Estas cien canciones quiero resumirlas en un solo pensamiento, una sola certeza para mí: hacer canciones es más una artesanía que un arte. Tiene que ver más que ver con la acción de pasar la escoba en la cocina, tarareando una melodía que recién aparece en tu cabeza. […] Creo que es mejor escribir y componer canciones, en vez de pasar malos ratos […]. ¡Vivan las canciones! ¡Las canciones-artesanía! Las panfletarias, las inspiradas en el amor. Las basadas en la crónica urbana. Las que dicen algo, las que son memoria. […] El cancionero que ustedes tienen en sus manos queremos que vaya a todas. Como un fiel perro, como mis canciones.

Guitar Atlas: Italy brings you the lively rhythms and emotional melodies of Italian music. The rich tradition of Italian music has been underrepresented in the «world music» genre—until now! Learn the history, cultural influences, and instruments of each area of the country.

While some of the songs featured were originally performed on instruments such as flute, mandolin, or bagpipes, here they appear as guitar arrangements for the first time. To help guitarists pick up all the nuances of style, the book covers both fingerstyle and pick playing, and explores special techniques such as grace notes, hammer-ons, pull-offs, and tremolo. Music is both in standard notation and TAB. A CD demonstrating the book’s examples and compositions is included.

• About the Author 
• About this Book 
• Chapter 1 – Introduction to Traditional Italian Music 
• Northern Italy 
• Central Italy 
• Southern Italy 
• Sicily and Sardinia 
• Traditional Italian Folk Instruments 
• Chapter 2 – Northern Music 
• La Rcciola (The Curly Haired Girl) 
• La Ricciola (The Curly Haired Girl): Melody 
• La Ricciola (The Curly Haired Girl): Harmony 
• Sui Nostri Monti (On Our Mountains) 
• Polka 
• Lipa Ma Marica (My Beautiful Maria) 
• Chapter 3 – Central Music 
• Scura Maie 
• Saltarello in A: Pick Style 
• Saltarello in A: Fingerstyle 
• Saltarello in G 
• Cade l’unliva (The Olive Falls) 
• Chapter 4 – Southern Music 
• Tu Scendi Dalle Stelle (You Came Down from the Stars) 
• U Pulice (The Flea) 
• Tarantella in D 
• Bagpipe Piece from Calabria 
• Chapter 5 – Sicilian and Sardinian Music 
• Frascalittata 
• Tarantella in G 
• Conca D’Oro (Valley of Gold) 
• Ballo Tondo (Round Dance) 
• Chapter 6 – Popular Italian Standards 
• Bella Ciao 
• Tarantella in A Minor 
• Appendix 1 – Alternate Tuning Guide 
• Appendix 2 – Accompaniment Style 
• Final Thoughts 

For use with all C, Bb, Eb, and Bass Clef instruments, the Hal Leonard Blues Play-Along Series is the ultimate jamming tool for all blues musicians. With easy-to-read lead sheets, and other split-track choices on the inlcuded CD, these first-of-a-kind packages will bring your local blues jam right into your house! Each song on the CD includes two tracks: a full stereo mix, and a split track mix with removable guitar, bass, piano, and harmonica parts. 8 songs: Don’t Throw Your Love on Me So Strong • Five Long Years • I Can’t Quit You Baby • I Just Want to Make Love to You • The Sky Is Crying • (They Call It) Stormy Monday (Stormy Monday Blues) • Sweet Little Angel • Texas Flood.

• Five Long Years 
• Don’t Throw Your Love On Me So Strong 
• (They Call It) Stormy Monday (Stormy Monday Blues) 
• I Can’t Quit You Baby 
• I Just Want To Make Love To You 
• The Sky Is Crying 
• Sweet Little Angel 
• Texas Flood 

Patria
Chico callejero
El sueño de la gitana
Mujer amante
Sin tu amor nada existe
La leyenda del hada y el mago
Ángeles de acero
Nada es fácil sin tu amor
Volviendo a casa
El amo del camino
Cuando la luz oscurece
Lluvia purpura
Días duros
Bajo control
Solo para amarte
Héroe de la eternidad
Guerreros del arco iris

Banning Eyre, a recognized expert in African guitar music, guides you through a variety of important styles, including congolese, mbira, Malian blues, and juju. Learn about the history of this music, the pioneering musicians that developed each style, and the dominant characteristics and techniques necessary to play this remarkable music. All material is presented in standard notation and TAB. A recording demonstrating examples and compositions in the book makes learning easy and trouble-free for all players.

