I'm playing Classical Guitar since 1963. I am the guitarist in a 'flute and guitar' - duo with my wife since 1990. I want to share all the material that we enjoy. Please feel free to contact me when you have any questions.
On my transcriptions / arrangements Writed on 2011-05-27 by Henk Kok Recently I noticed that the
TAB documents that I published
are very popular. So I decided
to include Guitar TAB
documents in all my
publications. This means that
all flute arrangement will
also have a guitar part in TAB
notation as well as standard
notation.
On the Guitar solo music
- a little over 10 years ago I
tried to make an arrangement
of a JS Bach choral for the
guitar. The result was a
rather difficult piece that
was on the edge of my
abilities as a guitar player.
Recently I picked the chorals
back up again, now less
troubled with the urge to
include as many notes as
possible from the original. I
accepted that a 4-part harmony
is not always do-able on the
guitar.
- So by definition these are
all 'simplified
versions'. Yet I enjoy
playing them. These simple
melodies, arranged by JS Bach
with the most intresting and
surprising harmonies give me a
sence of rest and
'homecoming'.
- When you play this music,
please make sure that the
melody line comes out and
flows towards the next
fermate. This is not a simple
chord progression with a
melody, but exactly the
opposite.
- I hope you enjoy this
material as much as I do.
On the Flute and Guitar duets
- Our music is meant to be
played live for small
audiences, like in your living
room or in church or in
nursury homes.
- My wife (the flutiste in our
duo) is the one that comes up
with the selection of
beautiful melodies. After that
I (the guitarist in our duo)
make the transcription /
arrangement.
- I try to make a
transcription as close as
possible to the original
score. The melody (flute
part), the bass line and the
harmonies (guitar part) are
only changed when they are
outside the range of the
instrument.
- Sometimes the flute part
contains many flat notes. In
those cases I usually use a
capo d'astro on the
guitar. The notation of the
guitar part is then written as
if you are playing without
capo. This is exactly the way
that is used in clarinet
scores.
- When I mention chord symbols
in the guitar part, you are
free to improvise the right
hand anyway you want. In that
case the harmonies are not
always precisely the ones that
I worked out in the guitar
part.
- When you lose track of the
soloist, don't panick,
just focus on the bass line
(all notes that are written
stem down). As long as the
bass line continues the music
continues.
- Enjoy the music.
10 Last comments for Henk Kok
Comment posted the 2012-01-22, by rita95 (visitor)
Interest : Skill level : Your site is Heaven on earth.
Especially to find music for
Guitar and Flute is almost ub
heard of. Thank you. you arre
a god send!!!!
Comment posted the 2011-10-06, by kirstie811 (visitor)
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Pays-Bas, IJsselstein
Gluck, Christoph Willibald : Che Faró Senza Euridice (Wq.30.27)
Massenet, Jules : Stances
Bach, Johann Sebastian : Prelude in C# minor (BWV999)
Kok, Henk : Avondlicht - Dusk (Op. 1.3)
Herz, Henri : Andante Cantabile (Op.131.2)
Hasse, Johann Adolph : Trio in e minor
Fauré, Gabriel : Berceuse (Op.56.1)
Mussorgsky, Modest Petrovich : Rêverie
Charpentier, Marc-Antoine : Prelude from Te Deum
Visée, Robert de : Minuet
Elgar, Edward : Chanson de Nuit (Op. 15.1)
Grieg, Edvard : Anitra's Dance (Op.46.3)
Schubert, Franz Peter : Rosamunde - Ballet I (Op. 26)
Boellmann, Leon : Menuet Gothique (Op. 25.2)
