A Soup of Beethoven for Erhu and Guitar. Includes Für Elise, 5th Symphony, Sonata Pathétique, Violin Concerto, and the 9th Symphony. This has been a lot of fun collaborating with Onion. She lives in Hawaii and I live in Michigan. I would record my part and then send it to her. She would record her part and then send that back to me and I would then put the video together.
Category Archives: Arrangements
Scarborough Fair
Here is my arrangement of Scarborough Fair. Score/tab is available here. I’ve always loved this melody. It’s an old English folk song that uses the dorian mode.
To create the dorian mode, you first begin with the natural minor…
and then raise the 6th note in the scale (C becomes C-sharp)….
Like many people, I first heard this song from the Simon and Garfunkel version….
Amazing Grace/Jesus Loves Me for Erhu and Guitar
We wanted to do something special for Easter this year. It’s going to be a different kind of Easter with the virus. She lives in Hawaii and I live in Michigan so I recorded my part, sent it to her, she recorded her part and then sent that back to me. I then put the video together. It has been a lot of fun collaborating with her.
The Erhu is a beautiful instrument. You can hear her perform with an orchestra here:
Practicing (04-09-2020)
I was doing some practicing earlier today and decided to hit record on my video camera. I am running through songs I haven’t played through in awhile. Songs include:
Scarborough Fair (0:51), A Lighter Shade of Blue (3:34), House of the Rising Sun (5:00), A Joyful Noise (9:34) and Lagrima (14:03)
Enjoy the good, bad, and ugly!!
-Rob
Abana in Heaven for Erhu and Guitar
Abana alathi fi ssama/Abana in Heaven is a beautiful piece of music by Laila Constantine. In this recording I am playing with my friend, Tsun-Hui Hung. She recorded her part in Hawaii and I recorded my part in Michigan and then combined the two performances. Here are the lyrics…
Abana in heaven
Hallowed be Your holy name
Your kingdom come
Your will be done
In all the earth as in heaven
Your kingdom come
Your will be done
In all the earth as in heaven
And give to us give us this day
Our daily bread
O Lord we pray
Forgive our sins as we forgive those
Who have sinned against us
And save us in time of trial
Deliver us from evil
Yours is the kingdom Yours the power
Yours is the glory now and forever
Abana in heaven Amen
Amazing Grace for Erhu and Guitar
Today is Sunday and many churches are closed because of the Corona virus so we thought we would record this. I hope you enjoy it!
The Godfather Theme for Erhu and Guitar
I am collaborating with a friend from grad school. I have been stuck at home for the last week because of the corona outbreak and it has been fun collaborating with her. Such a beautiful piece and I think she plays so beautifully.
New Album Available!!
I just released a new album!! This is a collection of arrangements I’ve made of some of my favorite songs:
Available (click the picture) at:
Purple Haze Arranged for Guitar
I’ve been a huge fan of Jimi Hendrix since I was in middle school and Purple Haze is one of my favorite songs of his. I decided to finally arrange it for guitar and it wasn’t easy, especially the solo. How do you arrange the solo and still have fingers available to play harmony parts???
Score/tab is available at Sheet Music Plus (Click on the picture below)
Letter From Home (Pat Metheny)
Here is my arrangement of the Pat Metheny classic, Letter From Home. This is a piece I have always wanted to arrange and I finally did it. I ended up transposing and dropping it down an octave to make it work. Score/tab is available at Sheet Music Plus (Click on the picture).
