Tempest is a piece I composed last week aimed at the late-beginner level guitarist. It uses changing time signatures throughout that include 5/4, 4/4, and 3/4.
Score/tab is free at my website (Click on the picture)
Chopin is one of my favorite composers and this is one of my favorite pieces. I’ve always wanted to be able to play this piece on the guitar. I tried to make this arrangement as easy as possible. I transposed it to A minor to try and limit the number of bar chords and I cut out some of the ornaments.
Chopin composed this piece in 1830 and it wasn’t published until after his death in 1870. He composed it for his sister.
I hope you enjoy this teaching video. You can find other videos like this at my guitar school found at my website.
Score/tab is available at my website (Click on the picture)
This is one of my favorite pieces by Chopin. It was composed in 1830 and was published after his death in 1870. Chopin dedicated it to his older sister.
I tried to make this arrangement as easy as possible. I transposed it to A minor and simplified some of the ornamentation.
Score/tab is available at my website (Click on the Picture)
La donna è mobile comes from Giuseppe Verdi’s opera, Rigoletto which premiered in 1851. This particular song has been popular since it was released and is a showcase for the tenor in the opera.
Back then there were no TV’s, movies, Spotify’s, so if you wanted to watch a show you had to go see one live. Opera contained all of the elements people looked for like singing, dancing, costumes, elaborate stage sets, etc.
This is my arrangement of “First Times” by Ed Sheeran. This comes from his most recent album, =. Beautiful song. Includes a full teaching video which includes TAB.
The score/tab is available at Musicnotes (click on the picture)
This theme comes from the second movement (allegretto) from the 7th symphony by Beethoven. He composed the 7th symphony between 1811-1812. Beethoven conducted the premiere in 1813 and the audience loved the piece so much they played the second movement as an encore. This theme is one of my favorites of his.
Somewhere Over the Rainbow is a beautiful song composed by Harold Arlen. It was famously sung by Dorothy in the Wizard of Oz. I tried to keep this arrangement as simple as possible so that the focus can be on the melody.
I hope you enjoy this arrangement!
The sheet music/tab can be found at Musicnotes (click on the picture)
Erik Satie coined a new word for this song (Gnossiennes). Originally there were three that were composed around 1890 and published in 1893. This first one I find to have a hauntingly beautiful sound. Originally, this one didn’t have barlines or time signatures. For my arrangement I added both to make it a little easier to play.
Erik Satie composed the Three Gnossiennes around 1890 and they were published in 1893. Originally for the piano, they are beautiful pieces of music which I would recommend checking out if you don’t know them. Satie was an interesting composer who experimented with chords, form and scales.
Score/tab available at my website (Click on the Picture)
The original Poltergeist came out in 1982 and is a classic movie. I first saw the movie when I was way too young. I was 9 or 10. My parents were out with friends and we had a babysitter. The movie was on HBO and I told the babysitter that I was allowed to watch it. It scared me so badly that I slept in my parents bed at night for the next 3 weeks!
It’s a beautiful melody composed by Jerry Goldsmith. Sounds very much like a lullaby which makes sense because the central character is a young child.
Score/tab is available at Musicnotes (click on the picture)
