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Joel Mabus Music in Print
Books, Lead Sheets, Guitar Arrangements, Banjo TAB & More
This has been an ongoing project for years ... most recently updated November 09, 2024
I've been writing out more stuff all the time, so I guarantee most of the lists below are
in-complete.
If you are hoping I have something written out, but you don't see it
here, please ask.
Just send me an email
What's Here? Click on hypertext to jump to it! Or scroll, scroll, scroll.
My Book titled "Parlor Guitar," published in 2006 by Hal Leonard, Inc
My Sheet Music - How I make it -- and how I sell it.
CATEGORIES:
Lead Sheets (melody w/chords and lyrics) A list for several of my original songs
NEW -- The Joel Mabus Songbook 98 songs!
Guitar Arrangements (instrumentals I have recorded, scored in detail, standard notation & TAB)
Christmas guitar scores from A Parlor Guitar Christmas (package deal)
Christmas guitar scores from How Like The Holly (package deal)
Non-holiday guitar scores from various albums
Banjo Tab list (tunes I have recorded written out in clawhammer TAB)
Fiddle Tunes list (originals I have written for square or
contra dance, standard treble clef)
Ordering My Sheet Music directly from me with payment options
MY BOOK The only bound book of mine, to date: Parlor Guitar,
was published
by Hal Leonard -- a world wide publishing firm -- in 2006. This book has detailed note-for-note transcriptions (music & tab)
of ten songs from the Parlor Guitar CD.
The book also has a CD included of those 10 cuts from the original album.
To be clear: the CD included with the book is not the complete Parlor Guitar CD,
but just the ten cuts transcribed --
click here for more about this book and ordering info
MY SHEET MUSIC
With the help of a professional music scoring program (Finale) I have available some of my songs in lead sheet format (that means a melody staff, chords above and lyrics below) -- and transcriptions of several of my guitar instrumentals in full arrangements (two staves with music notation on top and the tablature version underneath). I also have most of my original fiddle tunes in treble clef notation with chords. And I have begun to add some banjo tunes in TAB notation. Check back for new additions. If you don't see the song or tune you are looking for, contact me and ask if it might be available
IMPORTANT NOTE: The guitar arrangements I offer here in sheet music in
most cases are not
note-by-note transcriptions of the recorded work. That IS the case of the
Parlor Guitar BOOK (above), but these others I offer are a
"how-I-play-this-tune" arrangements which are VERY similar to how they
sound on the cd, but are basically once through the tune, and don't include the
variations I do with each pass, or the intro's or the interludes between songs
that might occur in medleys. But each is a good solid arrangement and each
represents my ideal when I sit down to play my versions of these songs.
(To be clear: if it says "transcription," it does
mean note-for-note. "Full Guitar Score" means it is just
the way I play in on record, but might show repeats for sections that have only
subtle variations. "Guitar Score" means it is written for
guitar, and it is the way I play it, but without many variations.)
[click here to see a sample of a guitar arrangement]
[click here to see a sample of banjo tab]
I DON'T SELL PAPER PAGES ANYMORE. But
all my sheet music is printable
on 8.5x11 paper.
I sell & deliver my sheet music in standard PDF format. Usually
emailed.
Readable on any device with a screen -- computers, tablets, etc..
YOU print 'em out if you want to. (Make new copies whenever "the dog
eats your homework.")
After much contemplation about fair compensation, I have come up with the
following price:
ONE DOLLAR PER PAGE
(or possibly less, if ordering a package of several scores -- ask me to
quote you a price)
PDF PAGES WILL BE EMAILED TO YOU:
I send you the songs in PDF format as attachments to an email: each
song in its own virus-free file.
You will need a "PDF reader" (such as Adobe Acrobat Reader or
something similar) to open and print the music
Most computer/tablet/phone devices now come with a PDF reader, but you might
need to add an app.
(WRITE TO ME FOR A QUOTE ON YOUR ORDER before you send payment) email
address below
Here is what is available, sorted by category:
NOTE: I have much more sheet music available than I can list here
If you don't see the song or tune of mine you are looking for, contact me and
ask if it might be available.
LEAD SHEETS:
(THIS IS A VERY INCOMPLETE LIST! There's lots more!
WRITE TO ME FOR INFO ON ANY PARTICULAR SONG YOU WANT)
All my lead sheets (& scores) are produced on professional
Finale software.
They have melody written for voice in the treble clef, with lyrics
underneath, and chord names above.
"Lead sheet" style is basically like a typical songbook would
have them, but it's not "how-to-play-this-on-guitar"
instruction
book style. And there is no two-stave piano music under the words.
It is typically set in the key I sing it on the recording I have made, with the
chords I use..
