The Glory of CGDGAD Guitar Tuning: From Music to Method (El McMeen and Sandy Shalk, Co-Authors)
Digital Sheet Music

FORMATTED FOR TWO-SIDED PRINTING;

Acclaimed guitarists and teachers Ellsworth ("El") McMeen and Sandy Shalk have written the definitive book on the magnificent CGDGAD guitar tuning -- a major alternative to "standard" guitar tuning. It is over 300 pages. This labor of love and wisdom arises from their 90 combined years of experience in fingerstyle guitar. McMeen has produced nearly 200 arrangements and compositions in this tuning. Shalk is a brilliant arranger, with broad and deep experience in numerous genres of music. The book contains their analysis and presentation of the tuning, practical advice on rendering and arranging music, personal anecdotes, and nearly 200 pages of guitar music in tablature and musical notation. The tone is immensely engaging and informal, yet substantive and sensitive to the needs and desires of the contemporary acoustic guitarist. The result is a volume for the ages on the joys and challenges of playing the acoustic guitar. The music ranges from ancient Christian hymns, to Americana, to blues, to ragtime, to marches, to jazz, to classical.

Purchasers of the book may request (through the contact form on the elmcmeen.com website or El's Facebook page, https://www.facebook.com/McMeenGuitar/ ) audio files consisting of TEF files playable through the free TEFView application for Android and iOS.

The audio sampler contains excerpts from the following music: La Paloma; St. Louis Blues; American Patrol March; Alexander's Ragtime Band; St. James Infirmary; Bridget Cruise, 3rd Air; The Star of the County Down; Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring;   Will the Circle Be Unbroken