Guitar - Level 1 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1130978 Composed by James Pierpont and Tom Paxton. Arranged by Brian Streckfus. Children,Christian,Christmas,Instructional,Religious. Chords/Lyrics. 3 pages. Brian Streckfus #731250. Published by Brian Streckfus (A0.1130978). Key: C Major ~1. Guitar Arrangement Lead Sheet Style ~ 2. Beginner ~ 3. Guitar Tab ~ 4. Chord Charts ~ 5. Less stereotypical chords ~ 6. Fingerings and letter names added to aid in sight-reading ~ 7. Voice leading considerations 8. Making the music idiomatic for guitar I sometimes put .midi .xml .sib .mp3 and other stem files on https://www.patreon.com/brianstreckfus If you really want to make changes to my arrangements, that would be the best way to grab the sheet music files themselves rather than a .pdf.

Easy Guitar (with TAB) - Level 1 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1177429 Composed by Brian Streckfus. Arranged by Brian Streckfus. Instructional. Tablature. 13 pages. Brian Streckfus #777440. Published by Brian Streckfus (A0.1177429). Major/Minor/Pentatonic Forms for Guitar (Sheet Music + Tab + Fretboard)Learn every key on guitar with very few pages. Pages: 13Bonus Pages:1. A Major Scale across the full neck (to see how they all combine resulting in knowing the full neck)2. Blank scale chart to add in memorization and making alterations.Scales included:1. F Major2. C Major3. G Major4. D Major5. A MajorTips:1. There is a reason why it is not 12 or 24 scales. Since these scales are easy to move higher or lower, just these 5 Major will lead to all 24 major/minor keys throughout the entire fretboard. Therefore, making a C# Major scale chart is uneccessary, and if you are doing so, you may be over thinking music. Instead, it is better to ask yourself how do I play C major but 1 pitch higher and use previous work you have done to your advantage. 2. These scales do not end on the home note. This is a disadvantage in this way, however, knowing large portions of the scale neck in one position will allow you to play a key throughout the fretboard with no gaps in notes. In otherwords, learning one ocatave scales can have concise music theory, but it's impossible to know the scale in every part of the neck completely that way. Features:1. Color coding. Blue notes are home (tonic) notes. Red notes are away (dominant) notes. Simplifying harmony this much can often make you more creative not less since you are crafting the harmonies yourself. 2. Left hand fingerings added. Don't mistake these for fingering numbers.3. Letter names to aid in memorization.Notes:I realize that the hand written font doesn't look the most professional, however this is intentional. I tried making these in photo editors, but since every shape was perfect they were actually harder to memorize from (kind of living driving in a tunnel with no landmarks).

Guitar - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1181680 By Frederic Chopin. By Fre�de�ric Chopin. Arranged by Brian Streckfus. 19th Century,Contemporary,Instructional,Romantic Period. Guitar Tab. 2 pages. Brian Streckfus #781456. Published by Brian Streckfus (A0.1181680). Disclaimer: This is a two page excerpt with mostly only the beginning and end of the original piece. This is still a work in progress, the middle section is going to be difficult, if not impossible on guitar. Some may see this as more of an homage to Chopin rather than a historically accurate version. That being said, both this arrangement and the original are incredible pieces of music, and it may be my favorite piece of all time, and I think jaws would drop if the average person hears a guitarist effortlessly playing Chopin as if it was meant for guitar. 1. Arranged for guitar. 2. Guitar Tablature added. 3. Key changed 4. Notes removed and and inverted chords changed to be idiomatic for guitar.5. Slurs added. 6. Chord nomenclature added. 7. Piano pedal and phrase markings are a bit unnecessary for a guitarist so they are not included. Slurs and ties are more important for a guitarist, so I don't want a ton of swoops symbols obscuring slurs and ties. As with the other Chopin arrangement I made, I want super romantic music while making sure it isn't super difficult to play. If I wanted a super hard version, I would just find the public domain version and read treble and bass clef in a difficult key for free. There could also be a lot more mantaining of historical accuracy if this was arranged for a 7 or 8 string guitar. Having a low E and Eb would really changed the trajectory of the arrangement. Sure a guitar can play an Eb chord, but it always sounds too high pitched, when really the original has a low powerful bass note as the music inflects a different key. So that's why I took some liberty with the bass notes for guitar. It's incredibly grimy sounding even though A minor isn't typically seen as a dark and low key.Tips:1. A Bb chord in the key of a minor is an example of a Neopolitan chord, named after a city in Italy. This is one main essence of Chopin, and constantly using them allows him to really toy around with the key and suspense. To Do:1. Measure 10 is glitched out. Sorry. It is correct in a way but it is strangely spaced. It is a challenge because at times it looks like measures have the incorrect amount of beats, but I think Chopin's freedom of rhythm is the reason why, and bizarre triplets and quintuplets are being forced into the measure. 2. Combination version without tab?3. The full piece?4. Add rhythm to tab?