• About the Author 
• Pronunciation Guide 
• Introduction 
• Two-Finger Picking 
• Palm Wine Basics 
• Parallel 6ths 
• Making It Swing 
• Rhythm Guitar 
• Juju 
• Juju Slow 
• The Clave Rhythm 
• Congolese Rhythm Guitar 
• Matonge 
• Congolese Lead Guitar 
• Soukous Bass 
• Congolese Seben 1 
• Congolese Seben 2 
• Kora Style 
• Balafon Style 
• Ngoni Style 
• Keme Burema 
• Diaoura 
• Lydian Mode 
• Manding Swing 
• Manding Groove 
• Major Pentatonic 
• Songhai Pierce 
• Minor Pentatonic 
• Minor Pentatonic Duet 
• Dorian Pentatonic 
• Dorian Desert Blues 
• Wassoulou Music 
• Two-Guitar Wassoulou Piece 
• and Strummers 
• Zulu Fingerstyle Guitar 
• Walking Song 
• Zulu Song 
• Mbaqanga 
• Mbaqanga Song 
• Sungura Stomp 
• Mbira Fingerstyle 
• Karigamombe Fingerstyle 
• Flatpick Mbira Guitar 
• Pidigori 
• Lead Mbira Guitar 
• Pidigori Extended Lead 
• Taireva 
• Tarieva (Version 1) 
• Taireva (Version 2) 
• Sammy’s Vamp 
• Variation on Sammy’s Vamp 
• Malagasy Song 

The Guitar Atlas series is your passport to a new world of music. Learn the characteristic rhythms and techniques of some of the world’s most remarkable guitar music, and discover the history, origins, and pioneering artists of distinctive styles from around the globe.

This introduction to the exotic music of Algeria, Egypt, Israel, Kuwait, Morocco, Nubia, and neighboring regions covers the music’s cultural and religious influences and the major artists of each style. Discover unique plucked instruments, the Arabic tone system, and exotic scales. Open your mind to new forms of improvisation that will forever alter your approach to soloing. The examples and compositions throughout all 48 pages are presented in standard notation and TAB and demonstrated on the included recording.

• Maqsum Belly Dance
• Moroccan 6

Hound dog
Heartbreak hotel
Love me tender
Jailhouse rock
A little less conversation
Always on my mind
Don’t be cruel
Viva las Vegas
Suspicious minds
Can’t help falling in love
Amazing grace
If you talk in your sleep
Pledging my love
All shok up
Mystery train
I just can’t help believin’
You’ll never walk alone
Burning love
Guitar man
Trying to get to you
My way
You don’t have to say you love me

In 2006, Guitar Atlas: India and its author Sanjay Mishra were featured on NPR radio’s «Sanjay Mishra: A Cross-Cultural Exploration in Music.»

Whether you play jazz, rock, blues, or any other style, this book will infuse the beautiful musical language of India into your playing. Explore ornamentation, modes, and rhythms of folk music from Darjeeling, Assam, Bengal, and other regions. Learn how ragas are structured, and discover the subtle, graceful improvisational art form of Hindustani music. The examples and compositions throughout all 48 pages are presented in standard notation and TAB, and are demonstrated in an enclosed CD.

• Dadra
• Folksong From Rajasthan

To most of us, Japan is an exotic and faraway land. When we see images of Shinto shrines, pagodas, geishas, and Kabuki actors in face paint, our imaginations are immediately captured.

Now you can experience this rich and mysterious culture through its music. In addition to arrangements of classic folk tunes such as «Sakura» and «Edo Komori-uta,» Guitar Atlas: Japan teaches about Japanese scales, modes, and tunings, and traditional instruments such as the shamisen, koto, shakuhachi. Learn guitar techniques to emulate the sounds of these exotic instruments. Discover the fascinating world of Kabuki music, including a style of shamisen playing called ozatsuma. The book also informs about the Bon odori, or bon dances, held during the summer festival of Bon.

This exciting introduction to the music of Japan offers new and interesting music to add to your repertoire, and teaches techniques, theory, and traditions that will enhance your playing and enrich your spirit. A CD demonstrating all examples and compositions is included.

• Notation Key 
• Introduction 
• 
  Chapter 1 – Brief History of Japanese Music 
• 
  Chapter 2 – Traditional Instruments of Japan 
• Shamisen and Sanshin 
• Koto 
• Biwa 
• Shakuhachi 
• Taiko, Gakudaiko, and Dadaiko 
• Tsuzumi 
• Binzara 
• 
  Chapter 3 – Traditional Scales and Modes 
• Scale and Mode Theory 
• The Yo Modes 
• The In Modes 
• The Hirajoshi, Kumoijoshi, and Kokinjoshi «Scales» 
• 
  Chapter 4 – Folk Music (Minyo) 
• Melodies 
• Singing 
• Rhythm 
• The Instruments 
• Folk Music Today 
• Edo Komori-uta (Edo Lullaby) 
• Sakura (Cherry Blossoms) 
• Kimi Ga Yo (Japan’s National Anthem) 
• Kiso Bushi (A Bon Dance) 
• 
  Chapter 5 – Classical Music of Okinawa 
• Shukkee Bushi (The Coming of Dawn) 
• 
  Chapter 6 – Shamisen Music of the Kabuki Theater 
• What is Kabuki? 
• Izumo no Okuni 
• Kabuki Music 
• Ozatsuma (Kabuki Interlude) 
• 
  Chapter 7 – Koto Music (Sokyoku) 
• Yatsuhashi Kengyo and the Masters 
• Michio Miyagi 
• Introduction to «Rokudan no Shirabe» and «Midare» 
• Rokudan no Shirabe (Music in Six Steps) 
• Midare (Disorder) 
• 
  Final Word 
• References for Further Reading 
• References for Further Listening 
• 
  Appendix 
• Alternate Guitar Tuning Used in This Book