C Instrument - Level 3 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.1146873

By Don McLean. By Don McLean. Arranged by Dan Ford. Contemporary,Folk,Pop. Lead Sheet / Fake Book. 8 pages. Dan Ford #747071. Published by Dan Ford (A0.1146873).

American Pie — Contemporary rock/pop ensemble By Don McLean. Arranged by Luke Greenhalgh and Dan Ford for contemporary rock/pop ensemble, including parts for rhythm section, tenor saxophone, alto saxophone, and trombone. This arrangement is gig-tested and designed for ease of reading during the heat of a live gig. All parts include chord changes for improvised solos or embellishment of backing parts. N.B. This arrangement does not include lyrics, the melody, or a vocal part. The parts are designed for live performance with a vocalist that knows the melody and lyrics. American Pie is the number-one hit single from Don McLean’s 1971 album American Pie. One of the most requested songs for working bands, this chart will make the song an easy addition to your repertoire. This arrangement features a combined Rhythm Section part with clear chord spellings and rhythmic cues for bass guitar, drum kit, guitar, and piano. Additionally, the arrangers have included original backing parts for alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, and trombone to add depth of textures and dynamics to the arrangement. The horn parts include up to the three voices in harmony allowing a choice of which horn takes the first, second, or third part. The tenor saxophone can be doubled by Bb trumpet, making the appropriate octave transpositions. Find more arrangements by Dan Ford at www.danfordmusic.com.

C Instrument - Digital Download

SKU: HX.387029

This edition: scorch. American,Children,Folk,Traditional. Easy Lead Sheet / Fake Book. 1 pages. Hal Leonard - Digital #355870. Published by Hal Leonard - Digital (HX.387029).

C Instrument - Level 2 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.1438046

By Noah Kahan. By Noah Kahan. Arranged by Johnny Herbert. Film/TV,Folk,Pop,Rock,Singer/Songwriter. Lead Sheet / Fake Book. 4 pages. Johnny Herbert #1018118. Published by Johnny Herbert (A0.1438046).

Stick Season is the third studio album by American singer-songwriter Noah Kahan, who also served as producer alongside Gabe Simon. It was released on October 14, 2022, by Mercury Records and Republic Records. Another version of the album, titled Stick Season (Forever), was released on February 9, 2024, featuring all the collaborations and three original songs, of which two are the collaborations You're Gonna Go Far and Paul Revere and one is the single Forever.

C Instrument - Level 2 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.1269332

By Tracy Chapman. By Tracy Chapman. Arranged by Leo Silva. Pop,Singer/Songwriter. Lead Sheet / Fake Book. 4 pages. MP Sheet Music #861857. Published by MP Sheet Music (A0.1269332).

Fast Car is a song by American singer-songwriter Tracy Chapman.Chapman's appearance on the Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute helped the song become a top-ten hit in the United States, reaching number six on the Billboard Hot 100. In the United Kingdom, it reached number five on the UK Singles Chart in 1988.

Fast Car received three Grammy Award nominations: Record of the Year, Song of the Year, and Best Female Pop Vocal Performance, the latter of which it won. It also received an MTV Video Music Award nomination for Best Female Video in 1989.

According to Metro Weekly critic Chris Gerard, Fast Car tells a grittily realistic story of a working poor woman trying to escape the cycle of poverty, set to folk rock music.

In June 1988, Chapman appeared at the Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute concert. Chapman performed Fast Car itself would reach number six on the Billboard Hot 100 the same week.

In April 2011 it reached the fourth position of the British charts after Michael Collins made a cover version on Britain's Got Talent.

C Instrument - Level 4 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.1381052

By New Christy Minstrels. By Woody Guthrie. Arranged by John Fries. 20th Century,Christian,Holiday,Patriotic,Standards. Lead Sheet / Fake Book. 1 pages. John Fries #965769. Published by John Fries (A0.1381052).

