Guitar Ensemble Core Catalog (Summary)

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Overview

The Guitar Ensemble Core Catalog is a 10 volume collection of 190 monophonic (one note at a time) parts arrangements for steel string acoustic guitar. This collection of music includes a great many familiar songs and a number of well-known classical pieces, and spans a very wide range of musical styles and genres. The purpose of these arrangements is to provide a framework for developing melodic playing skills on the guitar, and for playing monophonic guitar music in an ensemble setting. An important secondary purpose of these arrangements is to provide a unique opportunity for learning about various styles of music, and how that music is constructed, by actually learning to play the music. This innovative approach to learning about music allows not only for a high degree of involvement in the learning process, but also for a good deal of enjoyment and satisfaction.

Most of these arrangements are in four parts, although there are a number of rounds, duets, and trios. Most are relatively easy to play, or at least contain one or more parts that are relatively easy to play. Many of these arrangements were made easier to play by transposing from the original key into one of the 8 keys best suited to playing music on the guitar (A Major, a minor, C Major, D Major, d minor, E Major, e minor, and G Major). For more information about keys, click here. There are, however, a number of more challenging arrangements, as well as a number of arrangements that contain one or more parts that are relatively difficult to play.

Three approximate difficulty levels, each on a scale of 1 to 3, are given for each of the 190 arrangements in the Catalog listing. Since only a few of the arrangements require an advanced level of skill, a 3 generally indicates an intermediate level, and a 1 indicates a beginner level. The approximate difficulty of the melody is given for the benefit of those who would like to learn to play the melody in the context of an ensemble arrangement. The approximate difficulty levels for the easiest part and the hardest part of each arrangement are given for the benefit of those who wish to identify skill level-specific music. These two difficulty levels also allow for the ready identification of music that can be played by an ensemble of guitarists with varying levels of skill. It should be noted that in the case of rounds, when the difficulty levels of the easiest and hardest parts do not agree, a parts round performance, for which each ensemble member plays only a section of the melody, has been assumed.

Ordering Options

There is a great deal of personal choice involved in the matter of ordering from the Catalog. This is nowhere better demonstrated than by the fact that any of the 190 arrangements can be ordered individually in the e-score (.tef) format. This ordering option is given by the Add to Cart buttons beside each individual title. At a cost of only 50 cents per .tef file, this is a very economical way to focus in on the music you would most like to learn. The use of e-scores is the most effective, the most interesting, and the most instructive way to learn to play this music. The TefView Score Reader is required in order to play the e-scores, and the TefView Primer contains numerous useful tips on working with e-scores. Both can be downloaded free of charge by using the links provided on the Melody Guitar and Downloads pages of this website. The music contained in the Catalog can also be ordered by the volume either in e-score format or in printed score (PDF) format. The usefulness of the printed scores is given by the fact that the speaker icons in the catalog listing below allow for listening to the ensemble arrangements in their entirety in MIDI format.

The last volume of the Catalog is Anthology, a collection of 40 arrangements selected from the preceding volumes. In the Catalog listing for each of the preceding volumes, asterisks have been used to indicate which pieces are included in the Anthology collection. Since a wide variety of musical styles and required levels of skill is represented, the Anthology collection allows for a well-balanced and skill level-inclusive introduction to guitar ensemble music. The Anthology volume is more affordably priced, on a per arrangement basis and in either ordering format, than any of the other volumes in the Catalog.

Guitar Ensemble Core Catalog

You can advance the Catalog to a particular volume by clicking on one of the links provided below. You can read the Introduction to any of the 11 volumes by clicking on the corresponding title in red in the Catalog listing. Please note that the e-commerce for this page is only partly functional. The shopping cart and PayPal payment components of transactions are functional, but the automatic file delivery system is no longer viable, so any files you order will have to be hand-delivered in an email attachment. Accordingly, please allow up to one business day for your files to be delivered, and thank you for your patience.

