Fingerstyle guitar books
New editions expanded and improved in content and design
Christmas Songs for Fingerstyle Guitar
STANDARD and OPEN TUNINGS
Music notation and tablature
Basic/Intermediate level
A collection including 13 songs performed in various tunings, written in musical notation and tablature in progressive order of difficulty.
Mp3 recordings are available for download and allow you to compare your performance with that proposed by the author.
“I have long wanted to write a collection of Christmas songs for fingerstyle guitar. Finally, this year I got a chance to publish it. I hope that by playing these songs, your guitar can convey feelings of peace and serenity.” Franco
A collection that includes 33 easy pieces performed in standard tuning, written in music notation and tablature. The yarn-bound book presents the contents in progressive order of difficulty.
Mp3 recordings are available for download and allow you to compare your performance with that proposed by the author.
“If you can’t attend, then check out his instructional books such as ‘Easy Fingerstyle Songs’ and ‘Fingerstyle Blues Collection. They are full of great ideas and tunes that are guaranteed to galvanize your playing.” Acoustic Guitar Workshop – UK
“Easy Fingerstyle Songs is revealed as a reference text for teachers and fans.” Fingerpicking.net – I
“It features classics rearranged with simplicity and effectiveness that will give us little big satisfactions. The music score always turns out to be very neat and easy to consult.” Axe – I
Fingerstyle Blues Collection
STANDARD TUNING
Music notation and tablature
Basic/intermediate/advanced level
A comprehensive collection including 60 exercises and 20 complete pieces in standard tuning, with music notation and tablature. The yarn-bound book presents the contents in progressive order of difficulty.
Mp3 recordings are available for download and allow you to compare your performance with that proposed by the author.
Mp3 recordings are available for download and allow you to compare your performance with that proposed by the author.
“If you can’t attend, then check out his instruction books and CDs such as ‘Easy Fingerstyle Songs’ and ‘Fingerstyle Blues Collection’. They are full of great ideas and tunes that are guaranteed to galvanize your playing.” Acoustic Guitar Workshop – UK
“The pieces performed by Morone are really interesting, and the execution, besides being precise and very clear, has that hint of musicality that never hurts; in fact, it immediately makes you want to start studying.” Fare Musica – I
A comprehensive collection including 20 Patterns and 10 Pieces in standard tuning, with music notation and tablature. The yarn-bound book presents the contents in progressive order of difficulty for advanced guitarists.
Mp3 recordings are available for download and allow you to compare your performance with that proposed by the author.
Mp3 recordings are available for download and allow you to compare your performance with that proposed by the author.
“Franco Morone is, without doubt, a genius of the acoustic guitar and hands down one of our favourite players. His playing is always a miracle of solid grooves, great melodies and tone to die for. His repertoire is versatile, full of interest and delicious surprises”
Acoustic Music Workshop – UK
“When Franco Morone is playing you can feel a deep intensity. Mostly his eyes are closed, and the artist is 100% within his music. He is a master at work, here it is, where the magic happens. Each note he plays is important, in each note, there is an Italian feeling with Mediterranean lightness and poetry garnished with rich ornaments. Franco is a wanderer between musical styles – Celtic sounds, jazz, blues & much more – which he masters entirely and perfectly”
Stephen Rekas – USA
“Lasciatevi coinvolgere dallo studio di questo libro, non ne rimarrete delusi!”
Giovanni Palombo – Chitarre
One of the best collections of traditional Irish tunes arranged for acoustic guitar, representing one of the most widely used texts by fans of fingerstyle. From beautiful O’Carolan tunes to dances and tunes arranged in open tuning with the typical sounds of traditional instruments.
The 14 tunes written in music notation and tablature are available as audio files for download and allow you to compare your performance with those offered by the author.
