Guitar Atlas: Italy (book/CD)

Publisher : Alfred Music
National Guitar Workshop
Your passport to a new world of music
Series: Guitar Atlas

Each chapter in this book focuses on a particular region of Italy. Readers learn the history, cultural influences, and instruments of each area. While some of the songs featured were originally performed on instruments such as flute, mandolin, or bagpipes, they appear as guitar arrangements for the first time here.

Tips for playing accompaniments to Italian songs are included, and some of the tunes feature a second guitar part perfect for duets!
Compositions are written in both standard music notation and TAB.
A CD demonstrating all the examples and compositions featured in the book is included.

Chapter 1 - Introduction to Traditional Italian Music
Northern Italy
Central Italy
Southern Italy
Sicily and Sardinia
Traditional Italian Folk Instruments

Chapter 2 - Northern Music
La Rcciola (The Curly Haired Girl)
La Ricciola (The Curly Haired Girl): Melody
La Ricciola (The Curly Haired Girl): Harmony
Sui Nostri Monti (On Our Mountains)
Polka
Lipa Ma Marica (My Beautiful Maria)

Chapter 3 - Central Music
Scura Maie
Saltarello in A: Pick Style
Saltarello in A: Fingerstyle
Saltarello in G
Cade l'unliva (The Olive Falls)

Chapter 4 - Southern Music
Tu Scendi Dalle Stelle (You Came Down from the Stars)
U Pulice (The Flea)
Tarantella in D
Bagpipe Piece from Calabria

Chapter 5 - Sicilian and Sardinian Music
Frascalittata
Tarantella in G
Conca D'Oro (Valley of Gold)
Ballo Tondo (Round Dance)
Chapter 6 - Popular Italian Standards
Bella Ciao
Tarantella in A Minor