It's Been a Long, Long Time - Score

The composer says: Several musical threads led to my writing this piece of music to celebrate my friend Matanya Ophee's (AKA MO) 80th birthday - a life lived with the guitar. Jelly Roll Morton once asserted: 'In fact, if you can't manage to put tinges of Spanish in your tunes, you will never be able to get the right seasoning; I call it, for jazz.' Over the last couple of years I moved back to Jelly Roll Morton's city: New Orleans, home of my adolescence and reacquainted myself with the tinges of Spanish in its rich musical heritage. One of these pieces was the Mardi Gras Mambo, an iconic song frequently played during Mardi Gras and, in David Newman's reworking of the lyrics, at the New Orleans Saints football games as the Super Bowl Mambo. Uncited sources on both Wikipedia and Essortment say the word Mambo means 'conversation with the gods' in Kikongo, the language spoken by Central African slaves taken to Cuba where it became the name for a musical form and a dance style that developed originally in Cuba in the able hands of Cachao's (Bassist Orestes Lopez) tune: Danzon Mambo. This rhythmic style became famous in the 1950's following its use in dance bands in Mexico and through New Orleans to the United States. The infectiousness of the New Orleans re-interpretation of the Mambo's ostinato bass line and the reaction of people who are readily moved to dance when they hear it spoke to me of dance and celebration. This led me to choose some of this piece's characteristics and title for this piece: Mambo for MO. As we have progressed on the instrument, some of us may have encountered the four-chord descending minor chord progression known as the Andalusian cadence: i - VII - VI - V in many different genres and guises. After all, it appears in Ray Charles' Hit the Road, Jack, the verse on Good Vibrations by The Beach Boys, Walk, Don't Run by The Ventures, Runaway by Del Shannon and in that great work arranged and embraced by the Guitar: J.S. Bach's Chaconne from the Partita in D minor for solo violin, BWV 1004. This bass line derived from a Latin American musical style as reinterpreted in New Orleans, a chord progression that evokes the Flamenco Music of Spain, and my impressions of the sinuous lines of people dancing the Second Line in the streets of New Orleans at Mardi Gras led me to this synthesis as a tribute to a man who has contributed so much in his lifelong efforts for the guitar, its history and lore on the occasion of his birthday! Happy Birthday, Matanya! Carlos Barrientos was born on June 25, 1954 in Tela, Honduras. He began his formal music studies at the National Music Conservatory in Guatemala City, Guatemala C.A. His training with Maestro Elias Barreiro, Director of Guitar Studies at Tulane University, was supplemented with Master Classes with Manuel Barrueco, Leo Brouwer, Juan Mercadal, Michael Newman, Tommy Tedesco and Carlos Barbosa-Lima. He studied composition under the tutelage of Dr. Jerry Sieg, University of New Orleans, and Dr. Roy Johnson, Florida State University. He consulted with Michael D. Martin, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Music, Albany State University, Albany, GA in the creation of a recordings library that reflects Western Art Music and American Jazz for the students at Albany State University. The New York Premiere of the First Movement of his Second Guitar Sonata was dedicated to and performed by Classical Guitarist Maestro Carlos Barbosa-Lima in 2003 at Carnegie Hall. At the request of U.S. Senator Bob Graham one of his compositions, Si Tu Te Vas (If You Go Away), was included on a recording to promote The Everglades Trail. In 2004, at the American Church in Paris, France the World Premiere of his Romance for Flute and Guitar was performed by the award-winning Serenade Duo, flutist Michelle LaPorte and guitarist Gerry Saulter. He has performed with such legendary musicians as Herbie Mann, Donald Byrd and Debbie Reynolds, led an on stage Renaissance Trio in a University of New Orleans production of Shakespeare's Twelfth Night, and played incidental music for their production of Bertold Brecht's The Good Woman of Sichuan. He has performed Carulli's Guitar Concerto in A, Leonard Bernstein's West Side Story and Marvin Hamlish's A Chorus Line with the Northwest Florida Symphony Orchestra and Okaloosa-Walton Community College, Niceville, FL, and with the Southern Art Music Ensemble, a Jazz/Latin Fusion Sextet, including an Honors Convocation in Atlanta for Mr. Ted Turner. He has been a guest performer with the Albany State University Jazz Ensemble at The Fletcher Henderson Jr., Macon and Atlanta Jazz Festivals, and played the banjo in the Albany State University /Albany Symphony's co-production of George Gershwin's Opera Porgy and Bess.