TYPE JOHN FRIES IN THE SEARCH BAR TO SEE ALL I HAVE TO OFFER. Thanks, John. This Land Is Your Land is a song by American folk singer Woody Guthrie. It is one of the United States' most famous folk songs. Its lyrics were written in 1940 in critical response to Irving Berlin's God Bless America. Its melody is based on a Carter Family tune called When the World's on Fire. When Guthrie was tired of hearing Kate Smith sing God Bless America on the radio in the late 1930s, he sarcastically called his song God Blessed America for Me before renaming it This Land Is Your Land. In 2002, This Land Is Your Land was one of 50 recordings chosen by the Library of Congress to be added to the National Recording Registry. In 2021, it was listed at No. 229 on Rolling Stone's Top 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.

C Instrument - Level 3 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.1183452

By Bonnie Raitt. By Bonnie Raitt. Arranged by David Das. Folk,Pop,Singer/Songwriter. Lead Sheet / Fake Book. 7 pages. Records Room Music #783120. Published by Records Room Music (A0.1183452).

A note-for-note lead sheet of Bonnie Raitt's 2022 Grammy-winning song. The song was written by Raitt and talks about the story of a woman who is visited by the donor recipient of her son's heart. The song won Best American Roots Song and Song of the Year at the 2023 Grammy Awards.

This lead sheet is available here in the alternate key of A, which is transposed up a fifth from the original. This version is ideal for an higher alto or a soprano; the lowest note is A below middle C. An alternate version of this lead sheet is also available in the original key of D, which requires a low alto who can reach a low D (below middle C).

C Instrument - Level 3 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.1183441

By Bonnie Raitt. By Bonnie Raitt. Arranged by David Das. Folk,Pop,Singer/Songwriter. Lead Sheet / Fake Book. 7 pages. Records Room Music #783052. Published by Records Room Music (A0.1183441).

A note-for-note lead sheet of Bonnie Raitt's 2022 Grammy-winning song. The song was written by Raitt and talks about the story of a woman who is visited by the donor recipient of her son's heart. The song won Best American Roots Song and Song of the Year at the 2023 Grammy Awards.

This lead sheet is available here in the original key of D, which is ideal for a low alto who can reach a low D (below middle C), and in an alternate version transposed up a fifth.

C Instrument - Level 3 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.1413762

By The Kingston Trio. By Alan Lomax, Frank Warner, and John A. Lomax. Arranged by John Fries. 20th Century,Country,Pop,Standards. Lead Sheet / Fake Book. 2 pages. John Fries #995547. Published by John Fries (A0.1413762).

TYPE JOHN FRIES IN THE SEARCH BAR TO SEE ALL I HAVE TO OFFER. Thanks, John. Tom Dooley is a traditional North Carolina folk song based on the 1866 murder of a woman named Laura Foster in Wilkes County, North Carolina by Tom Dula (whose name in the local dialect was pronounced Dooley). One of the more famous murder ballads, a popular hit version recorded in 1958 by The Kingston Trio reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart. The song was selected as one of the American Songs of the Century by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), the National Endowment for the Arts, and Scholastic Inc. Members of the Western Writers of America chose it as one of the Top 100 Western songs of all time.

C Instrument - Level 3 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.1450513

By Noah Kahan. By Christopher De Stefano and Noah Kahan. Arranged by Johnny Herbert. Folk,Pop. Lead Sheet / Fake Book. 4 pages. Johnny Herbert #1030199. Published by Johnny Herbert (A0.1450513).

Fasle Confidence is the first track from Busyhead, the debut studio album by American singer-songwriter Noah Kahan, released by Republic Records on June 14, 2019.

C Instrument - Level 1 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.1512490

Composed by Johnny Burke. Arranged by Thomas G Degan. 19th Century,Early Music,Folk,Standards,Traditional. Lead Sheet / Fake Book. 2 pages. Thomas Degan #1087509. Published by Thomas Degan (A0.1512490).