(If you don't see the song or tune you are looking for,
contact me and
ask if it might be available. Be sure to
check out my Songbook, below, and its index of songs)
click here for a sample of a lead sheet
Here are a few songs people often search for regarding sheet music:
A Better Voice 4 pages = $4
Alice & Ralph 5 pages = $5
The Druggist 5 pages = $5
Christmas Bells 1 page = $1
Five Kinds of Snow 5 pages = $5
Hemingway's Beard 3 pages = $3
Hillbilly Singer 5 pages = $5
Honeysuckle Moon 2 page = $2
Hopelessly Midwestern 2 pages = $2
How About The Blues 2 pages = $2
Let's Do Christmas Right 4 pages = $4
Love Is a Song 3 page = $3
Sea of Dreams 2 page = $2
Shine 5 pages = $5
Simply Lost In The Blues 3 pages = $3
Two Cents Plain 4 pages = $4
Touch A Name on the Wall 2 pages = $2
Welcome Back To The Blues 3 pages = $3
[click here for ordering instructions]
NEW
FOR 2024 -- The Joel Mabus Songbook
I have a virtual "songbook" now available for sale with 98
of my songs, including all that are listed above.
Not a physical songbook with paper pages -- it is a digital songbook, with each
song being a separate PDF file.
(from which you could print a copy of a song for your own use)
This is how I spent my pandemic, folks.
98 songs, 348
pages (single sided). Drawn from 20
albums over a span of 32
years. It is not a complete
collection. But it is most of the good ones.
Here
is the entire index of songs. (any of
which could be sold separately for $1/page)
The price is only $30 for the entire songbook. Emailed to you as attachments in two emails (49 files per email)
email ME for more info. (also available on a handy thumb drive for an extra $10 shipping fee)
[click here for ordering instructions]
INSTRUMENTAL GUITAR ARRANGEMENTS:
These guitar arrangements have two staves: The top staff is music for
fingerstyle guitar in
treble clef, two voices (thumb & finger) just the way I play the piece, but
not necessarily a not for note transcription of the record. The BOTTOM
staff is the same music, but written (correctly) in tablature.
I have used these arrangements in lessons with my guitar students. Here
is an sample example
If you don't see the song or tune you are looking for, contact me and
ask if it might be available
NEW in 2024:
Holiday Guitar Tunes from
A Parlor Guitar Christmas:
During the pandemic isolation, I wrote out full scores for every tune on my A
Parlor Guitar Christmas CD.
14 scores in all, ranging from 5 pages for In The Bleak Midwinter to 14 pages
for Toyland.
All 14 scores come to 135 pages. Professional notation
techniques. Two parallel staves:
The upper staff is traditional music notation for fingerstyle guitar. The
lower staff is TAB
The capo use is notated and playing techniques explained. Each tune is
just the way I play it on record.
Sample Page
For the entire 14 song "songbook" in PDF, emailed to
you,
the price is $45
for all 135 pages. (less than
33 cents/page)
For any individual song in "full guitar score,"
I would charge the usual $1.00 per page in PDF:
Come thou long expected Jesus 10 pages
Gesu Bambino 10 pages
Hark The Herald Angels 12 pages
Il est ne 6 pages
In the Bleak Midwinter 5 pages
O Little Town of Bethlehem 12 pages
Stille Nacht (Silent Night) 12 pages
The First Nowell 11 pages
Toyland 14 pages
Up on the Housetop 5 pages
The Wassail Song 6 pages
We Three Kings 10 pages
The Wexford Carol 10 pages
While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks 9 pages
Holiday Guitar Tunes from
How Like The Holly:
My holiday (mostly Christmas) album from 1999 has music both
familiar
and obscure. six guitar instrumentals, from years past
and six songs: two of my originals, one original setting of a Longfellow
poem,
and 3 traditional carols. !2 pieces in all.
