Flatpicking Guitar Solo Anthology #2 – A comprehensive journey for the acoustic guitarist
This extensive second volume in the William Bay collection presents a staggering 146 guitar solos, meticulously curated for the dedicated player. The anthology leads you through an impressive musical landscape, spanning from beautiful American and British airs and ballads to beloved Celtic favorites and early music pieces. Combining historical classics with the author’s own original compositions, this book offers a unique opportunity to master the art of flatpicking through a diverse and challenging repertoire.
The ultimate resource for repertoire development
With nearly 300 pages featuring both standard notation and tablature, this collection is an essential resource for intermediate guitarists. To aid your learning and ensure stylistic accuracy, every solo has been recorded by the author, with full online access included. This allows you to hear the subtle nuances and phrasing required to bring each piece to life. Whether you are looking for lyrical ballads or technical solo pieces, this anthology provides the perfect foundation for expanding your acoustic guitar vocabulary.
Adoro Devote (th Century Plainsong)
Allegro (Anon)
Alman (Robert Johnson)
An Dro
An Drochshaol (The Hard Times)
An Italian Rant (John Playford)
Andante (Anon)
Aura Lee
Ballade (Anon)
Bear Dance (Anon)
Beautiful Dreamer
Believe Me If All Those Endearing Charms
Black is the Color of My True Love’s Hair
Black Sunday
Blessed Reunion
Branle Double (Michael Praetorius)
Cailin Deas Crúite na mBó (Pretty Girl Milking Her Cow)
Call the Ewes
Canarios (Gaspar Sanz)
Carolan’s Dream
Carolan’s Fancy
Chanter’s Tune
Chestnut (John Playford)
Childgrove (John Playford)
Clancy’s Wake
Come with Me, My Giselle (Adam de la Halle)
Coming Home
Cooley’s Reel
Courting is a Pleasure
Darling Nellie Gray
Dont vient cela (Susato/Danserye )
Dowland’s Ghost (W Bay)
Down by the Sally Gardens
Drowsie Maggie
Endless Horizon
Fair Flower of Northumberland
Fields of Culloden
Flint Hills
Fortune My Foe (Anon)
Gavotte (Michael Praetorius)
Golden Fields
Greensleeves (Anon)
Greyfriars Bobby
Grimstock (John Playford)
Guardeme las vacas (Luis de Narvaez)
Guilderoy
Hard Times, Come Again No More
Harvest Festival
Hills of Ireland
I Dream of Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair
I Went to Visit the Roses
In the Pines
Irish Prayer
Jock O’Hazeldean
John Anderson, My Jo
Johnny Has Gone for a Soldier
Just A-Wearyin’ for You
Just Before the Battle, Mother
Kean O’Hara (First Air)
Kemp’s Jig (John Playford)
La Folias (Gaspar Sanz)
Lady Laiton’s Almain (John Dowland)
Land of Rest
Londonderry Air
Lorena
MacDonald, Lord of the Isles
MacPherson’s Farewell
Mara’s Theme
Master Shardlake (W Bay)
Meadowlark
Meramec Echoes
Mighty Lak’ a Rose
Moderato (Anon)
My Irish Home
My Lagan Love
My Spirited Love
Mystic Valley
Ned of the Hill
New Day
O Esca Viatorum (Louis Bourgeois)
On the Cold Ground (John Playford)
Once I Had a Sweetheart
Ozark Memories
Packington’s Pound (Anon)
Paper of Pins
Parson’s Farewell (John Playford)
Pastourelle (th Century French)
Pigeon on the Fence
Prairie Sunrise
Prairie Sunset
Pretty Peggy - O
Quiet Summer Night
Rainfall
Remembrance
Rose of Sharon
Saltarello (Vincenzo Galilei)
Saturday Night Waltz
Scarborough Fair
Shady Grove
She Moved Through the Fair
Sheebeg and Sheemor
Shenandoah
Si pour t’aymer (Anon)
Southwind Waltz
Spagnoletta (Michael Praetorius)
St Martin’s (John Playford)
Star of the County Down
State Fair
Storm Coming
Summer Plans
Sunflower Waltz
The Bonny Light Horseman
The Boys of Ballisodare
The Brave Lad
The Church on the Prairie
The Connachtman’s Rambles
The Flowers of Sweet Erin the Green
The Fragrance of Fall
The Galway Shawl
The Highlander
The Highwayman’s Reel
The Lark in Clear Air
The Lilting Banshee
The Lonesome Dove
The Long Road
The Lost Child
The Marsh of Rhuddlan
The Mist Covered Mountain (Jig)
The Mist Covered Mountains of Home (Ballad)
The Old Country
The Old Homestead
The Parting Glass
The Rambling Pitchfork
The Shearing’s Not for You
The Water is Wide
The Yearling
To a Wild Rose
To Drive the Cold Winter Away (John Playford)
Trail of Tears
Treasure of My Heart
Tutte Venite Armati (Anon)
Village Meeting House
Volte (W Bay)
Wild Mountain Thyme
Wilson’s Wilde (Anon)
Winfield Waltz
| Arrangement | Guitar |
| Year of publishing | 2024 |
| Level | 3 |
| NumberOfPages | 296 |
| Publisher | Mel Bay Publications |
| Contributors | Bay, William(Composer) |
| ISBN | 9798985650440 |