The Night Paddy Murphy Died is a popular Newfoundland folk song regarding the death of a man and the antics of his friends as they engage in a traditional Irish wake. It is often attributed to Johnny Burke (1851–1930), a popular St. John's balladeer. One of the earliest known recordings of the song is by Irish-American immigrants, the Flanagan Brothers, on October 25, 1926 in New York City for the Victor label.

C Instrument - Level 2 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.1125543

Composed by Traditional American. Arranged by Dean Wiers-Windemuller and Vincent Frank. Children,Folk,Instructional. Lead Sheet / Fake Book. 1 pages. Riverside Guitar School #726310. Published by Riverside Guitar School (A0.1125543).

Lead sheet arrangement of traditional folk song, key of A, 1 page.

C Instrument - Level 4 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.1444683

By The Candlelight Guitarist. By Bradley Powell. Jazz,Latin,Multicultural,World. Lead Sheet / Fake Book. 4 pages. Geofonica Artistworks #1024573. Published by Geofonica Artistworks (A0.1444683).

A relaxed Bossa-Nova (about 120 bpm), great for solo guitar, piano, or jazz combos in any combination, with a fresh chord progression combining Great American Songbook style chord sequences with Brazilian and even modern rock and fusion chord combinations! This is a guitar lead sheet (written in guitar register-sounding down an octave, also good for flute). Listen to it and check out the video link! Great for JAZZ IMPROVISATION! (intermediate to advanced level). Recorded by The Candlelight Guitar (aka Brad Powell, who composed it).  NOTE: the musicians featured in the video made the audio recording, but the video images are from a prior live performance.)

ABOUT the composer: Brad Powell (aka The Candlelight Guitarist) began guitar at age ten, inspired by The Beatles. At 15, he became a protégé of jazz guitarist Joe Pass, and later studied classical guitar under Vincent Macaluso, and at California State University, Northridge under Ronald Purcell, with a master class under Andrés Segovia. Brad was featured performing Gerald Wilson's Sonata for Guitar and Orchestra at the Hollywood Bowl, with the composer conducting. Brad was mentored in composition by David Rose (composer for Little House on the Prairie). Brad has composed music for TV, including Hill Street Blues and The 'A' Team, working with Mike Post. Brad has ten albums as The Candlelight Guitarist. When not making music, Brad is often out hiking with his four dogs. Brad also played as the solo guitarist for Disney's Princess Breakfast Adventure at Disney's Grand Californian Resort by Disneyland (March 2019-January 2024), providing music for the Disney Princesses (Belle, Tiana, Jasmine, Rapunzel, Mulan, Aurora, Ariel, Pocahontas, Cinderella, and their friends and guests).

COMMENTS FROM LONG-ESTABLISHED REVIEWERS (for this and other Candlelight Guitarist recordings)...
Bill Binkelman - Music Reviewer for Zone Music Reporter and New Age Retailer
The Candleight Guitarist is your tour guide to a land of easy-going, warm, and inviting instrumentals.

Rebecca of Amazon - Amazon.com HALL OF FAME TOP 500 REVIEWER
Bradley Powell's flawless playing allows you to completely relax into sleep or relax into an evening of candlelight and romance. I've fallen into a peaceful sleep while listening to this music and have also spent relaxing afternoons reading while The Candlelight Guitarist wove an intricate tapestry of sounds to nurture my heart. ...  Bradley Powell's music is infused with natural ambience. As rich sounds renew your spirit, you can relax into a deep sigh of the heart. His style is artistic, heart healing and filled with romantic and cultural influences.

Vicki Blizzard (Editor, PaperWorks and Crazy for Cross-Stitch! magazines) in CREATIVITY e-Letter: Music to filter into my dreams. My new favorite to listen to is classical guitar music by Bradley Powell.

Bob McKillop, founder and publisher, MaineFolkMusic.com
...perfect for situations in which candlelight figures prominently. Quiet meditation, romance, intellectual stimulation – the soft, pure tones of his Spanish and classic instrumental style open up your heart and render it more receptive to the spiritual messages that these pursuits engender.