The Complete Guitar Player Acoustic Songbook features a huge collection of 50 acoustic hits from all genres for Guitar. Each song includes full lyrics and Guitar chords as well as strumming and pickingpatterns making this perfect for the aspiring acoustic Guitarist.   Every song included in this Guitar songbook is a bona fide acoustic classic perfect for singalongs at parties or just a strum on asummer's day in the park. Songs like Hey Soul Sister by Train Wonderwall by Oasis and Ho Hey by The Lumineers represent the best in unplugged and fun chill-out music. The book isdesigned to be accessible and enjoyable showcasing the best songs by the best songwriters like Bob Dylan Mumford & Sons The Beatles and Adele. Songs from the past and the present are included so there will be something foreveryone in this acoustic songbook.   Each song has been carefully arranged for Guitar and Voice including the melody lyrics and Guitar chord shapes. Not only this but there are also suggestedstrumming or picking patterns to help you nail the exact sound of the song straight away. This acoustic Guitar songbook is ideal for beginners and intermediate Guitarists looking to expand their repertoire with acoustic songs newand old whereas absolute beginners new to the Guitar might find that the four books of the famous Complete Guitar Player series by Russ Shipton will help them out with the basics.    With these 50acoustic Guitar songs you'll be singing strumming and fingerpicking your way through the folk pop and rock canon in no time at all. The Complete Guitar Player Acoustic Songbook would make a stellar addition toany guitarist's bookshelf and every one of these great songs will make sure that everyone is singing along.

Over 200 best-loved songs in full piano arrangement. Battle songs, sea shanties, hymns and spirituals, patriotic anthems and other traditional songs. Spiral Bound / Piano/Vocal/Guitare (PVG) (Avec Grille D'Accords)

100 Years Of Popular Music chronicles the greatest music of the last century. This book contains more than 70 songs from the 1930s arranged for piano, voice and guitar, providing a fascinating insight into the music of the era. A listing of new inventions first seen during the 1930s is also included. / Niveau : Intermédiaire / Recueil / Piano, Chant et Guitare

Easy Guitar TAB Edition-In 1962 the staccato attack of Vic Flick's guitar shot out from the film Dr. No as if from the barrel of Bond's own Walther PPK and it's been the signature sound of Bond ever since. This book features 12 classic James Bond themes in easy-to-play melody and guitar arrangements. The included DVD-ROM contains sound-alike and play-along MP3s with full orchestration and the exclusive TNT 2 Custom Mix software which allows you to alter the instrument mixes loop sections and change tempos and keys.Titles: Diamonds Are Forever * For Your Eyes Only * From Russia with Love * Goldfinger * James Bond Theme * Live and Let Die * Nobody Does ItBetter * On Her Majesty's Secret Service * Thunderball * Tomorrow Never Dies * A View to a Kill * You Only Live Twice

Arranged For Guitar-Although Johann Sebastian Bach did not write any music for the guitar transcriptions of his unaccompanied string music and music for lute have long been a part of the guitar repertoire. Despite the respect that this musiccommands among musicians and audiences debate still exists as to what constitutes an appropriate means of transcribing interpreting and performing this music on the guitar. It is this debate that prompted this long-awaitededition of Bach's unaccompanied cello suites by scholar and concert guitarist Stanley Yates. This definitive work includes performance scores comparison scores and an invaluable 40-page guide entitled Arranging Interpreting and Performing the Music of J.S. Bach. Furthermore the author offers comments on his arranging process and suggestions on using this edition including: ornamentation slurs fingerings notation and implementation of thecomparison scores. Written in standard notation in guitar-friendly keys.

European Version-It’s been a great year for pop music! This songbook presents 18 of the biggest hits from 2017-2018 in arrangements for Piano Voice and Guitar. 2017 saw the release of several long-awaited albums including P!nk’s Beautiful Trauma with the hit 'What About Us' and Maroon 5’s Red Pill Blues with its lead single 'What Lovers Do' featuring American R&B singer SZA. Dua Lipa’s catchy 'New Rules' dominated the summer charts and in August we watched Taylor Swift shake off her ‘girl-next-door’ image with the song 'Look What You Made Me Do' from her sixthstudio album Reputation. In 2018 Charlie Puth enjoyed another success with 'How Long' and Bruno Mars released a remix of his song 'Finesse' featuring American rapper Cardi B. This collection contains all of these songs as well as tunes from some of popular music's hottest new artists including Zedd BloodPop® and Marshmello. With Chart Hits Of 2017-2018 you can sing strum and play along to this great selection of current favourites!

Over 100 songs, including: Behold the Lamb ? Down by the Riverside ? Daddy Sang Bass ? He Giveth More Grace ? I Am Not Ashamed ? In Times like These ? Midnight Cry ? We Are So Blessed ? The Wonder of It All ? and many more.

No more problems finding an accompanist! This unique CD and music package has been specifically developed for female singers auditioning for shows and bands. In the book you will find ten of the most popular audition standards (with piano/vocal/guitar arrangements for each song) specially selected by leading musical directors and rehearsal pianists from London's West End. The CD gives you professional backing tracks, each recorded in the most appropriate key. / Chant Et Piano