Composed by Brian Streckfus. Children,Instructional. Guitar Tab. 1 pages. Brian Streckfus #763267. Published by Brian Streckfus

Easy Guitar (with TAB) - Level 1 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1370027 Composed by Brian Streckfus. Instructional,Singer/Songwriter. Tablature. 6 pages. Brian Streckfus #954402. Published by Brian Streckfus (A0.1370027). I created this to make learning the most common chords on guitar easier. Learning chords on guitar is quite difficult; fret numbers are quite arbitary to what the chord is. There are patterns to follow, but they are buried in a convoluted foggy swamp. The tuning of guitar strings essentially puts the music theory in a blender and one has to study for a long time to decode it. It is my hope that this PDF will shine some light on how chords are built, and why some of them have a lot of clarity in how they are working, and why others seem completely random. This PDF shows chords that commonly happen in pop music, so it is by no means an exhaustive list. For knowing how to use chords, see my chord progression generator uploads.Tips:1. There is redundacy for a reason; this pdf shows multiple ways of playing the same chord.2. The first two pages are for the music theory purists in that there is hardly ever an uneccesary note to mantain the name of the chord. This is useful for understanding what notes are needed for a chord (it's a cliche for guitarists to have overly large chords).3. Pages 3 and 4 are the famous voicings. 4. Pages 5 and 6 are the bar chord versions. These versions are physically harder to play, but they can add a lot of clarity and simplicity to your playing (the famous voicings on pages 3 and 4 are seemingly random). They are much easier to slide to any key you want and much easier to see similiarities and patterns between chords.

Easy Guitar (with TAB) - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1277769 Composed by Erik Satie. Arranged by Brian Streckfus. 20th Century,Classical,Contemporary,Romantic Period. Tablature. 2 pages. Brian Streckfus #869460. Published by Brian Streckfus (A0.1277769). Erik Satie is a similiar composer to Claude Debussy, which is minimalist and impressionism. These composers/styles are often ambiguous, unhurried, and value beauty over the thrill of adding more and more dissonance. Therefor, the music should be played in a calm yet mysterious fashion, while valuing the beauty of the tone and harmony (warm and legato).

Composed by Frédéric Chopin. Arranged by Brian Streckfus. Classical,Romantic Period. Guitar Tab. 2 pages. Brian Streckfus #752317. Published by Brian Streckfus

Composed by Koji Kondo. Arranged by Brian Streckfus. Barbershop,Blues,Children,Inst ructional,Video Game. Guitar Tab. 3 pages. Brian Streckfus #763255. Published by Brian Streckfus

Easy Guitar (with TAB) - Level 2 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1175935 Composed by Phil Garrod, Reed Hays, and Scott Schreer. Arranged by Brian Streckfus. Film/TV,Rock. Tablature. 1 pages. Brian Streckfus #776060. Published by Brian Streckfus (A0.1175935). Key: D minorTuning: Drop D TuningPages: 1This arrangement has a heavy metal vibe to it because of the key, tuning, dissonance and making it idiomatic for guitar.Tips:1. Perhaps the constantly occuring D bass notes could be called a pedal. This term originates from organs that have pedals for low pitches. So the A7/D is bizarre, but it isn't so strange that a classical composer wouldn't use it. Bach does this often. 2. Use the chord charts to aid in improvising more repeats. Since this is meant for a commercial, it is breif. 3. Be careful not to accidently bump into the second thinnest string on guitar: a B. The key of d minor has a Bb, so in this case, that string is a hot lava string.4. The final ending would be called a Perfect Authentic Cadence. This is because for the final chord, the soprano and bass are the home note (D), a.k.a. tonic. 5. Guitar position text explains where your index finger should be, NOT what fret is about to come next.6. The A+11 chord can be easier to understand by calling it a Cadential 6/4 chord. This is a classical music cliche and composition trick. The trick is that a home chord (tonic) with the 5th note in the key in the bass, actually sounds more like an away chord (dominant) with a lot of suspended notes on it. To be even vaguer; it's a common strategy to add a lot of dissonance to the last chord in the chord progression.

Easy Guitar (with TAB) - Level 2 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1329807 Composed by Mykola Leontovych. Arranged by Brian Streckfus. Christmas,Classical,Holiday,Instructional,Traditional. Tablature. 2 pages. Brian Streckfus #917794. Published by Brian Streckfus (A0.1329807). Key: D minorThis version has a slightly metal music vibe since it is in the key of D minor and in drop D tuning.1. Arranged for guitar. 2. Tablature added. 3. Harmony altered to be idiomatic for guitar. 4. Slurs idiomatic for guitar added. 5. Dynamic indicators added. 6. Chord Nomenclature Added.

