String Quartet Cello,String Quartet,Viola,Violin - Level 4 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.1453376

By The Beatles. By John Lennon and Paul McCartney. Arranged by Sarah Cellobat Chaffee. Folk,Pop,Wedding. 15 pages. Sarah Cellobat Chaffee #1032607. Published by Sarah Cellobat Chaffee (A0.1453376).

Released in 1968 on the Beatles' White Album, Blackbird was originally written, conceptualized, and recorded by Paul McCartney, with a guitar accompaniment inspired by the works of Bach and lyrics inspired by the civil rights movement of the 60's. The juxtaposition of the song's peaceful feel with its powerful message soon captured the hearts of people around the world, and it has remained immensely popular ever since -- it's even become the eighth-most-recorded song of all time! So you definitely can't go wrong adding this one to your gig books. This Cellobat arrangement for your string quartet brings the original to life with soaring melodies, intriguing harmonies, and a gentle groove -- you're sure to get your audience singing along! Originally written for a wedding ceremony, this will also be perfect for receptions, cocktail hour, parties, solo & ensemble contest, or any other occasion you need to pull at your audience's heartstrings. Rated advanced-intermediate for some tricky rhythms and accidentals throughout; this will be learnable for more advanced students and sightreadable for professionals.

Sarah “Cellobat” Chaffee is an in-demand acoustic & electric cellist and string arranger. Currently, she performs with legendary rock band Aerosmith in their “Deuces Are Wild” residency show, and she is the principal cellist for the Raiders House Band, playing for a crowd of 60,000 at all of the team's home games. She also plays with many other groups including Premiere Wedding Music, Bella Electric Strings, the Femmes Of Rock, and David Perrico’s Pop Strings Orchestra. Sarah has performed and recorded with numerous other artists including Disturbed, Mötley Crüe, Celine Dion, Halsey, Michael Bublé, Sarah Brightman, and Lady A. She is the exclusive arranger for a number of award-winning wedding and event companies all across the United States, including Premiere Wedding Music, Las Vegas Music Oasis, and Impulse Strings, and she has created custom arrangements for many other ensembles all over the world. You can find her at:

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Woodwind Ensemble,Woodwind Quintet Bassoon,Clarinet,Flute,Horn,Oboe - Level 3 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.1272143

By The Beatles. By John Lennon and Paul McCartney. Arranged by Ray Thompson. 20th Century,Pop,Standards. 10 pages. RayThompsonMusic #864474. Published by RayThompsonMusic (A0.1272143).

Arranged standard wind quintet.

Taken from the album The Beatles known as the White Album. 

 It was written by Paul McCartney and credited to Lennon–McCartney, and performed as a solo piece by McCartney with solo acoustic guitar.

McCartney explained on Chaos and Creation at Abbey Road, aired in 2005, that the guitar accompaniment for Blackbird was inspired by Johann Sebastian Bach's Bourrée in E minor, a well-known lute piece, often played on the classical guitar.
As teenagers, he and George Harrison tried to learn Bourrée as a show off piece. The Bourrée is distinguished by melody and bass notes played simultaneously on the upper and lower strings.

McCartney adapted a segment of the Bourrée (reharmonised into the original's relative major key of G) as the opening of Blackbird, and carried the musical idea throughout the song.

My arrangement gives the vocal solo to the oboe.

The horn sustains throughout.

The vid link is of my wind quartet arrangement.

Solo Guitar - Level 3 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.1293785

By The Beatles. By John Lennon and Paul McCartney. Arranged by Tim Rushworth. 20th Century,Folk,Pop. Individual part. 3 pages. Tim Rushworth #884230. Published by Tim Rushworth (A0.1293785).

I've enjoyed playing the accompaniment to this song for many years. This new arrangement now includes the song melody in amongst the guitar part, set at an easier pitch, to help with playability. Please listen to the mp3 for an impression, live recording will be available soon, as well as YouTube video. Tab version also available. Enjoy!