All Companion Cassettes cost £7 each
All Companion CDs cost £12 each
Michael Raven
Price £14.95
Universally acclaimed by the trade press as “the finest classical guitar tutor available today.” Follows the Associated Board syllabus. Introductions to folk-blues and flamenco. Assumes no prior knowledge. Classical and modern harmony and special techniques explained in great detail. Includes 64 complete solos which range from lute music to classical studies and arrangements of popular songs. “Unreservedly recommended,” Charles Scott, Classical Guitar. 9th edition, 172 pages, A4 size.
Michael Raven
Price £12
41 pieces with arrangements by Martin Carthy (Glorishears), Nic Jones (Canada I-O), John Renbourne (Bransle Gay), Michael Raven (Spanish Morris) and Steve Tilston (The Naked Highwayman), all in staff notation and tablature with commentaries on techniques and tricks of the trade. 9 inches x 12 inches, 96 pages sewn in sections with a laminated cover. A companion CD is in course of preparation and should be available in 2007.
Michael Raven
Price £13.50
The price includes a CD with recordings of all the 53 guitar arrangements in the book. Titles include Annan Water, Nancy Spain, The Shearing’s Not for You, The Drover’s Song and Polly Gale’s Tarantella, with pieces representing the styles of Martin Simpson, Martin Carthy, Nic Jones and John Dowland, amongst others All the songs have melody lines, full texts and chord symbols. The guitar parts are in both staff notation and tablature. 80 pages, 9 inches x 12 inches, sewn in sections with a laminated cover.
Michael Raven
Price £9.50
Easy arrangements of 82 well known songs, traditional tunes and hymns. Complete with words and chord symbols for those who wish to strum simple accompaniments. Widely used by absolute beginners. Staff notation only. The solo guitar arrangements provide useful alternative study material. “Detailed instructions, excellent arrangements, tremendous value for money … unreservedly recommended.” Fretwire A4 size, 96 pages.
Michael Raven
Price £7.50
Over the years this book has sold more than 10,000 copies. It was reprinted in 2007 in an edition of only 200. Titles include: Danny Boy, Minuetto Allegretto, Now the Carnival is Over, Plaisir D'Amour, Morning has Broken, Return to Sorrento, Scarborough Fair, Banks of the Ohio, Farewell Angelina, Guantanamera, In the Summertime and Midnight in Moscow. All the music is in both staff notation and tablature. 32 pages. A4 size. There is a CD which contains all the music in both Book 1 and Book 2. It costs £7.50. Total playing time 46 minutes. Price of the CD is £7.50
Michael Raven
Price £7.50
Reprinted in 2007 in an edition of only 200. I contains another 17 well-known tunes, amongst which are two of the Rodrigo Guitar Concerto themes and a performance arrangement of The Entertainer. Other tunes include El Condor Pasa, The Sloop John B, Waltzing Matilda and Viva Espana. All the music is in both staff notation and tablature. 32 pages. A4 size. Companion CD: There is a CD which contains all the music in Book 1 and Book 2. Total playing time 46 minutes. Price of the CD is £7.50
Michael Raven
Price £5.00
Easy but musically satisfying solo guitar arrangements of eight popular tunes - The Green Leaves of Summer (from the film The Alamo), With God on our Side (Bob Dylan), Portsmouth (Mike Oldfield), Wooden Heart (Elvis Presley), Lakes of Pontchartrain (Plnxty) and Owen Glendower,etc. All the music is in both staff notation and tablature. Also included is the popular concert solo by Michael Raven, A Welsh Fantasy. 32 pages, A4 size. Companion CD: all the music in this book is on Side One of the CD together with recordings of Eight Traditional Tunes in Tablature and all the music in Popular Tunes for Guitar Book 2. Playing time 60 minutes. The CD costs £7.50
Michael Raven
Price £5.00
A selection of 16 well known tunes in easy solo guitar arrangements. Titles include: It's a Long Way to Tipperary, Never on a Sunday, theme from the Onedin Line, Masters of War, Lord of the Dance, House of the Rising Sun, Limelight, and a Mozart Minuet, etc. Printed here too is Choro y Danza, a full scale concert guitar solo by Michael Raven. All the music is in both staff notation and tablature. 32 pages, A4 size. Second edition printed 2007 in an edition of only 200. The Companion CD has recordings of all the music in this book and book 1. It costs £7.50.
Michael Raven
Price £8.95
Transcription from the CD of the same name of all 42 Welsh airs and Dances. Titles include Grey Cuckoo, Sailor’s Grave, Sweet Richard, Lady Traffael’s Conceit, Spanish Minuet, Missing Boat, Watching the Wheat, Lark’s Elegy,. Michael Raven was born in Cardiff. Staff notation and tablature, 64 pages, 9 x 12 inches. For the 70 minutes Companion CD see the Recordings page.
Michael Raven
Price £8.95
67 pieces: 16th and 17th Century dances; Classical and Romantic music; folk tunes; flamenco solos and ragtime and blues. This book has been in print since 1968 and was the first collection that we published. All the music is in tablature, and most is also in staff notation. “It has a rhyme and reason all its own.” Stephan Grossman . 80 pages, A4 size. Recording: some of the music is played by Michael Raven on the CD, Retrospective.
