Guitar, (3 guitars/large ensemble) - Early Intermediate - Digital Download By Monty Norman. Arranged by Derek Hasted. Score, Set of Parts. 13 pages. Published by Derek Hasted

Guitar Ensemble - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1486342 Composed by Landini. Arranged by James M. Guthrie. Chamber,Early Music,Historic,Medieval,Renaissance. Score and Parts. 14 pages. Jmsgu3 #1063404. Published by jmsgu3 (A0.1486342). Francesco Landini's Ecco la Primavera is a significant work from the early Renaissance that exemplifies several essential aspects of 14th-century Italian music. The piece is a ballata, a popular form of Italian secular music during the Trecento period (14th century), also known as the Italian Ars Nova. This era marked the beginning of a new musical epoch. Ecco la Primavera is composed as an isorhythmic duet. Isorhythm was a crucial compositional technique in medieval and early Renaissance music, demonstrating Landini's mastery of complex musical structures. The work celebrates spring and love, reflecting the humanist ideals emerging during the early Renaissance. This focus on secular themes and natural beauty was a departure from the predominantly religious music of the medieval period. The piece provides insight into the cultural and social life of 14th-century Florence. It was likely performed at gatherings of intellectuals and artists, such as the one described at Villa del Paradiso near Florence in 1389. As the foremost composer of the Trecento period, Landini's works, including Ecco la Primavera, are crucial for understanding the musical developments of this era. The composition features flowing melodies that were characteristic of early Renaissance Italian music. This melodic style would influence the development of Renaissance music more broadly. The work has endured over centuries and continues to be performed and appreciated today, as evidenced by its inclusion in contemporary classical music rankings. Ecco la Primavera thus serves as an important example of the musical, cultural, and intellectual shifts occurring in Italy during the transition from the medieval period to the Renaissance.

Guitar Ensemble Guitar - Level 2 - Digital Download SKU: A0.797729 By The Beatles. By John Lennon, John Winston Lennon, Paul James Mccartney, and Paul McCartney. Arranged by Derek Hasted. Contemporary,Pop,Rock. Score and parts. 13 pages. Derek Hasted #4298129. Published by Derek Hasted (A0.797729). WHEN I'M SIXTY FOUR - easy GUITAR TRIO/LARGE ENSEMBLE arrangementFor Classical or Acoustic Guitar - sometimes it's erroneously listed here as Electric Guitar.Derek Hasted writes This is a very straightforward but fun arrangement of 'When I'm 64', and it's all in first position, so that novice players will have no trouble finding the notes. More experienced players might want to take the tune up the neck to get a more mellow sound. The music works well as a trio, with each line having little phrases that really stand out. But a large ensemble will make a much bigger sound.This has been tried out in concert, and so I know that there's a real chance that YOUR audience will be tapping their feet by the end of it too...I hope you enjoy playing this piece!

Guitar Ensemble - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1448982 Composed by James Last. Arranged by Derek Hasted. 20th Century,Film/TV. Score and Parts. 16 pages. Derek Hasted #1028799. Published by Derek Hasted (A0.1448982). THE LONELY SHEPHERD (Kill Bill) - GUITAR TRIO/large ensembleFor Classical or Acoustic GuitarDerek Hasted writes This charming instrumental might be known to you from Quentin Tarantino’s “Kill Bill”, or from the moving version by André Rieu, featuring Pan Pipes.Or maybe this is the first time you’ve come across this haunting melody, set above a bubbling accompaniment.My arrangement is for guitar trio or a larger ensemble, and will suit players at the intermediate level. Note : I have also published a version for 4 guitars or larger ensemble in which two parts are intermediate and two are easier - find it from my website (below)Guitar 3 is tuned to 6=D to add depth to the D minor chords. This is an ideal concert piece that many in the audience will recognise.I hope you enjoy playing this piece!This is one of a large and growing range of accessible ensembles from experienced arranger Derek Hasted, and is supplied as full score and parts. Derek's website at www.derek-hasted.co.uk/smp lists all his arrangements by title and by number of instruments, with links to soundclips and sample score.

Small Ensemble Guitar - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.524917 Composed by James R. Murray. Arranged by John A. Dempsey. Christian,Christmas,Holiday,Sacred,Traditional. Score and parts. 18 pages. John A. Dempsey #6474747. Published by John A. Dempsey (A0.524917). This triumphant, stirring acoustic guitar trio, a medley of two Christmas carols, is graced with both quiet, prayerful moments and joyful moments of praise.  Embellishments occur, together with mood and tempo changes, that add to the dramatic impact.  It's a sweeping musical journey that celebrates the miracle of Jesus' birth.  Recommended for Christmas plays, pageants and programs, holiday recitals and Christmas concerts as well as traditional Christmas church services and other seasonal worship events, as a prelude, postlude, an offertory, interlude, Christmas play overture and special music.  14 pages of music (that includes the score and separate two-page parts for guitar 1, guitar 2 and guitar 3).  Key: E minor.

Guitar Ensemble Guitar - Level 2 - Digital Download SKU: A0.797777 Composed by James Van Heusen and Johnny Burke. Arranged by Derek Hasted. Contemporary. Score and parts. 19 pages. Derek Hasted #5742077. Published by Derek Hasted (A0.797777). BUSY DOING NOTHING - GUITAR TRIO (one of two arrangements)For Classical or Acoustic Guitar - sometimes it's erroneously listed here as Electric Guitar.Derek Hasted writes This is one of two arrangements Iâ??ve made of Busy Doing Nothing during the Coronavirus Lockdown early in 2020.Everyone I speak to seems to find time slipping through their fingers and not much gets done. Everyone is busy doing nothing...The original featured the velvet voice of Bing Crosby, so this is the perfect Croonavirus song!This arrangement gives everyone a chance to play each of the three lines. It suits an early-intermediate to intermediate group, and also works well in a large ensemble.My other arrangement, also for sale here, is for three guitars as well, but is suited to guitarists who have limited playing experience, and stays in first position - find it easily via my website below.I hope you enjoy this snapshot of where the world found itself in the spring of 2020!