Fingerstyle Jazz Images for Christmas


Book Description

Fingerstyle jazz interpretations of ten of your favorite Christmas carols by Guitar Player fingerstyle columnist, performer, and clinician Howard Morgen. In notation and tablature.




Concepts: Arranging for Fingerstyle Guitar


Book Description

Beginning with an explanation of how a bass line defines the harmonic scheme, this edition leads the player through dozens of fingerstyle arrangements. Titles: * Laura * Green Dolphin Street * The Shadow of Your Smile * Stompin' at the Savoy * Just Friends * Don't Blame Me * Nobody Does It Better




Mark Hanson's Fingerstyle Christmas Guitar


Book Description

Twelve classic holiday songs for solo fingerstyle guitar. Includes performance notes, multi-level arrangements in both standard notation and tab, and CD accompaniment. Titles include: The First Noel * Go Tell It on the Mountain * In Dulci Jubilo * Joy to the World * O Little Town of Bethlehem * Silent Night * Winter Wonderland and more.




Howard Morgen -- Through Chord Melody & Beyond


Book Description

In this definitive work, Howard Morgen demonstrates all the tools, techniques, and concepts to create masterful solo guitar arrangements. This one-of-a-kind book with enhanced CD features 19 full song arrangements based on 11 classic jazz standards, which are immediately applicable for professional usage. The enhanced CD features demonstrations by Howard Morgen and Howard Alden, 6 complete video performances, plus printable PDFs ---all accessible from your computer's CD-ROM drive. Titles: Round Midnight * Li'l Darlin' * The More I See You * Stardust * Alone Together * Speak Low * It's Only a Paper Moon * My Funny Valentine * Body and Soul * My Foolish Heart * Nice Work, If You Can Get It.




Blues & Jazz for Fingerstyle Guitar


Book Description

A collection of 20 different 4-bar patterns and 10 original solo compositions by one of Europe's finest guitarists. Designed for the serious fingerstyle guitar student, this book presents rhythm patterns in a wide range of moods written in standard notation and tablature, along with new concepts about blues and jazz. In the solos, beautiful and impressive melodies are paired with alternate and walking basses. an accompanying audio CD includes a demonstration of each concept and a performance of each solo.




Christmas Songs For Jazz Guitar


Book Description

Learn Martin Taylor's Jazz Guitar Arrangements of 10 Beautiful Christmas Carols Christmas Carols for Guitar, arranged by a master of Chord Melody. "These ten jazz guitar arrangements of my favourite Christmas carols have been a labour of love that began in 2019. There's something about the simplicity of the harmony and melody of these tunes that presents a unique challenge to someone used to reaching for the rich chords and melodic twists of jazz standards. On one level, these Christmas songs are simply perfect performance pieces to play for your family and friends. On another level, as a student you'll discover my playing laid bare. If you ever wanted to learn how I approach altering the harmony of a song, these Christmas carols for guitar will provide you with great insight into my creative process." -Dr Martin Taylor MBE From the delicate, exposed vulnerability of O Come All Ye Faithful to the Blues stylings of Jingle Bells; from the jazz harmonies of We Wish You a Merry Christmas, to the extended creative vamps of We Three Kings, there's something for everyone in this collection of accessible chord melody arrangements for guitar. Complete with full notation, tablature, audio and insights into each piece from Martin, you'll discover a whole new versatile repertoire of Christmas songs, arranged for jazz guitar, along with genuine musical techniques that you can apply to any song you learn. Learn These Beautiful Christmas Carols for Guitar - O Come All Ye Faithful - All Through the Night - Auld Lang Syne - Silent Night - We Three Kings - Jingle Bells - Deck the Hall - O Little Town of Bethlehem - Away in a Manger - We Wish You a Merry Christmas This book comes with a free audio download of Martin playing each of the 10 Christmas songs live from his studio - so it's like getting a whole album of his virtuoso playing into the bargain. If you want to discover how a virtuoso guitarist approaches a simple melody and turns it into a wonderous work of art, Martin Taylor's Christmas Carols for Jazz Guitar is a sneak peek behind the curtain of his genius. Buy it now.




Solo Jazz Guitar Standards


Book Description

(Guitar Solo). Jazz guitarist Matt Otten, who has over 23,000 subscribers on his YouTube page which includes hundreds of video lessons, has authored this book featuring 16 jazz guitar selections in standard notation and tab. Songs include: Beautiful Love * Comecar De Novo * Days of Wine and Roses * Dolphin Dance * Estate * How Insensitive (Insensatez) * In Love in Vain * Laurie * Lover Man (Oh, Where Can You Be?) * My Foolish Heart * My Funny Valentine * My One and Only Love * My Romance * Nature Boy * Never Let Me Go * You Must Believe in Spring.




Fingerstyle Guitar Gig Book


Book Description

This collection of 146 fingerstyle transcriptions and arrangements covers a wide variety of styles including dozens of popular and jazz standards as well as blues and country songs, sea chanteys, folk ballads, sacred, gospel and Christmas melodies, Celtic and patriotic tunes, children's songs, classical and wedding music, and select Piburn originals. the book is designed as a resource for guitarists in virtually any solo performance situation. the result of years of experience as an arranger/composer and performing guitarist, this book provides a goldmine of tunes for the fingerstyle player. from Greensleeves and the Girl I left Behind Me to 'Round Midnight and the Girl from Ipanema, this comprehensive anthology has it all. You'll be able to compile your set lists for a broad array of venues from this single source! Intermediate to advanced in difficulty with all tunes appearing in standard notation and tablature.




Howard Morgen's Solo Guitar


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Solo Guitar is a musical approach to understand the techniques and concepts of solo guitar. Topics include arranging, transcribing, chord progressions, and chord substitutions. Also included are tips for maximizing practice time. Howard demonstrates every subject with arrangements of some of the most memorable songs of any serious musician's repertoire. Titles include: In Your Own Sweet Way * You Stepped Out of a Dream * Stompin' at the Savoy * Misty * Laura * Take Five and more.




Christmas Music for Acoustic Guitar


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Oh, Holy Night, Oh, Little Town of Bethlehem, and It Came Upon a Midnight Clear are just a few of the carols in this collection arranged for classical guitar. The author's intent while arranging these carols was to maintain their traditional flavor while making them idiomatic for the guitar. A great way to enhance any Christmas gathering. In notation & tablature.