Michael Raven
Price £8.95
A selection of pieces from the original best-selling book, redrawn and printed in both staff notation and tablature, except for the long flamenco Soleares which is in tablature only. 64 pages, A4 size. Recording: Much of the music has been recorded on the Retrospective CD and on other albums.
Michael Raven
Price £7.50
Music in a variety of styles: Buckdancer’s Choice, El Paso Waltz, Ragtime Annie, Wilson’s Wild, Coventry Carol, March of Brian Boru, Alegrias (a full length flamenco guitar solo) etc. Most pieces are only of moderate difficulty. All the music is printed in staff notation and tablature. 40 pages, A4 size. Companion Cassette: all the music, note for note as printed, is recorded on Side One of the cassette. On Side Two is all the music printed in The Chant of Falsity (see below). Playing time 70 minutes.
Michael Raven
Price £8.95
30 solos in a variety of styles including a set of original compositions by Michael Raven and an “off-the-record” transcription of the magnificent Tarantos, a show stopping flamenco guitar solo of 5 minutes’ duration, first recorded by Michael Raven on the LP A Miscellany of Guitar Music. All the music is in both tablature and staff notation. 64 pages, A4 size. Companion Cassette: all the music, note for note as printed. Duration approximately 50 minutes.
Michael Raven
Price £4.95
25 pieces in many different styles. This is really another Variety of Guitar Music. The titles include Rhumba Habanera, Moorish Zambra, a set of four colourful Sevillanas dances from Spain, Rag in C major, Sage Leaf, Give me your Hand (a lovely Irish air), Mozart Quadrille, Villanella etc. All the music is printed in both staff notation and tablature. 32 pages, A4 size. Companion Cassette: all the music in this book is recorded on Side Two of the cassette; on Side One is recorded the contents of A Variety of Guitar Music Book 2. Total playing time 70 minutes.
THIS SOUGHT AFTER BOOK IS NOW BACK IN PRINT 2007
Michael Raven
Price £10
First published in 1978 this was the first book of its kind and is now in its fourth reprint. It has transcriptions of the full texts and melodies of all the songs in staff notation and their accompaniments in tablature. Artists include Nic Jones and Martin Carthy. There are descriptions of nine tunings, notes to the songs and a detailed lesson on reading tablature. There are 29 songs. Titles include: The Jolly Highwayman, The Widow Woman's Daughter, Cottage in the Wood, Sir Patrick Spens, John Blunt, Trimdon Grange Explosion, Annan Water, Queen of the Night, Ladies Don't Go A-Thievin', The Knight on the Road, Lord Marlborough, etc.
Michael Raven
Price £8.95
Reprinted in an edition of only 200 this book now includes Planxty Davis, the Irish tune recorded by Nic Jones and now used as the signature tune for the BBC 2 folk programme hosted by Mike Harding. The content is devoted to solo instrumental playing and, in particular, to styles developed from medieval lute and harp traditions. There are 37 tunes - the Cobbler, Cushion Dance, Adson’s Sarabande, Drums of Johore, Maid of Provence, Glendower’s Jig, Dove’s Figary, Hills of Glenorchy, Road to Lisdoonvarna, etc. All the music is printed in tablature and staff notation. Most are not at all difficult and, being such good and timeless tunes, are rewarding to work on. 64 pages A4 size. Companion Cassette: has a playing time of 58 minutes and costs £7.50
Michael Raven
Price £8.95
Like book 2 this is devoted entirely to solo instrumental pieces, 31 in all. Included are the concert solos: Black is the Colour and The Miller’s Song by Michael Raven, The Little Heathy Hill by Nic Jones, The Siege of Delhi by Martin Carthy, and a good selection of jigs, reels, airs and morris dance tunes. All the music is in tablature and staff notation. 64 pages, A4 size. Companion cassette: all the music exactly as printed in the book except the Siege of Delhi and the Little Heathy Hill. Playing time 56 minutes.
Michael Raven
Price £8.95
Transcriptions of all the guitar solos, songs and accompaniments on the CD Recital. Titles include: Lass from the Low Country, Ruth Ellis, Fortune My Foe, Dancing Delilah, Raglan Road, Bikers’ Song, Welsh tunes and English traditional songs. 28 pieces in all. Most of the music is in both staff notation and tablature. 64 pages, 9 x 12 inches. Companion CD: 80 minutes duration.
Michael Raven
Price £8.95
Contains a selection of 36 well known tunes in easy to moderately difficult arrangements - the Eton Boating Song, Schubert’s Serenade, Cwm Rhondda, Fur Elise, Bluebell Polka, Crimond, Claire de Lune, O Sole Mio, As I Went to Walsingham, Daisy Bell etc. The foreword suggests ways of using short tunes to make extended pieces. All the music is printed in both staff notation and tablature. 64 pages, A4 size. Companion CD: contains performances of all the music in the book. Price £7.50
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