Guitar,Piano,Vocal,Voice - Level 4 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.1198180

Composed by Charles Stephens and David Vanacore. Arranged by John Fries. 20th Century,Broadway,Jazz,Latin,Musical/Show,Standards. Score. 1 pages. John Fries #797369. Published by John Fries (A0.1198180).

Please contact me by email at jfries@ptd.net to make a special request or to find out all that I have to offer and to express your comments or concerns.  You can also type John Fries in the searchbar to see all I have to offer.  The song's chorus, like many in the Great American Songbook, is written in the A-A-B-A format. However, instead of 32 bars, it has 64, plus an 8-bar tag. The tag is often dropped when the song is performed. The tune, like many of Porter's, shifts between a major and minor feeling. The A section is in the key of B-flat minor before modulating to B-flat major and back. When the song came out in 1930, a newspaper labelled it as 'in bad taste'; radio stations avoided broadcasting it. Today it is a jazz standard.

Guitar,Piano,Vocal,Voice - Level 3 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.1491321

By Gilbert O'Sullivan. By Gilbert O'Sullivan. Arranged by Sybout Porte. Pop,Rock,Singer/Songwriter. Score. 6 pages. Sybout Porte #1068060. Published by Sybout Porte (A0.1491321).

Nothing Rhymed is a soft rock ballad written and performed by the Irish singer-songwriter Gilbert O'Sullivan. The song has interesting lyrics and a nice melody. It was released as single in 1970 and appeared in 1971 on the album Himself. The song became a hit in several countries in Europe. You will still find it on today's setlist of Gilbert O'Sullivan's concerts.
Nothing Rhymed has been covered by various artists, among them Tom Jones, Burton Cummings and Yvonne Elliman. The Italian group I Profeti covered the song with Italian lyrics.

Guitar,Piano,Vocal,Voice - Level 3 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.1440991

By Keith Terrett. By Francisco de Asís Tárrega Eixea (21 November 1852 – 15 December 1909). Arranged by Keith Terrett. 20th Century,Classical,Contest,Festival,Instructional,Multicultural,World. Score. 3 pages. Keith Terrett #1020970. Published by Keith Terrett (A0.1440991).

Lágrima (Teardrop) is a romantic prelude for solo guitar by Spanish guitarist Francisco Tárrega. It is one of the best-known original compositions by Tárrega. It has been published by Ildefonso Alier.

Analysis:

Lágrima is a very short miniature consisting of only 16 bars. It takes around 2 minutes to perform and its tempo marking is andante. It has an A-B-A structure, section A being in E major and B in E minor, and has been overwhelmingly highlighted by critics because of its simplicity and melancholic atmosphere. Each section has 8 bars. Section A consists of a very simple and predictable melody with quarter notes and dotted half notes, while the accompaniment has eighth notes. Section B turns a little bit less predictable but otherwise still very simple, with eighth notes on the main voice. At the end of section B, section A is repeated to close the work.[ As usual in Tárrega's composition, Lágrima bears some technical difficulties in spite of its simplicity.

Composed between late 1891 and early 1892, it is one of Tárrega's most performed pieces. Lágrima has not been included in a definitive catalogue of his works. It has been, however, included in other collections of pieces and has been numbered depending on the position in those collections or in recordings.

Musical style:

Tárrega composed music in the romantic style of 19th-century European masters. His conservatory training and familiarity with contemporary classical genres and techniques are apparent in his compositions and transcriptions; these are more sophisticated than those of Spanish guitarist-composers of the previous generation and his contemporaries, e.g., Magín Alegre, Tomás Damas, Julián Arcas, José Viñas, and José Ferrer.

A virtuoso on his instrument, he was known as the Sarasate of the guitar, although Tárrega preferred small intimate performances over the concert stage.

Tárrega is considered to have laid the foundations for 20th-century classical guitar and for increasing interest in the guitar as a recital instrument.