SEA SHANTIES ARE MORE POPULAR NOW THAN EVER. NOW YOU CAN PLAY AND SING ALONG WITH THEM IN NO TIME! Sea Shanties For Easy Guitar offers you ten of probably the most popular sea shanty songs that can be played on guitar. Play the chords and sing along with these wonderful songs from Sailors the world over. Sea Shanties For Easy Guitar offers you: All songs include lyrics and guitar chord boxes. Guitar chords and lyrics also provided in large easy to read text. The songs are all TAB'D out for you to play the melody. No sight reading skills needed. All ten songs are supported by free downloadable backing tracks and example rhythms for you to hear and learn to play from. Each song comes with a short background history. Help section for reading rhythms plus pages of extra chords for you to learn and play. SONGS INCLUDED: What Shall We Do With The Drunken Sailor The Wellerman Leave Her Johnny Leave Her Spanish Ladies Blow The Man Down South Australia A Drop Of Nelson’s Blood Don’t Forget Your Old Shipmates Randy Dandy Oh The Banks Of Newfoundland

A collection of some of the most well known songs from Scotland arranged for guitar by internationally renowned Scottish guitarist James Akers. Each song is offered at beginner, intermediate and advanced levels. The songs included in this book of Scottish folk songs are as follows: Ae Fond Kiss Ca' the Yowes Comin' Thro' the Rye Green Grow the Rashes I Once Loved a Lass My Love is Like a Red, Red Rose Neil Gow's Lament for the Death of his Second Wife The Bluebells of Scotland Flowers o' the Forest The Skye Boat Song Wild Mountain Thyme Ye Bank and Braes o' Bonnie Doon All songs are notated in both music and guitar TAB notation; if you cannot read music, you can still play all of the songs offered in this book. The advanced arrangements have been arranged in a style based around the work of contemporary folk guitarists like Tony McManus, Stephen Wake and Ian Melrose. In this style, traditional melodies are combined with elements from other genres. To complement this title, a special free download has been created which includes a PDF of all the chords (in full color) and the lyrics for the beginner versions. Details on how to get the download are within the book. Without doubt, James Akers has created a book of music that can be used by an individual guitar player on their own or with a guitar teacher from beginner to advanced. If you love Scotland, and you love guitar, then this is the book for you.

EASY GUITAR FOR KIDS (74pp) FULL COLOUR VERSION is an interactive book that makes it easy for children to learn the basics of guitar playing. This beginner book covers the fundamentals, such as learning how to play chords, as well as songs and nursery rhymes. Give your child the foundation they need to become a lifelong guitar player. Easy Guitar For Kids includes: Advice on why your child should start learning guitar and playing music. Help in choosing the right guitar for your child and the types of guitar available. The basics like the parts that make up the guitar, the guitar strings and how to hold and play the instrument. How to tune a guitar and advice on plectrums, string names, how to understand chord boxes and reading simple guitar TAB and an introduction to music notation. A range of easy to play chords that will means by using the book, you'll be up and running in quickly. Learn by learning to play the chords and strum along with these well known songs and nursery rhythms. Row, Row, Row Your Boat Frere Jacques The Wheels On The Bus This Old Man Jack And Jill Went Up The Hill Old MacDonald Had A Farm The book includes a range of simple easy to learn chord and melody exercises. In the final part of the book you'll learn how to play the melodies (tunes) of some of the songs you've already learned and new songs: Incy Wincy Spider Hush Little Baby Old MacDonald Had A Farm Jack And Jill Went Up The Hill London Bridge Is Falling Down Easy Guitar For Kids includes photographs that reinforce the the text and music as well as images for children to view. The book includes: 19 videos that demonstrate chord and melody exercises available via QR code for viewing on cell/mobile phones and/or tablets. 11 demonstration QR codes to hear the finished song. A download to accompany this book of nearly 150MB including all the videos, mp3 demonstration and backing tracks of all songs used and a PDF of chords, scales and arpeggios if your child would like to know more.

This book contains not only more than 400 sea shanties but as much of their history as Stan Hugill could collect in his extraordinary career as sailor, scholar, author, artist and inspiration to new generations of sea-music enthusiasts and performers.