Guitar Music Books

Guitar Music Books is for everybody who loves the music guitars make. This blog has been created for people looking for sheet music for guitar or chord charts featuring all guitar chords including the popular power chords. You will also find guitar tab books containing chords for songs and guitar solo tabs.

Friday, November 30, 2007

Liona Boyd: Miniatures for Guitar

Performed by Liona Boyd. Guitar songbook and examples CD for classical guitar. 55 pages. Published by Hal Leonard.

With standard guitar notation, fingerings, introductory text and black & white photos.
This matching folio to her bestselling album features compositions by Sor, Visee, Logy, Carcassi, Galileo, Milan, Tarrega and others. There are 21 charming shorter compositions in all, arranged and fingered by Liona Boyd. Titles include Adelita, Gavotte, Kemp's Jig and more.
Liona Boyd: Miniatures for Guitar

Friday, November 23, 2007

Bucky Pizzarelli Master Jazz Guitar

Solo Collection. By Bucky Pizzarelli. For Guitar (All). Solos. Guitar Masters. Jazz. Level: Intermediate. Book/CD Set. Size 9.25x11.75. 144 pages. Published by Mel Bay Publications, Inc.

John !Bucky! Pizzarelli is one of the best known 7-string players alive. For more than half a century, !Bucky,! as he is affectionately known, has been a part of the fraternity of musicians who have kept mainstream and traditional jazz alive. Bucky is well known for his work in groups as well as his solo outings. This significant collection offers a look at Bucky!s famous brand of chordal guitar solos and chord melodies. Its 31 tunes include !Darn That Dream,! !Sweet Lorraine,! !One Morning In May,! and other great standards, some arranged for 6-string guitar but most for 7-string. A !must have! for any jazz library. Standard notation and tablature.
Bucky Pizzarelli Master Jazz Guitar

Friday, November 16, 2007

Irish Traditional Guitar Accompaniment

By Gavin Ralston. For Guitar (Classical & Fingerpicking). Rhythm/backup. Walton. Celtic/Irish. Level: Intermediate. Book/CD Set. Size 8.25x11.75. 96 pages. Published by Walton's Mfg., Ltd.

Learn the exciting new accompaniment styles used by today's great players from Steve Cooney to Arty McGlynn. Written in dropped-D tuning, this book contains tablature, alternative chord shapes, bass melodies, bass runs, scratching, flamenco rolls, and more. If you want to back traditional Irish music with drive, energy and flamboyance then this is the book for you. Numerous examples will take a variety of new chord shapes and strum patterns, demonstrating how they can be used to make tunes come alive. Three songs are also included to illustrate alternative ballad and folk song accompaniment. Notation and tablature.
Irish Traditional Guitar Accompaniment

Friday, November 9, 2007

Donald Miller Guitar Ensemble Series: Music of the Masters

By Donald Miller. For Guitar (Flatpicking & Fingerpicking). Quartets. Guitar Ensemble. Classic. Level: Beginning. Book. Size 8.75x11.75. 104 pages. Published by Mel Bay Publications, Inc.

One of a series of six books, Music of the Masters offers level one, fingerstyle or flatpicking guitar ensemeble settings of themes from various musical periods. Selections include: Alleluia (Boyce); Ave Maria (Rachmaninoff); Come, Join this Round with Me (Martini); Eine Rote Rote Rose (Schumann); Finlandia (Sibelius); In Thee I put My Trust (Handel); Miserere Nobis (Mendlssohn); Ode to Joy and Canon (Beethoven); Praise the Lord (Ippolitoff-Ivanoff); and Prayer (Humperdink). When in standard notation only, these pieces are intended for multiple guitars for use in the classroom or on the recital stage. Separate pull-out parts are provided for convenience. The conductor's score includes a keyboard reduction that may be played for support in rehearsal or performance. While several guitarists may double on each part, it is a good idea to rotate players on different parts to enhance the performers' sight reading ability on both treble and bass strings. !Wonderful series!I!m sorry your ensemble books didn!t come out 20 years earlier so I could have used them with my students.! - Aaron Shearer
Donald Miller Guitar Ensemble Series: Music of the Masters

Sunday, November 4, 2007

Music of France, Germany, and Russia

Arranged by Alexander Gluklikh. For Guitar. Classical Guitar Folio. 0. Masterwork. Book & CD. 80 pages. Published by Alfred Publishing.

