[PDF] Dadgad Easy Christmas Favorites eBook

Author : Rob MacKillop
Publisher : Mel Bay Publications
Page : 37 pages
File Size : 44,20 MB
Release : 2017-07-12
Category : Music
ISBN : 1619117487

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The word "DADGAD" refers to the names of the notes on the open strings of one of many alternate tunings for the guitar, one that is very popular with acoustic guitar players. It has a wonderfully warm resonance, allowing you to play simple single-note melodies, yet still fill out the sound of the instrument. The twenty Christmas carols presented here form a perfect introduction to playing guitar in DADGAD tuning. The melodies are presented without added bass notes or chords - just those great melodies, once heard, never forgotten. This means you already know what the tune is supposed to sound like, leaving you to concentrate on playing the notes on the right string and fret, and for the right length of time. This book is the easiest of Rob Mackillop's DADGAD books. It assumes you know how to hold and tune the guitar, and play some notes and a few simple chords. The book includes a "Technique Primer" to help get you up and running, plus the essential chord diagrams for playing in DADGAD tuning. Book includes access to online audio featuring Rob MacKillop's performance of each piece.

Author : Rob MacKillop
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 24,16 MB
Release : 2017-07-12
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ISBN : 9780786699575

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The word DADGAD refers to the names of the notes on the open strings of one of many alternate tunings for the guitar, one that is very popular with acousticguitar players. It has a wonderfully warm resonance, allowing you to play simplesingle-note melodies, yet still fill out the sound of the instrument. The twenty Christmas carols presented here form a perfect introduction to playing guitar in DADGAD tuning. The melodies are presented without added bass notes or chords - just those great melodies, once heard, never forgotten. This means you already know what the tune is supposed to sound like, leaving you to concentrate on playing the notes on the right string and fret, and for the rightlength of time.This book is the easiest of Rob Mackillop's DADGAD books. It assumes you know how to hold and tune the guitar, and play some notes and a few simple chords. The book includes a Technique Primer to help get you up and running, plus the essential chord diagrams for playing in DADGAD tuning. Book includes access to online audio featuring Rob MacKillop's performance of each piece.

Author : Doug Young
Publisher :
Page : 108 pages
File Size : 42,22 MB
Release : 2013-06
Category :
ISBN : 9780989634908

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"A DADGAD Christmas" is a collection of twenty-one arrangements of Christmas favorites for solo fingerstyle guitar, all in DADGAD tuning - a popular alternate tuning for guitar. The book is divided into two sections: Gig Book - a set of short, easy to play arrangements, and then Performance Arrangements - a collection of more complex performance-ready arrangements. The first part of the book, the Gig Book, contains arrangements that are easy enough for beginner, but that are also meant to act as templates for your own arrangements. With a bit of practice you should be able to pull out these arrangements whenever you are asked to play a Christmas song and read the music, elaborating on the basic arrangements simply by adding your own variations within the basic structure. The second half of the book, Performance Arrangements, features longer, more complete arrangements of nine tunes, perfect for performances in any setting - with friends and family, in church, or in a concert. The book sold through Amazon does not include a CD, you can get the CD in several different ways. You can download the tracks completely free but from the author's website, or if it's easier, you can purchase the tracks from itunes. Finally, if you prefer a physical CD, you can get one, with a jewel case from Amazon.

Author : El McMeen
Publisher : Mel Bay Publications
Page : 57 pages
File Size : 16,85 MB
Release : 2023-12-13
Category : Music
ISBN : 1513476890

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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 favorites, 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 à ta Voix”) from "Samson and Delilah" by Camille Saint-Saëns. 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 Drop D tuning (DADGBE). Written in standard notation and tablature with computer generated audio files of each arrangement.

Author : El McMeen
Publisher : Mel Bay Publications
Page : 152 pages
File Size : 47,25 MB
Release : 2020-06-26
Category : Music
ISBN : 1513455168

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El McMeen has authored many guitar books for Mel Bay Publications, but this book holds a special place in his heart. This cutting-edge collection includes melodic, challenging, and exuberant band marches carefully arranged for fingerstyle guitar. The book contains arrangements of seven marches (including six by John Philip Sousa), many of which are in various open tunings. These pieces are challenging and geared for intermediate-advanced and advanced guitarists. There are so many great melodies in this collection–guitarists can camp on sections of pieces that they enjoy or tackle the pieces in their entirety. The book also contains a discussion by El McMeen on his selection and arrangement process. Includes access to online audio.

