Tutku is a piece I composed a couple of years ago and is most certainly one of my personal favorites of my compositions. I worked really hard on this and it took about twice as long for me to write as one of my usual guitar pieces. Here is a performance version I posted on YouTube:
Sheet music/tab is available at my website (click on the picture below). Also part of my membership.
Here are three Middle Eastern-Style pieces that I have composed over the last 10 months are so. The pieces include:
Desert Flame
Caravan of Shadows
Sunfire
I found these fun to compose. I always love composing in different sonic worlds. I hope you enjoy listening to them. The score/tabs are available at my website: Robertlunn.com
Also part of my membership (Click on the picture below)
Today I posted a video on YouTube where I am practicing my easy arrangement of “Malaguena.” It’s a little behind-the-scenes video of how I go about practicing. This isn’t me practicing a piece from scratch but more just reminding myself how to play it. I have included sheet music in parts of the video as well. I hope you enjoy!
Sheet music/tab available (click on the picture below)
Here is my arrangement of the folk song, “Shenandoah.” This is a melody I heard for the first time 12 or so years ago. I heard it and was struck by how beautiful it is. This is part of my first volume of easy arrangements.
It’s also part of my membership (click on the image to learn more)
-Rob
House of the Rising Sun. This is one of my favorite songs of all-time. The first version I ever heard was The Animals but I do also love the version by Bob Dylan.
The score/tab for my version is available at https://robertlunn.com/other-arrangements/house-of-the-rising-sun Also available as part of my Membership.
-Rob
Here is a pull-off exercise that can be helpful for guitarists, not matter what style of guitar you play. I would recommend practicing it slowly and making sure that the notes are played evenly.
You can download the score/tab free here: https://robertlunn.com/guitar-exercises
I composed my Twelve Laments over a two-year period beginning in 2018. Each piece started as a short, one-minute sketch that I later developed into a full composition. Writing these works was a deeply personal and cathartic experience during a challenging time in my life.
From a musical standpoint, I wanted to explore keys I hadn’t written in before—such as E-flat minor—and push myself in new harmonic directions.
You can listen to all twelve Laments on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/3IgFWX1H15IcUtZTWabXUa?si=jt-jEpMNR7GHWNPludwssA
The score and TAB for Lament I are available on my website (click the image below). The piece is also included with a membership—learn more here: Become a Member
Scales can be valuable for guitarists to practice for a number of reasons. They can help your overall technique as well as helps to synchronize the two hands. They can also help you learn the notes on the fingerboard. I recommend practicing them in a variety of patterns.
In the video above I played the notes using rest stroke alternating my index/middle fingers but you can also practice them: p-i, m-a, etc.
C major doesn’t contain any of the sharp/flat notes: C, D, E, F, G, A, B, C. This is one of the first scales you might learn on the piano because it doesn’t have the added difficulty of playing the black notes.
For more scales, exercises, and lessons, become a member at https://robertlunn.com — one-time fee, lifetime access.”
Wayfaring Stranger is one of my favorite American folk songs. I’ve always loved the simplicity of the melody. Many popular artists have recorded this song including: Burl Ives, Jack White, and Emmylou Harris. This arrangement comes from my first volume of easy arrangements.
Score/tab is available at my website: https://robertlunn.com/easy-arrangements-vol-1/wayfaring-stranger-easy
The sheet music/tab is also part of my membership. Click on the picture below to learn more:
I composed Tutku in October 2024. Tutku means “passion” in Turkish. I wanted to fill this piece up with as much passion as I could summon.
It makes use of my all-time favorite scale ever–the A harmonic minor scale which goes: A, B, C, D, E, F, G-sharp and back to A.
Score/tab is available at my website. It is also part of my membership. Click on the picture to learn more:
