Folk Music for Easy Classical Guitar - Paperback

by Amy Hite (Author)

This is a collection of thirty folk songs arranged for easy classical guitar. Most of the music is in first position, with a few songs exploring higher positions. The level is appropriate for beginning guitarists. The arrangements are colorful and fun to play! Contents: All Through the Night, Alouette, Amazing Grace, America the Beautiful, The Ash Grove, Au Clair de la Lune, Aura Lee, The Blue Bells of Scotland, Buffalo Gals, Clementine, Down in the Valley, Frére Jacques (Are You Sleeping?), House of the Rising Sun, Kum-Ba-Ya, Lavender's Blue, Lightly Row, Loch Lomond, London Bridge, On Top of Old Smokey, Row, Row, Row Your Boat, The Sally Gardens, Scarborough Fair, She'll be Comin' 'Round the Mountain, Shenandoah, Simple Gifts, Skip to My Lou, Swing Low, Sweet Chariot, Turkey in the Straw, Waly Waly (The Water is Wide), Yankee Doodle.

Author Biography

Amy Hite is a guitarist from Southern California. She holds a Masters Degree in Classical Guitar Performance from California State University, Fullerton, where she studied under David Grimes. Amy has performed concerts as a soloist and with various chamber groups at local universities, libraries, and music societies. She was a member of the Fullerton Guitar Orchestra from 2006-2010, during which they performed throughout California and on a three-week tour of Bulgaria, which culminated with a concert at the U.S. Embassy in Sofia. Amy has released three albums, Classical Guitar Christmas (guitar solos), Classic Guitar Wedding (guitar solos and flute & guitar duets), and The Nutcracker Suite (with the Campanella Guitar Quartet), all which are available on iTunes and CDBaby. She teaches private guitar lessons in Orange County, at her home in Riverside, and at Riverside City College. In addition to teaching the guitar, she is currently training to become a teacher of the Alexander Technique with the Alexander Alliance. More information can be found about Amy on her website www.AmyHiteGuitar.com.