Mel Bay Gorgeous Melodies for Fingerpicking Guitar - McMeen/Shalk - Classical Guitar TAB - Book/Audio Online

Author/Composer:

MCMEEN, R/SHALK, S

Instrumentation:

CLGTR TAB

Model #:

31129M

Authors: El McMeen, Sandy Shalk
Format: Book with Audio Online
Instrumentation: Classical Guitar TAB
Level: Intermediate

The name of this book is no exaggeration. It includes some of the most gorgeous music that the authors El McMeen and Sandy Shalk know. To make things even more interesting, none of the music was originally written for guitar!

In addition to Celtic favourites, El includes his arrangements of two of the most beautiful arias in all of opera: "Che Gelida Manina" from Puccini's "La Boheme" and "My Heart at Thy Sweet Voice" ("Mon Coeur S'ouvre a ta Voix") from "Samson and Delilah" by Camille Saint-Saens. Sandy's contributions range from Celtic to French love songs to Stephen Foster, manifesting Sandy's gift for chordal subtleties and innovation.

Each piece is in either standard tuning (EADGBE) or Dropped D tuning (DADGBE).

Written in standard notation and tablature with computer generated audio files of each arrangement.

Contents:

• Preface
• Tab/Music Presentation
• The Music
• Once to Every Man and Nation (Thomas J. Williams)
• Castle of Dromore
• Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring (J S Bach)
• Hector the Hero (J Scott Skinner)
• Niel Gow's Lament for the Death of His Second Wife
• Che Gelida Manina (Giacomo Puccini)
• Plaisir D'Amour (Jean-Paul-Egide Martini)
• El Noi de la Mare
• Beautiful Dreamer (Stephen Foster)
• My Heart at Thy Sweet Voice (Camille Saint-Saens)
• Pavane, Op No 50 (Gabriel Faure)
• The Fairy Queen (Turlough O'Carolan)