Turlough O'Carolan was born in County Meath Ireland in 1670. He was trained as a youth to play the harp and throughout his life composed a large number of songs. O'Carolan developed a personal style containing melodic elementsof Irish folk music courtly harp music and Italian baroque music. O'Carolan's music was not published during his lifetime; therefore various versions of his melodies hav…

This collection of 39 rounds and canons features a range of material from the oldest-known round; 'Sumer Is Icumen In' to the famous Pachelbel Canon as well as six original canons by Gail Smith. The short canons composed byKonrad Kunz are ideal for sight reading. There is one in every major and minor key in a 5-finger position. For the more advanced pianist there are amazing canonic Piano solos b…

Par MONTGOMERY WES. In his brief career, Wes Montgomery completely revolutionized jazz guitar. On the Riverside recording Boss Guitar Wes demonstrates why he is still considered as one of the finest artists of the jazz guitar. Studies of Wes' incredible solos, his melodic, rhythmic and harmonic approaches will prove beneficial to any guitarist with interest in jazz. It is no wonder that he has inf…

Media Type : Book/CD Set Level : Intermediate Musical Genre : Brazilian Number of pages : 32 As one can easily imagine, it would be very hard for a guitar student to start reading the scores of the traditional choro repertoire, most of them with large number of technical difficulties. It would be much better if they could start with some easier pieces â?? of intermediate level â?? in order to be…

Most of the music in this book comes from editions or manuscripts from England in the late 1500’s. There are also a few French pieces. The cittern was popular in Italy England and France. Aside from various tunings there weretwo main kinds of instruments being played during the 16th and 17th centuries: the 4 course (four sets of doubled strings) and the 6 course cittern with several editio…

Airs & Dances is a collection of Scottish strathspeys (rugged lyrical dance tunes) for violin and other melodic instruments. Strathspeys are usually played slower than reels with many long-short dotted rhythmic patterns.This compilation features some of the best-known strathspeys as well as some of the quirkier rarer tunes in this wonderful repertoire. The pieces are arranged chronologically.Th…

This collection of 35 Celtic tunes represents ten different performance styles from Ireland Scotland Wales and Brittany. The majority of these pieces are dance tunes such as the jigs and reels popular at Irish sessions theinformal gatherings of musicians in pubs community halls and homes. Although relatively new to the session ensemble the Autoharp bears a distinct resemblance to the Irish F…

Par BENNETT JON. A set of 12 beautiful new folk tunes arranged for acoustic instruments and suitable for ensembles ranging from duos to small orchestras. Each tune has three written parts – melody, countermelody, and bass line – as well as chords shown beneath the melody line. In addition to technical tips there is a video performance of each tune by Moonrakers played at a steady pace. Suitable fo…

The First Jam series was created to give children and beginners of all ages a book of simple common tunes to learn. These are standard Jam tunes in the Bluegrass/Old Time music styles. All the books in this series are written inthe same keys; they can all be played together without any problems. So get your friends or family who play guitar mandolin banjo ukulele dulcimer or Dobro together g…