Best Contemporary Solos (book/CD)

Publisher : Mel Bay
Fingerstyle Curriculum
With notation and tablature
Level : Intermediate

The Fingerstyle Curriculum series is designed to provide intermediate to advanced fingerstyle guitarists with a wide variety of attractive solo repertoire pieces. The material contained in these volumes is ideal for performance at professional engagements- whether concerts, cocktail parties or club dates. These solos can also be used for educational purposes and enjoyed by students and teachers alike. The book provides a collection of original pieces by some of today's leading fingerstyle guitarists as well as attractive arrangements of popular standards like My Melancholy Baby and Nola.
The accompanying CD includes 22 pieces from the book.

• Everything That Rises Must Converge - Duck Baker
• Feet On The Ground - John James
• Flood Plain - Al Petteway
• Fond Farewells - Chris Proctor
• Grace Street - Duck Baker
• Just Another Late NIght Blues - Chris Proctor
• Laguna Girls - Jean-Felix LaLanne
• Midnight Ride - Al Petteway
• My Melancholy Baby - Arranged by John Griggs & Carlos Barbosa-Lima
• Nashville Family  - Jean-Felix LaLanne
• Nola - Felix Arndt, Arranged by David Laibman
• Peak's Puzzle  - Stefan Grossman
• Peg O' My Heart - Arranged by John Griggs & Carlos Barbosa-Lima
• Phooka -  Al Petteway
• Postcard From Limbo -  Ed Gerhard
• Rites Of Passage -  Stefan Grossman
• Shining Shadows -  Stefan Grossman
• Solitude - Al Petteway
• Song For John -  Al Petteway
• The Missouri Waltz - Arranged by John Griggs & Carlos Barbosa-Lima
• The Return Of The Flute - Rick Ruskin
• Two Cats With New Shoes - Duck Baker
• Willie Mae - Dave Evans
• Wolf's Head - Al Petteway
  
  
  

• Best Contemporary Solos - 15%
• Best Traditional/Folk Solos - 15%
• Best Blues Solos