1. Melody Guitar
2. Noel
3. Children's Songs
4. Traditional American Songs I
5. Traditional American Songs II
6. D. L. Stieg I
7. Mixed Classical I
8. Mixed Classical II
9. Mixed Classical III
10. Bach Chorales
11. Anthology

Melody Guitar
E01-TEF		Melody Guitar e-scores				$10.00
E01-PDF		Melody Guitar print scores				$8.00
					Difficulty
Ref #	Parts		Key		Melody	Easiest	Hardest
E01-01	4		A Major		2	1	2
Row, Row, Row Your Boat (round)
E01-02	4		G Major		2	1	2
Three Blind Mice (round)
E01-03	3		E Major		2	2	2
Bingo
E01-04	4		A Major		2	1	2
Take Me Out To The Ballgame*
E01-05	2		E Major		2	2	2
Duet from Opus #11 in E Major - D. L. Stieg
E01-06	2		a minor		3	2	3
Minuet in a minor - J. S. Bach
E01-07	2		a minor		1	1	2
Duet from Opus #35 in a minor - D. L. Stieg
E01-08			C Major		1	1	2
Humming Song - Schumann
E01-09	3		d minor		1	1	2
Opus #33 in d minor - D. L. Stieg
E01-10	3		D Major		2	1	2
Opus #13 in D Major - D. L. Stieg
E01-11	4		D Major		2	2	2
Minuet in D - Beethoven
E01-12	4		a minor		2	1	2
The House Of The Rising Sun (round)
E01-13	8		G Major		2	1	2
Are You Sleeping (double round)
E01-14	4		e minor		2	2	2
Opus #25 in eminor - D. L. Stieg
E01-15	4		G Major		3	2	3
The Hokey Pokey
E01-16	4		e minor		2	2	3
Chorale #208 in e minor - J. S. Bach
E01-17	4		D Major		3	2	3
Old MacDonald D Major
E01-18	4		d minor		2	1	2
Round in d minor - D. L. Stieg (round)
E01-19	4		E Major		2	2	2
Shenandoah
E01-20	4		G Major		3	2	3
Cindy*
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Noel
E02-TEF		Noel e-scores				$12.00
E02-PDF		Noel print scores				$9.60
					Difficulty
Ref #	Parts		Key		Melody	Easiest	Hardest
E02-01	5		D Major		1	1	2
Away In A Manger
E02-02	5		G Major		2	1	3
Good King Wenceslas
E02-03	5		d minor		2	1	3
We Three Kings
E02-04	5		e minor		1	1	2
The Coventry Carol*
E02-05	5		C Major		2	1	3
It Came Upon A Midnight Clear
E02-06	5		G Major		2	1	3
Angels We Have Heard On High
E02-07	5		D Major		2	1	2
Silent Night
E02-08	5		E Major		2	1	3
O Holy Night
E02-09	5		a minor		2	1	3
What Child Is This? *
E02-10	5		A Major		1	1	2
I Saw Three Ships
E02-11	5		G Major		2	1	3
Joy To The World
E02-12	5		A Major		3	1	3
Deck The Halls
E02-13	5		E Major		2	1	3
The First Noel *
E02-14	5		a minor		2	1	3
God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
E02-15	5		C Major		1	1	2
Oh Come All Ye Faithful
E02-16	5		G Major		2	1	2
Bring A Torch Jeanette Isabella
E02-17	5		E Major		2	1	2
The Little Drummer Boy *
E02-18	5		D Major		1	1	2
Hark, The Herald Angels Sing
E02-19	5		e minor		2	1	2
I Wonder As I Wander
E02-20	5		A Major		2	1	2
Oh Christmas Tree
E02-21	5		G Major		2	1	2
O, Little Town Of Bethlehem
E02-22	5		C Major		2	1	3
Jingle Bells
E02-23	5		A Major		3	2	3
The Twelve Days Of Christmas
E02-24	5		A Major		3	2	3
We Wish You A Merry Christmas*
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Children's Songs
E03-TEF		Children´s Songs e-scores				$9.00
E03-PDF		Children's Songs print scores				$7.20
					Difficulty
