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.
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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:
Nothing Else Matters by Metallica is a great song by a great band. It comes from their Black Album released in 1991.
At that time I was in high school and a huge rock/metal fan. I started playing guitar a few years before that in late-middle school. Inspired by Guns n’ Roses, Metallica, Van Halen, etc. I remember getting the tabs at this time and trying to play it and it didn’t go well! At that time I had very limited fingerpicking abilities.
Making an arrangement of a song like this can be challenging. How do distill a four piece band, with overdubs, into a single guitar arrangement? How do you play the guitar solo while also having a strong foundation with 5 fingers and 6 strings? It’s certainly a challenge. I hope you enjoy the performance!
The score/tab is available from Musicnotes (Click on the Picture)
My top 5 favorite arrangement include:
Moonlight Sonata (1st Movement) by Beethoven
Malagueña (Easy Arrangement)
Adagio in G Minor (A min transposed)
Greensleeves
House of the Rising Sun
Moonlight Sonata is just a classic piece of music by one of the greatest composers of all time. I didn’t know if it would work on guitar but I did listen to other versions so I figured it was possible. I get requests all of the time to arrange the fast third movement but I don’t know about that.
The Malagueña is a CLASSIC. I actually have two arrangements of this piece. The other is a harder arrangement which you can find here:
The next three arrangements are all “easy arrangements.” I realize “easy” is in the eye of the beholder. My goal was to simplify them as much as possible while still allowing the “essence” to come through.
All of these are available through my membership. With that you get ALL of my sheet music and tabs as well as ALL of my video lessons. You can learn more here: https://robertlunn.com/become-a-member
Twilight is No More is a piece I composed for the late-beginner to early-intermediate guitarist. It explores my favorite scale, the A harmonic minor scale.
The piece is designed to help developing guitarists strengthen their arpeggios as well as scale passages, while also introducing them to the unique sound world of harmonic minor.
The score/tab is free on this page: https://robertlunn.com/free-classical-guitar-music
I hope you enjoy playing it!
-Rob
Air on the G String was composed by J.S. Bach. It comes from the second movement of his Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D Major BWV 1068
The score/tab is available at my website (click on the picture)
No Time To Die was composed by Billie Eilish and Finneas O’Connell for the James Bond movie. I have always loved this song and finally got a chance to make this arrangement. I hope you enjoy!
Score/tab is available at Musicnotes (Click on the Picture)
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