“From Folk to Classical 1” is a mouth-watering collection of thirty arrangements for classical guitar by Paul Coles. The classical pieces include many favourites, including a few you would not expect to hear on the guitar, such as “Hall of the Mountain King” and “Three little Maids from School”, but they really work! Traditional folk numbers are not neglected, with “Sweet Molly Malone” and “Skye Boat Song” among the best known.

The arrangements are for intermediate players and Paul Coles has offered fingering help for both left and right hands. Book 2 will be published in 2018 but, meanwhile, try Paul Coles’ “26 Melodic Studies” or his “Momentos Espanoles”..

• 30 attractive arrangements of well-known classical themes and traditional melodies

• Written for the intermediate-level guitarist in accessible keys

• Left and right-hand fingering

Dvorák Antonín: Largo from the "New World" Symphony
Traditional: Sweet Molly Malone
Traditional: All Through the Night
Traditional: Sur le pont d'Avignon
Traditional: Scarborough Fair
Traditional: London Bridge
Traditional: La cucaracha
Traditional: The Ash Grove
Beethoven Ludwig van: Ode to Joy from "Symphony No. 9"
Traditional: Amazing Grace
Traditional: Yellow Bird
Grieg Edvard: Morning from "Peer Gynt Suite"
Grieg Edvard: In the Hall of the Mountain King from "Peer Gynt Suite"
Offenbach Jacques: Barcarole
Traditional: English Country Garden
Traditional: Santa Lucia
Traditional: Mexican Hat Dance
Traditional: Shenandoah
Traditional: O sole mio
Traditional: To a Wild Rose
Brahms Johannes: Cradle Song – Wiegenlied
Traditional: Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star
Traditional: The House of the Rising Sun
Joplin Scott: The Entertainer
Foster Stephen Collins: Beautiful Dreamer
Gilbert & Sullivan: Three Little Maids from School are We
Traditional: Skye Boat Song
de Curtis Ernesto: Come Back to Sorrento
Traditional: Down by the Sally Gardens
Traditional: The Bonnie Banks o'Loch Lomond