Ref #	Parts		Key		Melody	Easiest	Hardest
E03-01	3		E Major		1	1	3
Mockingbird *
E03-02	4		C Major		2	1	2
Rockabye Baby
E03-03	3		G Major		2	2	2
Brahms' Lullaby
E03-04	5		A Major		1	1	2
Happy Birthday
E03-05	3		G Major		2	2	2
Pop Goes The Weasel *
E03-06	4		A Major		2	2	2
The Mulberry Bush
E03-07	3		C Major		1	1	3
The Eensy Weensy Spider
E03-08	4		E Major		1	1	2
The Alphabet Song
E03-09	3		A Major		1	1	2
Mary Had A Little Lamb
E03-10	4		D Major		1	1	2
London Bridge
E03-11	3		C Major		1	1	2
If You're Happy
E03-12	4		G Major		3	2	3
This Old Man *
E03-13	3		E Major		1	1	2
A Lady Who Swallowed A Spider
E03-14	4		A Major		2	1	2
Ten In A Bed *
E03-15	3		D Major		2	2	2
I've Been Working On The Railroad
E03-16	4		C Major		2	1	2
Frosty The Snowman
E03-17	4		D Major		3	1	3
Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer *
E03-18	4		G Major		2	2	2
Santa Claus Is Coming To Town
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Traditional American Songs I
E04-TEF		Traditional American Songs I e-scores				$10.00
E04-PDF		Traditional American Songs I print scores				$8.00
					Difficulty
Ref #	Parts		Key		Melody	Easiest	Hardest
E04-01	4		A Major		1	1	2
America
E04-02	4		G Major		2	2	2
Yankee Doodle
E04-03	4		D Major		2	1	2
The Yankee Doodle Boy *
E04-04	4		G Major		2	1	2
Swanee River
E04-05	4		A Major		2	2	2
To The Shores Of Tripoli
E04-06	4		G Major		2	1	2
Pomp And Circumstance
E04-07	4		a minor		2	2	3
Johnny Has Gone For A Soldier *
E04-08	4		G Major		1	1	2
Oh, Susanna
E04-09	4		C Major		3	2	3
The Caissons Go Rolling Along
E04-10			E Major		2	2	2
The Navy Hymn
E04-11	4		G Major		2	2	2
Home On The Range
E04-12	4		C Major		2	2	2
My Bonnie
E04-13	4		e minor		2	2	2
When Johnny Comes Marching Home *
E04-14	4		E Major		3	2	3
Dixie *
E04-15	4		C Major		2	2	2
Annie Laurie
E04-16	4		D Major		3	2	3
The Star Spangled Banner *
E04-17	4		G Major		2	2	2
Camptown Races
E04-18	4		A Major		2	2	2
Daisy Bell
E04-19	4		D Major		3	1	3
The Wild Blue Yonder
E04-20	4		C Major		1	1	2
The Colorado Trail
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Traditional American Songs II
E05-TEF		Traditional American Songs II e-scores				$10.00
E05-PDF		Traditional American Songs II print scores				$8.00
					Difficulty
Ref #	Parts		Key		Melody	Easiest	Hardest
E05-01	4		E Major		2	2	2
America The Beautiful
E05-02	4		G Major		2	2	2
She'll Be Comin' Round The Mountain
E05-03	4		a minor		2	1	2
Motherless Child
E05-04	4		A Major		3	2	3
Danny Boy
E05-05	4		C Major		1	1	2
Blow The Man Down
E05-06	4		A Major		2	2	3
Skip To My Lou *
E05-07	4		A Major		3	2	3
You're A Grand Old Flag
E05-08	4		d minor		2	2	2
Scarborough Fair *
E05-09	4		E Major		1	1	2
Auld Lang Syne
E05-10	4		G Major		2	1	2
The Daring Young Man On The Flying Trapeze
E05-11	4		C Major		2	1	2
God Bless America
E05-12	4		D Major		3	2	3
Froggy Went A-Courtin'
E05-13	5		A Major		3	2	3
La Bamba *
E05-14	4		a minor		1	1	2
John Riley
E05-15	5		D Major		2	1	2
Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
