Compositions
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- Skye Boat Song – PDF
- Gary Ryan Music
- Gary Ryan’s arrangement for solo guitar of the 19th century Scottish song, The Skye Boat Song. This piece is the fifteenth in a new series of 15 Folk Song Arrangements from the British Isles and around the world. TUNING: C* G* D G B E * = Altered Watch Gary Ryan performing Skye Boat Song on YouTube.
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- Lord of All Hopefullness – PDF
- Gary Ryan Music
- Gary Ryan’s new arrangement for solo guitar of the Irish melody, Slane, known to many as the hymn, Lord of All Hopefulness. This piece is the twelfth in a series of 15 Folk Song Arrangements for the instrument from the British Isles and around the world. TUNING: C* G* D G B E * = Altered
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- Wayfaring Stranger – PDF
- Gary Ryan Music
- This piece is the fourteenth of a new series of Folk Song Arrangements from the British Isles and around the world.
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- Banaha – PDF
- Gary Ryan Music
- This piece is the thirteenth of a new series of Folk Song Arrangements from the British Isles and around the world. Watch Gary Ryan performing Banaha on YouTube.
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- The Ash Grove – PDF
- Gary Ryan Music
- This piece is the eleventh of a new series of Folk Song Arrangements from the British Isles and around the world.
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- El Testament d’Amelia – PDF
- Gary Ryan Music
- This piece is the tenth of a new series of Folk Song Arrangements from the British Isles and around the world.
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- The Water is Wide – PDF
- Gary Ryan Music
- Gary Ryan’s new arrangement for solo guitar of the Scottish folk tune, The Water is Wide (or 'O Waly Waly'). This piece is the ninth of a new series of 10 Folk Song Arrangements from the British Isles and around the world.
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- Down by the Salley Gardens – PDF
- Gary Ryan Music
- Gary Ryan’s new arrangement for solo guitar of Down by the Salley Gardens. This piece is the eighth of a new series of 10 Folk Song Arrangements from the British Isles and around the world.
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- Planxty Irwin – PDF
- Gary Ryan Music
- Gary Ryan’s new arrangement for solo guitar of Planxty Irwin. This piece is the sixth of a new series of 10 Folk Song Arrangements from the British Isles and around the world.
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- Värmlandsvisan – PDF
- Gary Ryan Music
- Gary Ryan’s new arrangement for solo guitar of Värmlandsvisan. This piece is the fourth of a new series of 10 Folk Song Arrangements from the British Isles and around the world.
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- Shenandoah – PDF
- Gary Ryan Music
- Gary Ryan’s new arrangement for solo guitar of the American folk tune, Shenandoah. This piece is the seventh of a new series of 10 Folk Song Arrangements from the British Isles and around the world.
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- Pokarekare Ana – PDF
- Gary Ryan Music
- Gary Ryan’s new arrangement for solo guitar of Pokarekare Ana, a traditional love song from New Zealand. This piece is the third of a new series of 10 Folk Song Arrangements from the British Isles and around the world.
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- Morning has Broken – PDF
- Gary Ryan Music
- Gary Ryan’s new arrangement for solo guitar of the traditional Gaelic melody 'Bunessan' from the Isle of Mull, familiar to many as the hymn tune Morning Has Broken. This piece is the fifth of a new series of 10 Folk Song Arrangements from the British Isles and around the world.
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- Simple Gifts – PDF
- Gary Ryan Music
- Gary Ryan's new arrangement for solo guitar of the old American Shaker song, Simple Gifts (Lord of the Dance), written by Elder Joseph Brackett in 1848.
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- Scarborough Fair – PDF
- Gary Ryan Music
- Gary Ryan's new arrangement for solo guitar of the traditional English melody from the Middle Ages, Scarborough Fair.
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- Tango Saudade – PDF
- Gary Ryan Music
- Tango Saudade is currently on the Music Teachers’ Board (MTB) Classical Guitar Grade 6 syllabus (2020). For more information please refer to mtbexams.com. You can hear Gary Ryan performing this beautiful atmospheric piece for solo guitar here: Gary Ryan performing Tango Saudade
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- Flower of the Field – PDF
- Gary Ryan Music
- Flower of the Field is a Guitar Quartet by Gary Ryan and was originally composed for the UK National Youth Guitar Ensemble and first performed in 2010. This newly revised version was premiered online on 2020 by the Vida Guitar Quartet. “I wanted to capture something of the timeless feel and atmosphere of an old English folk song and to combine it…
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- Scenes for Guitar – Book 2
- Sheet Music
- Eight best-selling intermediate pieces for solo guitar. From the 'more up-tempo' to the 'lyrical and reflective', there is a piece here for everyone to enjoy playing.
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- Guitar Star
- Sheet Music
- Guitar Star offers beginner guitarists a refreshing and inspirational choice of pieces to help build confidence and musical skills. These original compositions and arrangements are imaginatively tailored to develop techniques progressively through an exciting and varied range of musical styles.
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- Benga Beat
- Sheet Music
- Benga Beat is a ground-breaking work for solo guitar. An exciting and entertaining showpiece with an African flavour which uses extended classical guitar techniques and styles that captivates audiences. Benga Beat is recorded by Gary Ryan on the CD Patterns in Time.
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