For for the entire 12 song "songbook" (6 guitar
scores plus 6 songs) emailed to you,
the price is $20 for
all 38 pages
(less than 58 cents / page)
For any individual guitar score or song,
I would charge the usual $1.00 per page in PDF
All the guitar scores from How Like The Holly
Away in a Manger (full guitar score) 2 pages = $2
Es ist ein ros entsprungen (full guitar score) 3 pages = $3
(aka Lo, how a rose)Golden Carol (full guitar score) 6 pages = $6
How Vain the Cruel Herod's Fear (full guitar score) 6 pages = $6
One Horse Open Sleigh (full guitar score) 4 pages = $4
(Jingle Bells in rag style)Rorate Coeli Desuper (full guitar score) 3 pages = $3
AND from the same CD, for singing --
Six songs (lead sheet style -- standard music with chords & lyrics)
All the vocal sheet music from How Like the Holly:
The Cherry Tree Carol 1 page = $1
Children Go Where I send Thee 4 pages = $4
Christmas Bells 1 page = $1
The Friendly Beasts 1 page = $1
How Like The Holly 3 pages = $3
Let's Do Christmas Right 4 pages = $4
[click here for ordering instructions]
AND the NON-HOLIDAY GUITAR SCORES
Guitar tunes from Flatpick & Clawhammer
Durang's Hornpipe 3 pages = $3
The Friar's Britches 4 pages = $4
Twinkle Little Star 3 pages = $3
Guitar tunes from Thumb Thump:
The Creeper 6 pages = $6
Old Joe 2 pages = $2
Red Dog Rag 13 pages = $13
Struttin' To Tootsie's 10 pages = $10
Guitar tunes from Parlor Guitar -- songs from the CD that are not included in the Hal Leonard book:
After You've Gone 1 page = $1
Annie Laurie 2 pages = $2
Aura Lee 1 page = $1
Avalon 3 pages = $3
Endearing Young Charms 2 pages = $2
Santa Lucia 1 page = $1
I'm Just Wild About Harry 1 page = $1
You Made Me Love You 2 pages = $2
Guitar tune from Retold:
Guadalupe (Healing River) 5 pages = $5
[click here for ordering instructions]
If you don't see the song or tune you are looking for,
contact me and
ask if it might be available
BANJO TUNES IN TAB (clawhammer)
If you don't see the song or tune you are looking for,
contact me and
ask if it might be available. I have many, many more.
Here is a
sample of my banjo TAB style
The Dragonfly (original) 1 page = $1
Firelake (original) 3 pages = $3
Granny, Will Your Dog Bite? 1 page = $1
The Last of June (original) 1 page = $1
Old Mother Flanagan 1 page = $1
Paddy on the Railroad 1 page = $1
The Reel with the Beryl 1 page = $1
The Straits of Mackinac (original) 2 pages = $2
Sugar Bush Square Dance (original) 1 page = $1
Thom Paine's Dream (original) 3 pages = $3
Whistling Rufus 2 pages = $2
[click here for ordering instructions]
FIDDLE TUNES originals in standard
notation (ALL ONE PAGE EACH = ONE DOLLAR
EACH)
(ask me about bulk rates for the fiddle tunes)
The Black Frog
The Blue Jig (from Top Drawer String Band CD)
Doubleday's Slides (from Fairies & Fools LP)
Farewell to Cohen
Four Small Potatoes
The Frosty Fog (from Fairies & Fools LP)
The Green Mouse
The House to Myself (from Fortunes CD)
Kitten In the Sink
The Lasses of Janiveer (from Top Drawer String Band CD)
Light Beneath the Bushel #1 (from Fairies & Fools LP)
Light Beneath the Bushel #2 (from Fairies & Fools LP)
A Midsummer Night's Waltz (from Short Stories CD)
New French
Prof. Wilkinson's Jig
The Tedious Bee
Top Note Jig
Young Doctor Levine
[click here for ordering instructions]
If you don't see the song or tune you are looking for,
contact me and
ask if it might be available
Ordering Sheet Music
PAYMENT OPTIONS: Pick one of three ways to pay:
BY SQUARE-UP INVOICE (aka "Square"):
First, send me an email with the list of pieces you would like to order (email link).
I'll add it all up, and send you back a price quote by email. There will be a $10 minimum charge. If you agree to the price, tell me that, and you will soon receive an email from: "Joel Mabus Fossil Records invoicing@messaging.squareup.com"
Which will contain an invoice for your total due. Click "Pay
Invoice" and it takes you to an easy form at "Square Up" website -- it's very easy and
quick, and 100% secure. I never see your CC numbers. Soon as you pay, I will email the sheet music PDFs.
If you ever bought something by swiping your credit card
on someone's smart phone, SquareUp.com is likely the company you've used
-- I've sold many CDs at gigs that way. They've been around for years and are
very trustworthy. I will never see your CC info, and they put the money in my
bank account the next day (less their small fee).
BY PAYPAL: If you are already registered at PayPal (as many are) and would rather send funds that way, it is easy to do. First, let's email each other to agree on the order and the final price ($10 minimum) then pay me the full amount at PayPal.
Make Paypal funds payable to: joel.mabus@pobox.com
Soon as you pay, I will email the sheet music PDFs.
BY MAIL & CHECK: This option
takes the most time, of course.
First, send me an email with the
list of pieces or collections you would like to order (
my email link).
I will reply with a total price. (no dollar minimum for checks) Pay
that with a check or money order made out to JOEL MABUS.
Also enclose a note in the envelope of what it is you are ordering. (It
helps me remember your order after days have passed.)
Send your check & order by mail to:
JOEL MABUS
PO BOX 306
PORTAGE, MI 49081
It is a good idea when ordering by mail to send me an email telling me that
your order is coming so I can keep an eye out for it.
I don't visit the post office every day.
THANKS!
updated: November 09, 2024
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