Product Description
FORMATTED FOR TWO-SIDED PRINTING: Compendium for fingerstyle guitar of Americana arrangements by award-winning guitarist El McMeen. 41 gems of the genre, arranged as compelling guitar solos. Music ranges from the patriotic, to marches, to spirituals, to folk tunes, and to some of El's original compositions for guitar.
The audio sampler features excerpts from the following pieces,
in CGDGAD tuning:
American Patrol March
Battle Hymn of the Republic
Go, Tell it on the Mountain
The Thunderer March
Turkey in the Straw
The sampler concludes with El's four original tunes in this folio.
(Some of the honors accorded to El's originals in international
competitions or ratings are noted with the music):
Breakout: Finalist in Int'l Acoustic Music Awards Competition
(Instrumental Category); title cut on El's album included in Digitaldreamdoors.com's
listing of the 100 greatest acoustic guitar albums
High Ground: included on El's album "The Lea Rig," which is in
Digitaldreamdoor.com's listing of the 100 greatest acoustic guitar albums
Le Mans: First Prize in Int'l Acoustic Music Awards Competition
(Instrumental Category); included in Digitaldreamdoor.com's listing
of the 100 greatest acoustic guitar solos
Song for Sheila: Hon. Mention in USA Songwriting Competition;
included in Digitaldreamdoor.com's listing of the 100 greatest acoustic
guitar solos
El is included in the Digitaldreamdoor listing of the 100 Greatest Acoustic Guitarists.
https://tinyurl.com/GreatestGuitarists
Many of El's recordings are described here: https://store.cdbaby.com/Artist/ElMcMeen
This product was created by a member of ArrangeMe, Hal Leonard's global self-publishing community of independent composers, arrangers, and songwriters. ArrangeMe allows for the publication of unique arrangements of both popular titles and original compositions from a wide variety of voices and backgrounds.