From Apples in Winter to The Wise Maid, this collection of Irish jigs, reels, and polkas provides beginning to advanced players with a wealth of traditional Irish music for solo keyboard accordion. This collection includes a number of tunes transcribed from recordings of not only the keyboard accordion, but also the Irish button box and concertina.Herein too are many of the author's own arrangements. Some of the stellar players whose work appears here are: Jimmy Keane, Phil Cunningham, Alan Kelly, Joe Burke, Jackie Daly, Tom Doherty, Chris Sherburn, Sharon Shannon, and Tony MacMahon.With a basic guide to fingering and rhythm chord symbols included, this book will allow even the novice accordionist to join in a traditional Irish session. The enclosed CD features the author's performance of medleys including 21 of the book's 100 selections.

An in-depth instruction manual for the Arabic oud, the ancestor of the lute and guitar. A companion instructional DVD is included showing key points to playing the Oud.. Contents include: Holding the oud, Plucking the Strings, Basic Plucking Rules in Arabic Tradition, Positions of Left Hand Fingers, Basic Notes on the oud, Advanced Left-Hand Techniques, Maqamat, and much more. Over 40 tunes are included in the book. Standard notation only.

Gaspar Sanz (1640 –1710) is the most famous baroque-period guitarist. His works are tuneful and memorable, with fiery cross-rhythms and cascading scale passages. He published three books of guitar music. The baroque guitar could be viewed as a close relative of the ukulele. Indeed, the two instruments have much in common. The smaller four-course guitar actually had the same tuning as the ukulele, for example, although it was largely double-strung. Sanz enjoyed playing scales in the campanella style, with the notes of a scale set out on different strings, sonically overlapping slightly in the style of little bells. This is a technique the ukulele excels at, and is used to good effect in these arrangements. Sanz’ music for baroque guitar transfers exceptionally well to the uke, as these arrangements demonstrate. It is hoped that this repertoire will bring a refreshing addition to the repertoire of the ukulele, just as the little instrument can bring a freshness to these old but lively pieces.

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20 favourite Scottish and Irish tunes, brilliantly arranged for fingerstyle ukulele by Rob MacKillop. Titles include such well-known session tunes as Drowsy Maggie, The Kesh Jig, The Connaught Man's Rambles and The Wind That Shakes The Barley. Rob is a master of the campanella style of ukulele fingering, which exploits the unique tuning of the ukulele, and which helps these airs, jigs and reels flow across the fingerboard effortlessly, at times sounding like a small Celtic harp. The CD recording contains all 20 pieces performed by Rob MacKillop, hailed in Celtic World as 'One of Scotland's finest musicians'.

The Instant Tin Whistle series is designed to nurture the initial surge of enthusiasm you may experience when first playing the instrument, and has been carefully designed to substantially increase your chances of success. Pick the book in which you know the most tunes. Each book features 26 well-known melodies with every single note shown by a special, easy-to-learn whistle tablature as well as conventional notation. The lessons are realistically and steadily graded so as not to overwhelm the student. Difficult traditional dances tunes, music particularly suited to the tin whistle, are introduced only on the last few pages to give a taste of things to come. Perfect for individuals, groups, or schools wanting to incorporate traditional music into their curriculum. These tunes are suitable for any melody instrument, but the D tinwhistle is preferred. Lyrics, guitar chords, illustrations, rudiments of music (using the British naming system) and chord charts are also included. A CD is also included to assist in learning.

Introduction und Allegro by Matyas Seiber (1905-1960). For accordion and cello. This edition: MH 61013. Accordion Music. 12 pages. Published by Matthias Hohner (SD.49039293). ISBN 9790202916285.

Praludium und Fuge a-Moll (im Stile Buxtehudes). By Matyas Seiber (1905-1960). Arranged by Rudolf Wurthner. For button key or piano-accordion (M II / III). This edition: MH 133293. Accordion Music. 7 pages. Published by Matthias Hohner (SD.49035438). ISBN 9790202913499.

Winston Fitzgerald: A Collection of Fiddle Tunes edited by Paul Stewart Cranford. For Fiddle. Cranford Publications. Canadian. Beginning-Intermediate. Book. 104 pages. Published by Cranford Publication (MB.WFCB). ISBN 9780969118176. Canadian. 9x12 inches. This book presents Scottish, Irish and Cape Breton Music as interpreted by one of the greatest fiddlers of the 20th century. Winston's performances were always sparkling with brilliance, yet his impeccable melodic sense makes the music both attractive and learnable for musicians of all levels. This book, the fourth in The Cape Breton Musical Heritage, presents unique Cape Breton settings of tunes without duplicating readily available sources.

Jerry Holland's Collection of Fiddle Tunes edited by Paul Stewart Cranford. For Fiddle. Solos. Cranford Publications. Canadian-Maritime. Intermediate. Book. 86 pages. Published by Cranford Publication (MB.JH1B). ISBN 9780969118121. Canadian-Maritime. 9x11.75 inches. A healthy balance of Irish and Scottish traditional standards and contemporary Cape Breton compositions.