 

C Instrument - Level 3 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.1459181

By Myles Smith. By Jesse Finkelstein, Myles Smith, and Peter Fenn. Arranged by Barry McCormick. Folk,Pop,Singer/Songwriter. Lead Sheet / Fake Book. 4 pages. B. McCormick #1038153. Published by B. McCormick (A0.1459181).

Introducing Stargazing Lead Sheet

Mood: Warm, fun, and happy

About the Song and Songwriter:

“Stargazing” is a breakout hit by English singer-songwriter Myles Smith. The song, released in May 2024, is known for its warm, fun, and happy mood. Myles Smith, born in Luton, England, is celebrated for his unique blend of folk, Americana, and pop influences.

Arrangement Details:

This product includes a lead sheet and a guitar chord sheet, each spanning two pages, for a total of four pages. The lead sheet provides the melody with lyrics below and chord symbols above. The guitar chord sheet includes lyrics with chords, chord diagrams for reference at the top of the first page, and alternative shapes for some chords for different options to play.

Difficulty Level:

The guitar part is suitable for beginner to easy intermediate level players, with the main challenge being maintaining the strumming pattern consistently. The vocal part is suitable for intermediate to upper intermediate level singers, with a wide vocal range of B4 - G#5.

Unique Selling Points:

This arrangement stands out for several reasons:

• The strumming pattern is provided at the start of the verse.
• Small noteheads are used to differentiate between the backing vocal parts and main vocal parts, and also in the verses for parts of the melody that differ between verses.
• The guitar chord sheet shows the strum pattern in a pictorial way using arrows rather than notation, catering to a variety of music reading levels.

Target Audience: This arrangement is ideal for educators and individuals learning music.

Potential Uses: This arrangement of “Stargazing” could be used in a variety of settings, such as:

• Music education: It’s a great piece for teaching students about chord progressions, strumming patterns, and vocal techniques.
• Performances: It’s suitable for school concerts, open mic nights, or casual performances among friends and family.
• Self-study: It’s a wonderful piece for individuals looking to expand their repertoire and improve their guitar and vocal skills.

Playing from lead sheets is an essential skill for musicians. It gives students a deeper understanding of music, improves memory and reduces performance anxiety, and is a simple way to add creativity and fun. This arrangement of “Stargazing” offers all these benefits and more.

 

C Instrument - Level 2 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.1200903

By Morgan Wallen. By Ashley Glenn Gorley, Jacob Kasher, Jacob Kasher Hindlin, John Byron, and Ryan Vojtesak. Arranged by Leo Silva. Country,Folk,Pop. Lead Sheet / Fake Book. 3 pages. MP Sheet Music #799563. Published by MP Sheet Music (A0.1200903).

Last Night is a song written by John Byron, Ashley Gorley, Jacob Kasher Hindlin, and Ryan Vojtseak, and performed by American country music singer Morgan Wallen. It is the third single from his 2023 album One Thing at a Time.The song peaked at number one on Billboard Hot Country Songs in February 2023 before reaching the top of the Billboard Hot 100 in March 2023, making it Wallen's first number-one single on the latter chart. 
The song is about a couple having their last night together. 

The song peaked at number one on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts dated February 13, 2023, ascending from a debut position of number seven one week prior. The same week, his prior singles Thought You Should Know and You Proof claimed the number two and three positions, while I Wrote the Book was at number ten.

Following the release of One Thing at a Time, Last Night ascended from number five to one on the Billboard Hot 100  becoming Wallen's first number one on the chart. The song achieved 47.5 million streams, 18,000 digital downloads sold, and a 10.8 million airplay audience. The same week, Wallen occupied 36 places on the Hot 100, the most of any artist, as well as five of the top 10 on the Hot 100. It was also the first country song by a solo male to top the Hot 100 in over 42 years, following I Love a Rainy Night by Eddie Rabbitt (1980), and the first country song to top the chart since All Too Well (Taylor's Version) by Taylor Swift in November 2021.