SKU: MB.95552
ISBN 9780786605828. UPC: 796279026826. 8.75 x 11.75 inches.
Master guitarist Al Petteway ventures into new territory with 15 Celtic-inspired, traditional, and New Age fingerstyle compositions in standard and alternate tunings. Derived from Alâ??s award-winning solo recording of the same title, each piece bears the inimitable Petteway signature of profoundly graceful, inspired innovation. Written in standard notation and tab with several pieces in alternate tunings. Al began his professional music career at the age of 11. He played guitar, drums, and string bass with a variety of rock and folk acts in the Washington D.C. area during the 60â??s, becoming a local legend by the time he went to college to study music composition in 1970. In 1977, Al took a job with The National Geographic Society. His work as Supervisor of Picture Editing for the societyâ??s Image Collection, gave him the artistic freedom to develop his own acoustic guitar style. While long recognized as one of the countryâ??s foremost bluegrass and folk sidemen, Celtic music specialty label Maggieâ??s Music signed Al in 1993 and released Whispering Stones following by The Waters and the Wild-exposing his solo acoustic guitar work to an international audience for the first time. Al left the National Geographic to become a full-time musician in the spring of 1995, just before the release of Midsummer Moon.
SKU: HL.14009122
ISBN 9781870997263. English.
A traditional Nativity play conveying the peace and hope of Christmas with eight new carols. It is ideal for mixed age groups, with added parts suitable for older children up to age 12. There is the minimum of stage direcions leaving teachers free to interpret the actions as befits their setting and available talent. Additional musical interludes for all the usual mime expected in a school nativity play. Script available in student book. If you need to license a school/youth theatre performance of this product, please use the online application form.
SKU: MB.31103M
ISBN 9781513468792. 8.75x11.75 inches.
Adam Granger self-published the first edition of Grangerâ??s Fiddle Tunes for Guitar in 1979. A second edition was published in 1994. Now Mel Bay Publications presents the third edition of the book.
This 236-page book is the most extensive and best-documented collection of fiddle tunes for the flatpicking guitar player in existence, and includes reels, hoedowns, hornpipes, rags, breakdowns, jigs and slip-jigs, presented in Southern, Northern, Irish, Canadian, Texas and Old-time styles.
There are 508 fiddle tunes referenced under 2500 titles and alternate titles. The titles are fully indexed, making the book doubly valuable as a reference book and a source book.
In this new edition, all tunes are typeset, instead of being handwritten as they were in the previous editions, making the tabs easier to read.
The tunes in Grangerâ??s Fiddle Tunes for Guitar are presented in Easytab, a streamlined tablature notation system designed by Adam specifically for fiddle tunes.
The book comes with a link which gives access to mp3 recordings by Adam of all 508 tunes, each played once at a moderate tempo, with rhythm on one channel and lead on the other.
Also included in Grangerâ??s Fiddle Tunes for Guitar are instructions for reading Easytab, descriptions of tune types presented in the book, and primers on traditional flatpicking and rhythm guitar. Additionally, there are sections on timing, ornamentation, technique, and fingering, as well as information on tune sources and a history of the collection.
Mel Bay also offers The Granger Collection, by Bill Nicholson, the same 508 tunes in standard music notation.
SKU: HL.14024141
ISBN 9780711934580. 9.0x12.0x0.117 inches. English.
A short cycle of five engaging and musically satisfying songs, retelling the christmas Nativity story with the bright new star guiding all to Bethlehem. On The Road To Bethlehem provides an enjoyable celebration of the Christmas story and is great fun to sing. The songs are designed for children aged 9 and over. Duration: 10 mins. Script available in student book. If you need to license a school/youth theatre performance of this product, please use the online application form.
SKU: HL.14024140
ISBN 9780711934597. UPC: 884088431419. 8.5x11.0x0.041 inches. English.
A short cycle of five engaging and musically satisfying songs, retelling the christmas Nativity story with the bright new star guiding all to Bethlehem. On The Road To Bethlehem provides an enjoyable celebration of the Christmas story and is great fun to sing. The songs are designed for children aged 9 and over. Duration: 10 mins. If you need to license a school/youth theatre performance of this product, please use the online application form.