English Dance Tunes

Classical Guitar Tunes - English Folk Songs. This book presents 42 English folk songs arranged for the intermediate classic guitarist in standard notation with phrase and dynamic markings plus light fingering. The collection includes popular melodies like Sprig of Thyme, Seventeen Come Sunday, and Blow the Wind Southerly, but also lesser known but no less beautiful tunes like Cupid the Pretty Ploughboy, Dabbling in the Dew and Saucy Sailor. All the arrangements present the basic tune faithfully and simply before offering more elaborate and sophisticated variations suitable for concert performance. Without compromising their sophistication, these polyphonic arrangements are elegant and idiomatic to the guitar, all but devoid of excessive physical demands; even barré chords are kept to a minimum so the player can relax and focus on tone and interpretation. The primary objective of this collection is to draw attention to these deserving melodies, some of which are now rarely heard. Longtime fans of the genre will recognize a few songs once performed by folk-rock groups like Steeleye Span and The Fairport Convention, here presented anew for the solo classic guitar. ?It?s an excellent collection - good to play for pleasure, good for learning and consolidating rhythm, good for sight-reading. Just marvelous. It should meet a lot of needs. Gilbert Biberian. ?These are very accessible arrangements of 42 English folk tunes, some of which are familiar and many others which deserve to be better known. They are all tuneful and have interesting harmonies and rhythms in arrangements which will be well within the reach of intermediate guitarists. These fine settings would be useful pieces for a teacher looking for supplementary material and also for the performer looking for unhackneyed repertoire. They are thoughtfully presented with good fingering and phrasing, with idiomatic guitar writing and interesting harmonies. Congratulations to Peter Worley for presenting this compendium of gems from a lesser known tradition.? Gerald Garcia

Author of numerous folk music collections for Schott Music, Vicki Swan presents this collection of 54 traditional English folk tunes arranged for 1 or 2 flutes. A CD recording of the tunes is also included as well as downloadable German and French translations of all texts. Suitable for players of grades 3-8. / 1 Ou 2 Flûte(s) Traversière(s)

Throughout the colonial period in America country dancing was the principal recreation of all social classes. Americans had inherited this tendency from Elizabethan England and many continental Europeans also took up English country dancing as their own. Four Colonial Country Dances feature country dance tunes that were indigenous to New England and particularly to the Boston area.

Throughout the colonial period in America country dancing was the principal recreation of all social classes. Americans had inherited this tendency from Elizabethan England and many continental Europeans also took up English country dancing as their own. Four Colonial Country Dances feature country dance tunes that were indigenous to New England and particularly to the Boston area.

A lively and wide-ranging collection of great tunes from all around England suitable for playing on piano accordion melodeon and other squeezeboxes! Included are many well-established favourites for dance bands and informal sessions plus some lesser-known gems and recent compositions. Reels jigs hornpipes and slow airs drawn from the 17th Century to the present day with chord suggestions background information on the tunes and detailed guidance on how to get the best out of this vibrant music.

Plus de 100 tunes, édité et annoté par Robin Williamson. Facile à avancé. Pour mandoline, banjo, flute, etc.. Avec les accords de guitare. Un enregistrement de CD de 15 tunes, joués par Williamson, est inclus pour la démonstration. / Accordéon

Great Fiddling Tunes - Early Music Gems. Early Music Gems contains 49 tunes dating from 1300-1791, including Medieval, Renaissance, and ancient melodies as well as a ?best of? John Playford's The Dancing Master. These delightful melodies are perfect for contradance, English country dance and concert settings. Suggested bowings, chords, tempos, and variations are included. An audio recording of each of the tunes includes the fiddle melody with guitar accompaniment. Includes access to online audio.