Selected Guitar and Bass Sheet Music and Books
April 1999
From Hal Leonard Corporation

The following titles are selected new releases from Hal Leonard for April/May 1999 and are available from Southern Music Company. Some titles may not be available at this time. All copyrighted materials are used with permission from Hal Leonard Corporation.

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Guitar

Guitar Recorded Versions

'50s Guitar Classics

25 rockin' hits in notes & TAB, including: Blue Suede Shoes | Boppin' the Blues | I'm a Man | Mystery Train | Peggy Sue | Rebel 'Rouser | Rock Around the Clock | Rumble | That'll Be the Day | That's All Right | more. 00690214 $14.95

Alligator Records Presents Legends of Blues Guitar

This book is state-of-the-art electric blues guitar at its most powerful! From established legends like Buddy Guy, Gatemouth Brown and Lonnie Mack, to future legends like Little Charlie Baty, the best of the best are here. Includes 12 modern blues classics: Boomerang | Better Off with the Blues | Cut You Loose | Gravel Road | Midnight Drive | You Gonna Lie | You've Been Gone Too Long | more! 00690230 $16.95

Eric Clapton

Includes 11 songs from his self-titled 1970 solo debut: After Midnight | Bad Boy | Blues Power | Bottle of Red Wine | Don't Know Why | Easy Now | Let It Rain | Lovin' You, Lovin' Me | Slunky | more. 00690266 $19.95

Fuel ­ Sunburn

All 11 songs from the debut album by this popular band, including the hit "Shimmer" and: Bittersweet | Hideaway | It's Come to This | Jesus or a Gun | Mary Pretends | New Thing | Ozone | Song for You | Sunburn | Untitled. 00690324 $19.95

The Rolling Stones ­ Tattoo You

Eleven huge hits from this classic 1981 album by the Stones: Ain't No Use in Crying | Black Limousine | Hang Fire | Heaven | Little T&A | Neighbours | Slave | Start Me Up | Tops | Waiting on a Friend | Worried About You. 00690264 $19.95

The Dar Williams Songbook

A collection of 12 songs from this talented artist, from the albums Mortal City, The Honesty Room, End of the Summer and Lilith Fair. Includes: Are You Out There | February | If I Wrote You | Iowa | What Do You Hear in These Sounds | When I Was a Boy | You're Aging Well | more. 00690320 $17.95

Fingerstyle Guitar

Contemporary Love & Wedding Songs

15 great songs arranged for fingerstyle guitar: Beautiful in My Eyes | Can You Feel the Love Tonight| The Gift | Grow Old with Me | Lost in Your Eyes | My Heart Will Go On | To Love You More | Valentine | You Were Meant for Me | more. 00699184 $10.95

Wedding Classics

20 beautiful pieces, including: Air on the G String | Ave Maria | Because | Bridal Chorus | Canon in D | Doxology | Ode to Joy | Panis Angelicus | Romanza | Sheep May Safely Graze | Wedding March | more. 00699185 $10.95

Jazz Guitar

Chord Melody Standards for Guitar

15 great songs, including: Autumn in New York | Cheek to Cheek | Easy Living | Georgia on My Mind | The Girl from Ipanema | Have You Met Miss Jones? | Isn't It Romantic? | Stella by Starlight | The Way You Look Tonight | When I Fall in Love | When Sunny Gets Blue | more. 00699128 $9.95

Thelonious Monk for Guitar
by Gary Wittner

Explore the songs of one of the greatest jazz composers with this collection of 11 solo guitar arrangements in standard notation and TAB. Songs: Bemsha Swing | Blue Monk | Little Rootie Tootie | Monk's Dream | Nutty | Played Twice | Reflections | ŒRound Midnight | Ruby, My Dear | Ugly Beauty | We See. Includes in-depth performance notes, an introduction, and a discography. 00699110 $12.95

The Roots of Jazz Guitar
Songs and Licks That Made It Happen
by Fred Sokolow

A complete survey of jazz guitar, its pioneers and how it developed. Includes: six note-for-note transcriptions of famous standards pivotal to the genre; instruction in the essential playing styles; the history and development of jazz guitar; biographies of the pioneering artists; a recording of the songs, exercises, and licks; and more. Songs include: Dinah | East of the Sun (And West of the Moon) | Honeysuckle Rose | I'll Remember April | Rose Room | Yesterdays. 00699082 Book/CD Pack $14.95

Also available:
The Roots of Electric Blues Guitar 00699067 Book/CD Pack $14.95
The Roots of Country Guitar 00699079 Book/CD Pack $14.95
The Roots of Rock Guitar 00699066 Book/CD Pack $14.95

Solo Jazz Guitar
The Complete Chord Melody Method
by Bill Hart

The book starts with 11 lessons on chord melody concepts, then uses 20 familiar jazz standards to demonstrate these techniques, covering: diatonic and minor third substitution, contrary motion, back cycles, walking bass lines, modal chord scales, and more. Songs (in standard notation & TAB) include: All the Things You Are | Cherokee | Giant Steps | I Could Write a Book | Like Someone in Love | My Romance | Yesterdays | more. 00695317 $9.95

Musicians Institute

Bass Playing Techniques
The Complete Guide by Alexis Sklarevski
Essential Concepts

This book designed from MI core curriculum programs is a comprehensive source for playing bass in a variety of musical styles. Explains: hammer-ons, pull-offs, bends, muting, vibrato; slap bass grooves; essential bass lines and basic theory; and more. Includes 365 music examples, exercises, picking suggestions, and sample songs. In standard notation and tab. 00695207 $16.95

Blues
Workshop Series

This book features complete transcribed scores for 10 blues classics: Help Me | Hideaway | I Ain't Got You | Key to the Highway | Rocket Œ88 | T-Bone Shuffle | The Things That I Used to Do | more. Each part is analyzed to give "behind-the-scenes" understanding of why these songs are classics and how to perform them. Designed from MI's performance workshop classes. 00695137 $22.95

Also available in the Workshop Series:
Classic Rock 00695136 $19.95

Guitar Hanon
by Peter Deneff
Private Lessons

This book by MI faculty instructor Peter Deneff is intended as a sort of guitar sequel to Hanon's piano classic The Virtuoso Pianist in Sixty Exercises. He teaches beginning to professional guitarists 51 exercises, covering: diatonic and chromatic scales; major, minor, dominant and half-diminished seventh arpeggios; whole tones; diminished arpeggios; and more. 00695321 $9.95

Also available:
Hanon's The Virtuoso Pianist in Sixty Exercises 50256970 $5.95

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