Solo Guitar - Level 4 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.1095456

By The Beatles. By John Lennon and Paul McCartney. Arranged by Richard Hirsch. 20th Century,Instructional,Pop,Renaissance,Standards. Individual part. 5 pages. Richard Hirsch #699472. Published by Richard Hirsch (A0.1095456).

An arrangement of the Beatles classic for solo acoustic guitar. The arrangement tries to capture the sense of remorse and loss expressed in the song using arpeggio-like minor chords with many open strings and the same note played on different strings. The arrangement is inspired by a similarity I find in the melody to older pieces by John Dowland and the folk melody Greensleeves. I strive to give the piece an old-fashioned, almost Renaissance, character in accord with its basic modal nature. Some parts of the arrangement may be interpreted as a sort of Fantasia based on the original melody. A nice piece for an encore to a program of early music for the guitar! As the notation is accompanied by tablature, I refrain from giving left-hand fingering and leave the right-hand fingering to the taste and discretion of the performer. The piece is within reach of intermediate to advanced guitarists. The piece also works well as an introduction to locating notes in the higher, seventh, ninth, and tenth positions and could therefore serve as instruction for less advanced guitarists, especially since the piece is played at a slow to moderate tempo.