Download or read book Guitar Picking Tunes - Beautiful American Airs and Ballads written by William Bay and published by Mel Bay Publications. This book was released on 2020-01-29 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a collection of 25 lyrical North American melodies scored for guitar solo. Some of the solos have historical themes and some are from the turbulent Civil War era. Any collection of American ballads would be incomplete without some settings on the beautiful melodies penned by Stephen Foster. A number of those are included herein as guitar solos. All solos are presented in standard notation and tablature. Includes access to an online audio.