Folk category: 608 books

Alison McQueen Tokita presents a series of case studies that demonstrate the persistence of Japanese sung narratives in a multiplicity of genres over ten centuries, including the way they flourished and declined, together with factors contributing to development and change in narrative performance....

Pete Seeger is one of the most recorded artists in American history, and his recording catalog tells us not just the story of his career but the story of our culture and its political and social history. A Pete Seeger Discography: Seventy Years of Recordings is a comprehensive listing of the 45s,...

Miles Krassen has gathered and re-edited more than 900 tunes, bringing up to date Capt. Francis O'Neill's famed collection of Irish dance music, airs, jigs, reels, hornpipes, and marches.

Southwest Shuffle documents an important period in country music history. During the '30s and early '40s, hundreds of thousands of "Okies," "Arkies," and other rural folks from around the Southwest resettled in California, in search of work. A country music scene quickly blossomed...

This book is not just for the student, teaher or performer of belly-dance. It is also for the stuednt, teacher or performer of Middle Eastern drum. The DERBECKI, TAR, TAMBOURINE, KATAM, and TUBL BELEDI! You ,ay be the hysband, partner of a belly dancer that wants to be part of the scene.It is about...

Intermediate-level solos based on 68 fiddling favorites of reels, jigs, hornpipes and all styles of barn-dance tunes is not only interesting and fascinating, it is also very beneficial for the development of technique. As technique studies, in their respective grades, these barn-dance tunes are in a class by themselves. Excellent repertoire. Guitar chords included.

Lively Fife Tunes is a collection of 57 spirited fife solos. The selections include reels, hornpipes, jigs, sea chanteys, dance tunes and more. These fife solos are ideal for performance or just enjoyment while playing the instrument.

A Christmas folio featuring easy but balanced lead sheet guitar arrangements, with occasional melody- chord treatment. Simple chords with strum patterns appear above each melody line, with lyrics.

Easy to intermediate solos scored for B-flat trumpet solo with keyboard accompaniment. Includes fifteen favorite carols: Ding, Dong, Merrily on High; I Saw Three Ships; O Come, All ye Faithful and many more. The keyboard accompaniment is contained in the book and also as a separate PDF download online.

Lively Recorder Tunes is a collection of 55 spirited recorder solos. The selections include reels, hornpipes, jigs, sea chanteys, dance tunes and more. These recorder solos are ideal for performance or just enjoyment. Guitar chords are included for accompaniment, and can be used by any chordal instrument.

Presenting 45 melodies composed by the blind Irish bard and harpist Turlough O'Carolan arranged by such guitar greats as Dave Evans, Davey Graham, El McMeen, Duck Baker and many others. As these melodies lend themselves particularly well to guitar settings, O'Carolan's compositions have captured the...

The word "DADGAD" refers to the names of the notes on the open strings of one of many alternate tunings for the guitar, one that is very popular with acoustic guitar players. It has a wonderfully warm resonance, allowing you to play simple single-note melodies, yet still fill out the sound...

The Bluegrass Picker's Tune Book is a must for all bluegrass pickers! Included are the melody line and chords to over two hundred favorite gospel and bluegrass songs. Detailed information about the origin and performers is given for each song as well as the history and development of the bluegrass genre. The lyrics are large and easy to read during a performance.

A superb collection of 53 Hawaiian favorites arranged for uke solo. It includes instruction on chords, "vamping", reading tablature and notation, note location on the fingerboard, scales and scale exercises, and rhythm, plus special uke techniques. Basic chords are summarized and "Rhythmic...