • Man of Constant Sorrow • Sally Goodin • Scarborough Fair • Will the Circle Be Unbroken? • and many more.

Lista utworów:
Amazing Grace (Alabama, Charlotte Church, Elvis Presley, Judy Collins, Steve Vai, Tramaine Hawkins)
Au Clair De La Lune (French Folksong)
Aura Lee (George R. Poulton)
Bass Rock
Blues Bass
Boogie Bass (Will Schmid)
Doo-Wop (Barbara Gallagher)
Down In The Valley (F. Luther, Leonard Daugherty, Traditional American Folksong)
For He's A Jolly Good Fellow (Traditional)
Frere Jacques (Are You Sleeping?) (Traditional)
Greensleeves (James Galway, Jeff Beck, Kenny G)
Hey, Ho! Nobody Home (Traditional)
Joshua (Fit The Battle Of Jericho) (African-American Spiritual)
Londonderry Air (Traditional, Traditional Irish)
Minuet In G (Georg Friedrich Handel, Johann Sebastian Bach)
Ode To Joy (Ludwig van Beethoven)
Pay Me My Money Down (Caribbean Work Song)
Rockin' Robin (Bobby Day, Michael Jackson)
Shalom Chaveyrim (Shalom Friends) (Traditional Hebrew)
Shenandoah (American Folksong, Kenneth Neufeld (arr.), Traditional American Folksong)
Simple Gifts (Christopher Parkening)
The Red River Valley (Traditional American Cowboy So)
The Star Spangled Banner (Alabama, Boston, The Mormon Tabernacle Choir)
This Train (Roger Emerson, Traditional)
Tom Dooley (Kingston Trio)
When The Saints Go Marching In (James M. Black, Traditional)
Worried Man Blues (The Carter Family)
Yankee Doodle (John Higgins (arr.), Traditional)

Spis treści:

Celtic Music For Guitar by Allan Alexander contains 31 pieces transcribed for Guitar, most of them originating from Ireland and Scotland. The book also includes three charming original pieces written in the Celtic style by Allan Alexander. The music is presented in both music notation and guitar tablature for people who do not read music. Play the beautiful haunting melodies of the Irish Harper O'Carolan, take a musical journey with dances that were written more than 400 years ago and experience Celtic traditional music that is the mainstay of modern players. If you are learning and looking for great music, this is one book that you will not be able to put down. If you are a performer looking for high quality material, these great pieces, expertly arranged, will become part of your permanent repertoire.

The CD, played by Allan Alexander, gives the musician the advantage of being able to hear how these pieces should be played by an expert in this genre of music and will make the learning process easier. Many of these pieces were written for the Lute; however Allan Alexander has found that they work very well on the guitar. Being an accomplished player of both lute and guitar, he has the knowledge to make accurate, musical transcriptions. Other pieces in this book are traditional tunes that have been arranged specifically for guitar. Many of the selections have variations on the original melodies. This adds another dimension to the music and enhances the performance.

Lista utworów:
A Lilt
A Port
Blackthorn Stick
Carolan's Memories
Carolan's Quarrel With The Landlady
Carolan's Ramble To Cashel
Carolan's Welcome Home
Cary Jane
Castles In The Sky
Comben Market - Ellen O'Grady
Corne Yards
Cremonea
Dermott O'Doud
Heartland Air
I Never Knew I Loved Thee
I Serve A Worthy Ladie
Linda's Love
Morgan Megan
Mrs. Farrell
Mrs. O'Neil Of Carlane
Nyth Cwcw
Road To Listonvarna - The Morris Dance
Rug Muire Mac De Dhia
Separation Of Soul And Body
Sheebag Sheemore
The Butterfly
The Clergy's Lamentation
The Queen's Dream
Thomas Burke
Variations On An Untitled Lute Dance
Wo Betyd Thy Waerie Bodie