“A revised and corrected edition that now comes with an improved and more readable layout. A must-have for all guitar fans.!” Folkblog – I
“Celtic Fingerstyle Collection (The South Wind) is important and meaningful as a whole and represents the best collection of Irish music for the guitar to be issued in many years.” Concerto – A
“Celtic Fingerstyle Collection (The South Wind) is the most impressive book with consistently excellent arrangements.” Irish Music – IE
A collection of 16 tunes including folk songs and traditional dances that reintroduces this repertoire in all its authenticity and beauty. All arrangements are for solo guitar in open tunings and written in music notation and tablature.
The yarn-bound book presents the contents in progressive order of difficulty.
The recordings are available both on CD and Mp3 for download and allow you to compare your performance with that proposed by the author.
The yarn-bound book presents the contents in progressive order of difficulty.
The recordings are available both on CD and Mp3 for download and allow you to compare your performance with that proposed by the author.
“Italian Fingerstyle Guitar is an extraordinary calling card for our tradition. Through admirable arrangements, Franco Morone brings a second youth to the folk theme.” Folk Bulletin – I
“I consider the Italian Fingerstyle Guitar to be the most important of the recently released new recordings.” Radio Voce Spazio – I
“The first time we attended a Franco Morone concert, we experienced the thrill of being confronted with an epiphany of beauty.” L’isola che non c’era – I
“Un ouvrage qui vous ouvrira une facette très peu connue de la guitare fingerstyle et qui vous demandera un gros travail d’interprétation (surtout sur les airs lyriques). A savourer d’urgence!” Acoustic Guitarist – F
“Franco is a fingerstyle guitarist of extraordinary talent. His Italian Folk Songs have been creatively arranged and played tenderly. These are songs that I grew up hearing my father and mother hum or whistle so you can imagine my great surprise when I heard them rendered as fingerstyle gems. It is not hard to see, or rather hear, why Franco is considered Italy’s best fingerstyle guitarist.” Anthony Tirolese – USA
This new book with music notation and tablature yarn binding offers the guitarist a repertoire of 13 original pieces (*) of extraordinary emotional impact performed with various fingerstyle techniques. The pieces are written in music notation and tablature with open tunings. The related CD, Strings of Heart, includes a booklet with pictures and the author’s notes related to each piece. Mp3 audio files are available as an option to the Cd.
“It is a mature and technically flawless work, homogeneous and varied at the same time, as elegant in performance style as in arrangements.” Axe Guitar Magazine – I
“Strings of Heart is a true masterpiece by the person who to this day is considered among the best acoustic guitarists in the world.” Montelagocelticfestival.it/blogs/notizie – I
“Strings of Heart by Franco Morone is fluid and powerful, rhythmic, melodic, with great harmonics and clarity. A touch of beauty as light as a feather.” NewFolkSounds – NL
“Each piece communicates emotions on first listen, instrumental songs so beautiful to take your breath away! The sound is fluid, powerful, rhythmic, and melodic. Every single note comes out on listening incredibly round, clear and sweet.” Akustik Gitarre – D
“Strings of Heart communicates emotions on first listen with a sound that is fluid, powerful, rhythmic, melodic, and rich in dynamics. Every single note comes out on listening incredibly round, clear and embracing.” Chitarra Acustica – I
[(*)= except to The Water is Wide e Morrison Jig arranged by the author]
“Back To My Best is a hit album performed by a sensational musician endowed with incomparably luminous tenderness and magical power. A Mediterranean morning, a Celtic evening breeze, a spectacle with meaningful performances and perfectly relaxed rhythms that make tens of thousands of sounds blossom into flowers.” Akustik Gitarre – D
“Franco reintroduced his historic pieces enriched and embellished by much road travel and much break-in on stages around the world, reconfirming himself as an indispensable reference in fingerstyle.” Chitarra Acustica – I
“Here are some pearls from one of the finest acoustic guitar players around for his diamond-like technique and ability to make the most diverse melodies his own, playing them in anything but a calligraphic way. A rare gift.” Folk Bulletin – I
“Morone’s instrumental pieces have the rare merit of engaging even the ” profane” listener, who cannot help but be enchanted at little gems like Followers of Dulcamara, Breath of Old Forest or Flowers from Ayako.” Blogfolk – I
