Guitar Atlas: Italy

Your passport to a new world of music.

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