Description
"Guitar Star" offers beginner guitarists a refreshing and inspirational choice of over 40 pieces, including a number of duets, to help build confidence and musical skills. These original compositions and arrangements by Gary Ryan are imaginatively tailored to develop techniques progressively through an exciting and varied range of musical styles.
Gary Ryan is one of the world's leading exponents of the guitar and has performed to international critical acclaim for over twenty years.
The accompanying CD contains full performances & play-along versions. Pieces marked * may be used as the 2nd piece in the ABRSM Guitar Prep Test from 2019 onwards. ABRSM, 2018.
12-bar Blues
2nd Finger Boogie *
Ant, Tiger, Armadillo, Ant
Apache E
Apache Valley (solo or duet)
Asturias
Big Ben Waltz *
Boy from Barcelona, The (solo or duet) *
Cabbage and Egg *
Calypso King (solo or duet)
Canterbury Tale (solo or duet) *
Castle in the Mist, The (solo or duet)
Caterpillar on a Twig (solo or duet) *
Chinese Lantern *
Climbing Up the Stairs (in C, A minor & G)
Cool Cat
Copy Cat
Dad Dancing
Eventide *
Fanfare, A
Flamenco Fred (solo or duet)
G Force
Gentle Waves
Hashtag Tango
Kite in the Wind, A (solo or duet) *
Late for School *
March of the Romans (solo or duet)*
O Come, O Come Emmanuel (solo or duet) *
Old Hurdy-Gurdy, The (solo or duet)*
Packington's Pound *
Red Square (solo or duet) *
River Dee, The
Scotland the Brave (solo or duet)
Skye Boat Song *
Spooky Reggae (solo or duet)
Sunny Day, A
Tune for 2 (solo or duet)
Viennese Waltz
View from the Top, The *
Walking with Ease (solo or duet)