Christmas Carols For Guitar: Graded arrangements of 12 favourite Christmas songs for acoustic, fingerstyle and classical guitar - Brossura

Akers, Mr James

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1916302440 ISBN 13: 9781916302440

Casa editrice: GMI - Guitar & Music Institute, 2020

Riassunto

Strum the spirit of Christmas with James Akers graded arrangements - from beginner to advanced, experience the magic of acoustic finger style carols on your guitar. With multiple technical versions, QR codes and video performances included, Deck the halls with Auld Lang Syne, Silent Night and many more beloved classics.

This Christmas, immerse yourself in the joy of music with our Christmas Carols For Guitar.

Featuring a collection of all-time favorite traditional Christmas carols arranged exclusively for guitar by James Akers, this book is bound to be a delightful addition to your musical library. The graded arrangements cater to players across skill levels: beginner, intermediate and advanced, providing technical versions that will challenge and inspire you.

Whether you prefer acoustic pick or lean towards a classical fingerstyle method, these renditions will captivate you and your audience's heartstrings. The inclusion of guitar TABS alongside QR codes linking directly to video performances elevates the learning experience making it highly interactive and engaging.

• Get ready for some soulful strumming as you play timeless classics like 'Auld Lang Syne', ‘Away in a Manger’, ‘Ding Dong Merrily on High’, ‘God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen', 'Good King Wenceslas', 'In Dulci Jubilo', 'Jingle Bells', ‘O Christmas Tree’, 'Silent Night', 'The Twelve Days of Christmas’ and more.
• Enjoy the holiday season as you play your favorite Christmas carols on the guitar, with graded arrangements suitable for beginners, intermediates and advanced players
• Elevate your acoustic finger style or classical guitar skills with technical versions of classic tunes like Auld Lang Syne, Jingle Bells and Silent Night, see below for full list

Each of the 12 songs are offered at beginner, intermediate and advanced technical versions. For beginners, start with the easy version of the song, then build up to the more complex versions which are all found in one book. This publication would also be an excellent resource for guitar teachers looking for potential material for students around Christmas time.

All songs notated in both music and guitar TAB for non music readers.
All advanced versions for each song include a QR code for viewing a performance of the chosen title.

THE TWELVE SONGS INCLUDED ARE:

• Auld Lang Syne
• Away in a Manger
• Ding Dong Merrily on High
• God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
• Good King Wenceslas
• In Dulci Jubilo
• Jingle Bells
• O Christmas Tree
• Silent Night
• The Twelve Days of Christmas
• We Three Kings of Orient Are
• We Wish You a Merry Christmas

DOWNLOAD OF EXTRA MATERIAL

A link is included within the book to download free extra material which accompanies the publication. Contents of the free download are:

• mp3 versions of all advanced versions of the Christmas carol guitar arrangements for you to listen to before practice.
• mp3 accompanying tracks for the beginner versions of the Christmas carols for play along.
• A PDF book which details all the chords used in the beginner guitar chord arrangements offered in chord diagram format for easy understanding.

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Informazioni sull?autore

Critically acclaimed musician Jamie Akers was hailed as 'the great Scottish guitarist' by Classical Guitar Magazine and, in a review from Gramophone, his playing was described as, 'containing all the warmth, colour and expressive richness one could hope for.' Jamie has, throughout a varied career, explored various genres of music from a historical and stylistic perspective, combining diligent research with expressive performances to communicate the continuity of musical endeavour through the centuries. Jamie was born in Scotland and began playing guitar at the age of 10. Initially playing rock and blues then attempting to play jazz and finally settling on the classical guitar, he was largely self-taught before having lessons with Robert Mackillop at Napier University, Edinburgh. Whilst at Napier he turned his attentions to playing the lute and pursued this as his principle study at the Royal College of Music, with Jakob Lindberg. Having added the Theorbo to his expanding instrument collection, Jamie completed his studies at Trinity College of Music, studying with Jacob Heringman and David Miller, with additional lessons and advice from Paul O'Dette and Elizabeth Kenny. Settled on the period instrument path, Jamie continued accumulating instruments and exploring the music of the 16th to 19th centuries, with occasional forays into contemporary music. Following a Junior Fellowship at Trinity College of Music Jamie began pursuing a varied professional career. As a soloist he has performed throughout Europe, the Middle East and Australia, giving recitals at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Ullapool Guitar Festival, Classical Guitar Retreat, Exeter Guitar Festival, the Yorke Music Trust, the Italian Cultural Institute, in the L'Oratoire de Lourve, and the Copenhagen Renaissance Music Festival. He has accompanied leading singers including Dame Emma Kirkby, James Laing, Miriam Allan, Claire Wilkinson and Jake Arditti and is the staff accompanist for the John Kerr memorial song prize. Jamie has performed with many early music ensembles such as I Fagiolini, Ex Cathedra, Stile Antico, the Marian Consort, Fretwork, Chelys Viol Consort, The Rose Consort of Viols, The Parley of Instruments, The Hanover Band, The Brook Street Band, Sounds Baroque and the Dunedin Consort. As a continuo player Jamie has worked for major opera companies, English National Opera, Welsh National Opera, Opera North, Longborough festival opera and Innsbruck Festival Opera and orchestras and chamber groups including The Scottish, Irish and English Chamber Orchestras, Northern Sinfonia, the Royal Scottish National Orchestra, The Ulster Orchestra, The Essen Philharmonie, The Scottish Ensemble, with trumpeter Alison Balsom, and ventured into indie folk-rock with Damon Albarn. Jamie has performed on numerous recordings; a few film soundtracks; several theatrical stages, including Shakespeare's Globe Theatre and the Barbican, and broadcast for the BBC, France Musique and RTE Lyric, Ireland, and has been an artist in residence with the renowned Scottish Ensemble. Jamie lectures in early plucked strings at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland and teaches annually on the Renaissance Music Week course in Ejstrupholm, Denmark. He has also taught or given masterclasses at, The Royal College of Music, The Royal Northern College of Music, The Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts and The Rostov Conservatoire, Russia.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: GMI - Guitar & Music Institute
• Data di pubblicazione: 2020
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1916302440
• ISBN 13: 9781916302440
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 72
• Redattore: Brockie Mr Ged
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: non disponibile