E05-16	4		C Major		2	1	2
Morning Has Broken
E05-17	4		D Major		1	1	2
The Streets Of Laredo
E05-18	4		G Major		2	2	2
The Band Played On
E05-19	4		E Major		2	1	2
Toyland
E05-20	4		C Major		3	2	3
Little Brown Jug
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D. L. Stieg I
E06-TEF		D. L. Stieg I e-scores				$12.00
E06-PDF		D. L. Stieg I print scores				$9.60
					Difficulty
Ref #	Parts		Key		Melody	Easiest	Hardest
E06-01	4		e minor		1	1	2
Opus #9 in e minor *
E06-02	4		C		1	1	2
Opus #10 in C Major
E06-03	4		E Major		2	2	2
Opus #11 in E Major
E06-04	4		C Major		2	2	2
Opus #37 in C Major
E06-05	4		E Major		3	2	3
Opus #38 in E Major *
E06-06	4		a minor		2	2	3
Opus #34 in a minor *
E06-07	5		A Major		2	2	2
Opus #40 in A Major
E06-08	6		d minor		2	1	2
Opus #31 in d minor
E06-09	4		G Major		2	2	2
Opus #39 in G Major
E06-10	4		a minor		1	1	3
Opus #35 in a minor
E06-11	4		D Major		1	1	2
Opus #36 in D Major
E06-12	4		A Major		1	1	3
Opus #41 in A Major
E06-13	4		D Major		1	1	2
Opus #20 in D Major (round)
E06-14	4		A Major		2	2	3
Opus #32 in A Major (round)
E06-15	4		d minor		2	1	2
Opus #17 in d minor (round)
E06-16	4		C Major		1	1	2
Opus #23 in C Major (round)
E06-17	4		E Major		1	1	3
Opus #19 in E Major (round)
E06-18	4		a minor		2	2	2
Opus #18 in a minor (round)
E06-19	4		A Major		1	1	3
Opus #21 in A Major (round) *
E06-20	4		d minor		1	1	3
Opus #7 in d minor (round)
E06-21	4		G Major		2	2	2
Opus #8 in G Major (round)
E06-22	4		e minor		1	1	2
Opus #1 in e minor (round)
E06-23	4		C Major		1	1	2
Opus #2 in C Major (round)
E06-24	4		E Major		1	1	2
Opus #3 in E Major (round)
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Mixed Classical I
E07-TEF		Mixed Classical I e-scores				$8.00
E07-PDF		Mixed Classical I print scores				$6.40
					Difficulty
Ref #	Parts		Key		Melody	Easiest	Hardest
E07-01	2		G Major		3	1	3
Jesu, Joy Of Man's Desiring - J. S. Bach *
E07-02	3		C Major		1	1	2
A Little Piece - Schumann
E07-03	4		e minor		2	1	2
Prelude #4 in e minor - Chopin
E07-04	4		D Major		2	2	2
A Mighty Fortress Is Our God - J. S. Bach
E07-05	2		A Major		3	2	3
Allegro - Mozart *
E07-06	3		G Major		2	2	2
A Short Study - Schumann
E07-07	4		d minor		2	1	2
Sarabande - G. F. Handel *
E07-08	4		G Major		3	3	3
I Know A Young Maiden - DiLasso *
E07-09	2		D Major		2	2	2
Hymn - J. S. Bach
E07-10	3		G Major		2	2	2
Soldier's March - Schumann
E07-11	4		a minor		2	1	2
Menuetto - Beethoven
E07-12	4		a minor		2	2	2
Ecossaise - Schubert
E07-13	2		G Major		3	2	3
Minuet in G - J. S. Bach
E07-14	4		G Major		2	2	2
Ecossaise in G Major - Beethoven
E07-15	4		c# minor		2	2	2
Prelude #20 in c# minor - Chopin *
E07-16	4		A Major		3	3	3
Sing Me A Song - Vecchi
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Mixed Classical II
E08-TEF		Mixed Classical II e-scores				$8.00
E08-PDF		Mixed Classical II print scores				$6.40
					Difficulty
Ref #	Parts		Key		Melody	Easiest	Hardest
E08-01	2		C Major		2	2	2
Air - J. S. Bach
E08-02	3		G Major		3	2	3