Author : Al Petteway
Publisher : Mel Bay Publications
Page : 76 pages
File Size : 37,23 MB
Release : 2019-06-13
Category : Music
ISBN : 161911920X

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Whispering Stones won the award for “Best Recording” from the Washington Area Music Association and has continued to be a favorite with fans of fingerstyle guitar music throughout the world. The book features Celtic-inspired original and traditional tunes performed on solo acoustic guitar with the occasional addition of flute, mandolin, cello, piano, or bells. The tunes appear in the same order as in the recording. Al Petteway is an award-winning fingerstyle guitarist and composer. His many “Wammie” awards from the Washington Area Music Association include “Artist of the Year” and “Musician of the Year”. Al’s playing fuses Celtic/British ideas and tunings with American themes and drive. Acoustic Guitar Magazine praised his ‘concise, clean arrangements similar to John Renbourn’s better work’. In notation and tablature.

Author : Gerard Garno
Publisher : Mel Bay Publications
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 35,15 MB
Release : 2021-03-04
Category : Music
ISBN : 1513459872

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In this popular book concert guitar soloist Gerard Garno presents a variety of guitar solo arrangements on 25 hymn and gospel favorites. A unique feature of this book is the inclusion of a simple fingerstyle solo, an advanced fingerstyle solo, the hymn text and tune with chords shown and historical notes on each selection. Written in notation and tablature, these solos sound equally good on steel or nylon string guitars.

Author : Michael Coppola
Publisher : Mel Bay Publications
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 29,14 MB
Release : 2019-09-13
Category : Music
ISBN : 1619119528

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This unique book presents 18 of the most popular classical compositions typically performed at weddings. Rather than being written for the classic guitar, however, each piece is arranged for solo pick-style guitar—a.k.a., plectrum or flatpicking guitar—in both standard notation and tablature. Like classical guitar arrangements, these settings utilize the full spectrum of the guitar’s capabilities with bass lines, chords and melodies happening simultaneously. Although written for intermediate to advanced plectrum guitarists, fingerstyle players will also find these arrangements rewarding. This collection would serve as a convenient resource for pros who should be able to sight read most of this material on the job. Given that these arrangements sound complete and appropriate as plectrum guitar solos, pick-style students will also enjoy and benefit from working on these familiar melodies by Baroque, Classical and Modern masters.

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Publisher : Alfred Music Publishing
Page : 88 pages
File Size : 44,39 MB
Release : 2004-08
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780757923753

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This recent addition to the Acoustic Masterclass series features 12 beautiful acoustic guitar interpretations of classic Christmas music as performed by David Cullen, Doug Smith, and Laurence Juber. The included CD contains the original recordings from three beautiful Christmas CDs from Cullen, Smith, and Juber respectively. Arranged and recorded by Doug Smith, winner of the 2006 Fingerstyle Championship at Winfield Festival: Deck the Halls * Hark the Herald Angels Sing * I Saw Three Ships * Jingle Bells. Arranged and recorded by David Cullen: Go Tell It on the Mountain * O Come Emmanuel * O Come All Ye Faithful * Silent Night. Arranged and recorded by Laurence Juber: Away in a Manger * The Bells of Paradise * Good King Wenceslas * Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring. The CD alone will become one of your favorite holiday recordings and is included with this book at a great price!

Author : Rob MacKillop
Publisher : Mel Bay Publications
Page : 61 pages
File Size : 17,17 MB
Release : 2016-08-02
Category : Music
ISBN : 1619116405

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Rob MacKillop presents 20 wonderful fingerstyle blues arrangements andcompositions in DADGAD tuning. The styles covered in this book include country blues, boogie woogie left-hand piano blues, early jazz blues, gut-bucket blues and modal blues. Great traditional songs are included such as St. James Infirmary Blues, St. Louis Blues, C. C. Rider and more, alongside 15 full-length studies. The book begins with easy arrangements, progressing to intermediate and more advanced ones - in short, these blues studies will improve your technique through playable 12-bar tunes. A wide array of chord and scale fingerings are also provided, including pentatonic minor and major scales, blues scales, diminished arpeggios and scales, 7th chords, whole-tone scales and the super Locrian mode and much more! All the tunes presented have accompanying audio recorded by Rob MacKillop and are available to download