Twenty-nine classical favorites in miniature, arranged for easy/intermediate classical guitar. Tablature and CD included! Titles include: Arabesque * Ave Maria * Clair de Lune * Moonlight Sonata * My Heart at Thy Sweet Voice * Pavane (Pour Une Infante Defunte) * Prelude No. 1 * Romance * Sarabanda * The Swan * Two Guitars and many more. Composers include: Bach, Beethoven, Debussy, Destouches, Faure, Gluck, Lully, Miaskovsky, Rachmaninoff, Ravel, Rubinstein, Saint-Saens, Schubert, Schumann, and Tchaikovsky.

Great arrangements
"This book is expertly arranged. Unfortunately not all of the songs are really that pleasant to play or hear, but the ones that are, are definitely a hit. My favorite is the Bach Siciliano. It also has Siciliene and Pavane by Faure, and Pavane for a dead princess by Ravel. Get the book you won't regret it"
-- Mario Diaz from Miami, Fl, March 10, 2007
Awesome!
"This is great! If you are tired of buying classical guitar books, just to find out the music is poorly arranged and sometimes missing more than half of the notes, then this is your book. I just can’t say enough about the arranger (Alexander Gluklikh), the pieces of music chosen, or the quality of the recording. After buying four other classical guitar books and being greatly disappointed with how the scores were arranged, and/or transposed (usually in a dumbed-down kindergarten-like way) I found this one. The arrangements of “I Met You” and Beethoven’s “Moonlight Sonata” are worth the cost of the book alone. This book will not be a waste of your money, an insult to your intelligence, or a hindrance toward proper technical growth. This book also comes with an audio CD with all 29 pieces performed by Alexander Gluklikh for your listening pleasure. This is the one to buy!"
-- Shannon Flynn from Illinois, October 22, 2005
Great book and CD
"this is a great book and the quality and artistry of the cd is very nice. I was really impressed with this book. "
-- PC from North Carolina, April 29, 2005
The Classical Guitar Anthology (Music of France, Germany, and Russia)

Music Principles for the Skeptical Guitarist, Vol. 2: The Fretboard

By Bruce Emery. For Guitar. Chord qualities and chord and scale patterns around the neck. Level: intermediate. Coil-bound book. 86 pages. Published by Skeptical Guitarist Publications.

By Bruce Emery. For Guitar. Chord qualities and chord and scale patterns around the neck. Coil-bound book. 86 pages. Published by Skeptical Guitarist Publications. (SGP-005)
Level: intermediate.
Chord voicings and major, minor and dominant chord qualities. The 5 chord and scale shapes and moving around the neck. Voice leading and chord substitution.
Music Principles for the Skeptical Guitarist, Vol. 2: The Fretboard

Essential Songs - The 1950s

Performed by Various. Piano/Vocal/Chords Songbook (Arrangements for piano and voice with guitar chords). Size 9x12 inches. 392 pages. Published by Hal Leonard.

Over 100 pivotal songs from the 1950s, including: All Shook Up * At the Hop * Blueberry Hill * Bye Bye Love * Chantilly Lace * Don't Be Cruel (To a Heart That's True) * Fever * Great Balls of Fire * High Hopes * Kansas City * Love and Marriage * Mister Sandman * Mona Lisa * (You've Got) Personality * Rock Around the Clock * Sea of Love * Sixteen Tons * Smoke Gets in Your Eyes * Tennessee Waltz * Tom Dooley * Twilight Time * Wear My Ring Around Your Neck * Wonderful! Wonderful! * and more.
Essential Songs - The 1950s