Minuet in G - Beethoven
E08-03	4		C Major		2	2	2
O Lovely May - Brahms
E08-04	4		e minor		3	2	3
The Messiah : Overture - G. F. Handel
E08-05	2		d minor		3	3	4
Minuet in d minor - J. S. Bach
E08-06	3		D Major		1	1	2
Ode To Joy - Beethoven *
E08-07	4		F Major		2	2	2
Theme - Chopin
E08-08	4		A Major		3	3	3
Touro-louro-louro - Saboly *
E08-09	2		a minor		2	2	2
Bouree - J. S. Bach
E08-10	3		e minor		1	1	2
First Loss - Schumann
E08-11	4		G Major		2	2	2
Come, Gentle Spring - Haydn
E08-12	4		D Major		3	1	3
Italian Folk Song - Tchaikovsky
E08-13	2		G Major		3	2	3
Air in G Major - G. F. Handel
E08-14	4		a minor		3	2	3
Waltz - Grieg *
E08-15	4		E Major		2	2	2
Chorale - Chopin
E08-16	4		d minor		3	3	3
Allon, Gey Bergeres - Costeley *
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Mixed Classical III
E09-TEF		Mixed Classical III e-scores				$8.00
E09-PDF		Mixed Classical III print scores				$6.40
					Difficulty
Ref #	Parts		Key		Melody	Easiest	Hardest
E09-01	2		A Major		3	2	3
Musette - J. S. Bac
E09-02	3		e minor		3	2	3
Fur Elise - Beethoven
E09-03	4		F Major		1	1	3
Come, Thou Holy Spirit - Rachmaninoff
E09-04	4		c minor		2	2	2
Let Nothing Ever Grieve Thee - Brahms
E09-05	2		C Major		2	2	2
Aria - J. S. Bach
E09-06	3		E Major		3	2	3
Allegro - Haydn *
E09-07	4		C Major		1	1	1
Sanctus - Schubert
E09-08	4		A Major		2	1	2
Prelude - Chopin *
E09-09	2		a minor		2	2	2
Bouree - J. S. Bach
E09-10	3		C Major		2	2	2
Trio - Beethoven
E09-11	4		a minor		3	2	3
The Wild Horseman - Schumann
E09-12	4		F Major		2	2	2
Praise Ye The Lord - Saint-Saens *
E09-13	2		g minor		2	2	2
Polonaise - J. S. Bach
E09-14	4		C Major		2	2	2
Cast Thy Burden Upon The Lord - Mendelssohn
E09-15	4		c minor		2	2	2
De Profundis - Mozart
E09-16	4		C Major		3	3	3
Hallelujah! - G. F. Handel
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Bach Chorales
E10-TEF		Bach Chorales e-scores				$8.00
E10-PDF		Bach Chorales print scores				$6.40
					Difficulty
Ref #	Parts		Key		Melody	Easiest	Hardest
E10-01	4		e minor		1	1	2
Chorale #263 in e minor
E10-02	4		C Major		1	1	2
Chorale #217 in C Major
E10-03	4		E Major		2	2	2
Chorale #290 in E Major *
E10-04	4		e minor		1	1	3
Chorale #181 in e minor *
E10-05	4		C Major		2	2	3
Chorale #239 in C Major
E10-06	4		E Major		2	2	3
Chorale #85 in E Major
E10-07	4		a minor		1	1	2
Chorale #81 in a minor
E10-08	4		D Major		2	2	3
Chorale #86 in D Major *
E10-09	4		A Major		1	1	2
Chorale #233 in A Major
E10-10	4		d minor		1	1	2
Chorale #207 in d minor *
E10-11	4		G Major		1	1	3
Chorale #258 in G Major
E10-12	4		a minor		2	2	2
Chorale #345 in a minor
E10-13	4		D Major		1	1	2
Chorale #153 in D Major
E10-14	4		A Major		1	1	2
Chorale #326 in A Major
E10-15	4		d minor		1	1	3
Chorale #340 in d minor
E10-16	4		G Major		1	1	2
Chorale #362 in G Major
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Anthology
E11-TEF		Anthology e-scores				$15.00
E11-PDF		Anthology print scores				$12.00

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