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)
Matteo Carcassi was an Italian guitarist and composer who lived from 1796-1853. Carcassi composed many wonderful pieces for the beginner-intermediate and advanced guitarists. Here is a beautiful piece that tries to evoke the sounds of the rustic countryside.
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.
I was asked a couple of weeks ago what are some of my favorite scales. The A harmonic minor scale would be at the top of that list. It is a fun scale to use to build technique, improvise and compose with. Of the four scales commonly used in Western music (major, melodic, harmonic, and natural) it is unique because of the large step (augmented second) between the 6th and 7th note of the scale.
In this video I demonstrate the scale as well as play a couple of improvisations with the scale.