Easy Guitar (with TAB) - Level 2 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1466982 Composed by John Dowland. Arranged by Brian Streckfus. Early Music,Historic,Instructional,Medieval,Renaissance. Tablature. 1 pages. Brian Streckfus #1045545. Published by Brian Streckfus (A0.1466982). John Dowland is often associated with being a melancholic lute player and singer in the style of the Elizabethan era, earning him the moniker Always Dowland, always doleful. If you have been looking for a composer that sounds like knights and castles on a lute, than look no further, you have found the best examplar: John Dowland.Mr. Dowland's Midnight is an instrumental piece composed for the lute. It is a pavan, a slow and stately dance popular in Renaissance music. It is typically played in the key of E minor. Dowland's compositions, including Mr. Dowland's Midnight were published in collections such as The First Booke of Songes and Lachrimae, or Seaven Teares. Having hollow 5th chords (A.K.A. power chords) is a cliché rennissance trope/motif, but the piece actually uses a more complex harmonic vocabulary than one would expect for the 16th century. There certainly is a fair amount of hollow 5th though.Features:1. Updated to modern notation2. Arranged for modern standard tuning guitar instead of lute tuning 3. Obvious fingerings added (subjective fingerings left in)4. Chord names added5. Glissandos added 6. Key changed.

Easy Guitar (with TAB) - Level 1 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1162928 Composed by Brian Streckfus. Instructional. Tablature. 1 pages. Brian Streckfus #763279. Published by Brian Streckfus (A0.1162928). Color-coded cadences included:1. Perfect : good for inducing the audience to clap2. Imperfect: good for inducing the audience to wait in suspense3. Half : good for inducing the audience to wait in suspense4. Deceptive: good for suprising the audience with an unexpected emotionUnderstanding these cadences can make you a better composer because you will be able to control the audience's expectations, such as controlling when they want or do not want to applaud.This worksheet is also a good opportunity to talk about smooth voice leading, which is rare to see in guitar culture. Even classical guitarists before Mauro Giuliani were not that good at following 18th century part writing rules. Unfortunately, the giant stereotypical guitar chords tend to break these rules, which is why I often recommend keeping chords to four notes on guitar.

Easy Guitar (with TAB) - Level 2 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1314329 By Barry Manilow. By Hugh Martin and Ralph Blane. Arranged by Brian Streckfus. 20th Century,Children,Holiday,Instructional,Religious. Tablature. 4 pages. Brian Streckfus #903073. Published by Brian Streckfus (A0.1314329). Key: C MajorPages: 2 + 2There are two versions in this pdf, one with tab and one without. So rather than charging you twice, you just have to be careful about your printer settings. That way this version is more inclusive to anyone's agenda. 1. Tablature with rhythms2. Fingerings3. Some harmonies altered to be idiomatic for guitar4. Lyrics5. Chord charts6. Chord Nomenclature7. Slurs8. Fonts made larger and more appealing9. Composer indications such as dynamics.

Guitar - Level 2 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1152694 Composed by Maurice Ravel. Arranged by Brian Streckfus. 19th Century,20th Century,Classical,Instructional,Romantic Period. Guitar Tab. 2 pages. Brian Streckfus #752923. Published by Brian Streckfus (A0.1152694). I also have a simpler looking version with mainly just the melody. This version has the guitar chord charts notated in tablature and sheet music making for a more sophisticated version. I often lean more towards making something idiomatic for guitar rather than complete historical accuracy, and this piece is no different. IMSLP is the best place to go if you are really looking for the originals. The melody seems to be intact, but I take some liberties with the harmony to make it flow well on guitar. This version also only has the main theme. Also, since I make these primarily as a learning tool, making a super lengthy full version is not ideal. 1. Guitar tablature added. 2. Harmonies changed to be idiomatic for guitar 3. Octave differences 4. Famous excerpt only 5. Guitar chord charts added 6. Composer indications added. 7. Letter names added to aid in sight-reading.

Guitar - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1356984 Composed by Fernando Sor. Arranged by Brian Streckfus. 19th Century,Classical,Instructional,Romantic Period. Guitar Tab. 3 pages. Brian Streckfus #941611. Published by Brian Streckfus (A0.1356984). Pages: 3Key: B minorFeatures:1. Tablature Added2. Blank version for starting from scratch3. Chord Nomenclature added 4. Dynamics added 5. Fingerings Added 6. Slides/Guide fingers added 7. Modern Fonts Tips: 1. Realizing that you are in position two most of the time helps. In the key of B minor, fret 1s aren't supposed to happen as they would be out of key. This piece does have key changes, so some fret 1s do happen.2. Nearly all measures are arpeggios, so it's best to summarize each measure as a chord shape. If you read the music one note at a time, your playing will most likely sound choppy. It is possible to get the entire measure ready on beat one.3. Similiar to the last point, there are a lot of bars in this piece. Realizing when you are barring and not barring will be helpful.4. I try to strategically leave out fingerings. Too many fingerings and the piece look overly intimidating. Often, if I leave out a fingering, it's because it is a counter-intuitive fingering to use, and therefor the student should pencil it in themselves as a strong reminder of a difficult moment. I also leave out fingerings if I strongly sense there are multiple correct ways of playing a passage.