Old-Time Cowboy Songbook


Book Description

Relive the Golden Days of the West with this comprehensive collection of music, history, and the legendary characters of the West. Includes melody line, lyrics,and guitar chords




Parking Lot Picker's Songbook - Dobro


Book Description

A collection of over 200 great Bluegrass, Old Time, Country and Gospel standards. Melodies are presented with standard notation and tablature along with lyrics and chords.Learn to play songs written and recorded by the giants of traditional American music: Bill Monroe, the Stanley Brothers, Flatt & Scruggs, Ralph Stanley, the Osborne Brothers, Jimmy Martin, Doc Watson and many more. Also included: Step-by-Step instruction on how to transpose any song to any key!The two CDs include recordings of EVERY song in the book.




101 Three-Chord Songs for Guitar, Banjo, and Uke


Book Description

You need only minimal playing skills and three chords-G, C, and D7-to accompany all the great songs in this innovative book. If you are just getting started, or if you are a casual player on a chording instrument, this is the perfect book for you. the book is absolutely bursting with a great variety of music: Old-time, bluegrass, gospel, Christmas, children's tunes, Stephen Foster, British and Celtic, cowboy, blues, and more. Because melody and lyrics are provided with every song, singers will also enjoy this wonderful collection of the world's favorite songs. Truly a book of outstanding arrangements, made playable for folks who play for their own enjoyment. (Some of these songs, like Dark Hollow and Way Downtown, are hard to find in print.) Guitar, uke, and five-string banjo diagrams are included for the three chords, along with tips on strumming and transposing tips for singers. an invaluable reference book for teachers and pros, too!




Fiddle Tunes & Irish Music for Mandolin


Book Description

A fun-to-play collection of 62 favorite fiddle and Irish tunes arranged in notation and tablature for mandolin solo. Ideal music for intermediate level technical study in sight reading. the CD is in split-track format, thus allowing the mandolin student to play along with the mandolin solo, lively guitar accompaniment, or both. Due to time constraints, the CD contains only 18 songs from the book.




You Can Teach Yourself Autoharp


Book Description

A step-by-step, self-instruction method. Includes care of the autoharp, playing positions, chord changes, back-up strums, arpeggio strums, melody picking, rhythm picking, and much more! Each song teaches something new and each strum pattern is built on the previous one. When you have practiced each selection and perfected each strum, you will have the necessary foundation to go on to more advanced styles and more intricate picking. the songs in the book are arranged for the 15-chord instrument, since it is the most popular for beginning students.




Harmonica Songbook


Book Description

This book features 121 favorite harmonic tunes in the following nine categories: Western songs, ballads, gospel songs, Irish tunes, songs of the sea, classics, international songs, folk songs, and fun songs. Guitar chords are shown over the melody line for each song. Written for the 10-hole diatonic harmonica in C, the location of every note is indicated by a number and a blow or draw arrow.




101 Easy Songs for Trumpet


Book Description

The purpose of this Trumpet songbook is to provide the beginning Trumpet player with a repertoire of 101 familiar and easy to play tunes written for Trumpet. All the songs are written specifically for Trumpet utilizing dynamics, expression markings, and articulations. Key signatures for the songs are in a comfortable range suitable for the beginning Trumpet player.This songbook is an ideal supplement to any elementary Trumpet Method book. Most of the songs are appropriate for performance at concerts, recitals, and contests. Private teachers will assign one or two of the songs from this book at each lesson. the songs will help the beginning Trumpet student to develop fingering technique, rhythm reading ability, and confidence.




Americana Classics - Strum Together


Book Description

(Strum Together). This new, easy-to-use format features melody, lyrics, and chord diagrams for five popular folk instruments: standard ukulele, baritone ukulele, guitar, mandolin, and banjo. Enjoy strumming and singing 68 traditional American folksongs with your friends: Blowin' in the Wind * City of New Orleans * Down to the River to Pray * The Erie Canal * Folsom Prison Blues * Gentle on My Mind * Hey, Good Lookin' * House of the Rising Sun * I Am a Man of Constant Sorrow * Keep on the Sunny Side * King of the Road * Leaving on a Jet Plane * The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down * The Red River Valley * Sixteen Tons * Take Me Home, Country Roads * Tennessee Waltz * This Land Is Your Land * Wade in the Water * You Are My Sunshine * and many more.




Hank Williams (Songbook)


Book Description

(Guitar Chord Songbook). A resource of nearly 70 Williams' classics, including: Cold, Cold Heart * Hey, Good Lookin' * Honky Tonk Blues * Honky Tonkin' * I Saw the Light * I'm a Long Gone Daddy * Jambalaya (On the Bayou) * Long Gone Lonesome Blues * My Son Calls Another Man Daddy * Take These Chains from My Heart * Your Cheatin' Heart * and more.




Traditional Songs from Quebec for English-Speakers


Book Description

Traditional Songs from Québec for English-Speakers is a collection of 25 hand-picked, powerful, and gorgeous songs. They range from rousing and rollicking to exquisite and heartbreaking and from widely-known to rare gems of the repertoire.Each song is presented in French as well as in singable English with well-crafted lyrics, and each is accompanied by an introduction that adds to an appreciation and understanding of its background.Additionally, each song includes transcriptions of the melody, as well as two interlocking, optional harmonies that can be used singly or together. Both singers and a wide variety of instrumentalists can use these beautiful arrangements (and may find helpful the 100 free recordings of them with the melody and harmonies, together and separately, on the web.)The book's introduction gives a brief, historical overview of Québécois traditional songs, as well as a guide to the use of the book and playing of the songs. In the back of the book, you'll find lists of all the recordings and books referenced within, plus lists of festivals, camps, and gatherings where you can enjoy, hear, learn, and share in some of Québec's rich store of traditional music.Free audio of all songs and harmony parts at: www.qtradsongs.com