Composed by Johann Sebastian Bach. Arranged by Simon James. Baroque,Chamber,Christmas,Clas sical. 46 pages. DML #928595. Published by DML

Instrumental Duet Guitar,Instrumental Duet,Voice - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.928274 By Ed Sheeran. By Ed Sheeran. Arranged by Simon James. Pop. Score and parts. 20 pages. DML #6858555. Published by DML (A0.928274). Small Bump was the 5th single from the album + (plus) the debut studio album by English singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran. The song is about Sheeran's close friend and laments a stillborn baby five months into the pregnancy. This arrangement is a combination Ed Sheeran’s guitar part and the bass part to give a complete accompaniment for one guitar. The original key was G minor but here it is in E minor an easy key to use on the guitar, if you want G minor simply use a capo at the 3rd fret (which is what Ed Sheeran nearly always does to find the best key for his voice).

By Inez Foxx, Charlie Foxx, Carly Simon & James Taylor, and Toby Keith Duet With Krystal. Arranged by Roger Emerson. Choral. Collection; Folk; Pop. Choral. 10 pages. Published by Hal Leonard - Digital Sheet Music (HX.363376). - Choral - Collection; Folk; Pop - Hal Leonard - Digital Sheet Music

Guitar,Instrumental Duet,Voice - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1144931 Composed by Jean-Paul-Égide Martini, lyrics Jean-Pierre Claris de Florian. Arranged by Simon James. Classical,Contemporary,Folk,Historic,Romantic Period. 12 pages. DML #745248. Published by DML (A0.1144931). This became one of the best known tunes of the 20th century. The original version was published in 1785 and was an immediate success, a classical French love song written in 1784 by Jean-Paul-Égide Martini (1741–1816) taking its text from a poem by Jean-Pierre Claris de Florian (1755–1794), which appears in his novel Célestine. The most famous version of the 20th century is undoubtedly that of Elvis Presley. He changed the words and only used the tune of the chorus – Plaisir D’Amour – adding in a second section to what became ‘Can’t Help Falling In Love’. Joan Baez in 1966, The Seekers with Judith Durham in 2009 at their reunion concert, Nana Mouskouri, Mary Hopkins in Welsh have all recorded the song though they used different English lyrics as the basis for their versions while keeping the French Plaisir D’Amour. This arrangement uses the French lyrics and follows Martini’s original harmonies but is arranged to better suit the guitar. It is a more comprehensive song with two other sections which always return to the original Plaisir D’Amour so you might consider it a chorus. I have added a translation of the French text into English which can be sung to the Martini melody.

Instrumental Duet Guitar,Instrumental Duet,Voice - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.928260 By The Police. By Sting. Arranged by Simon James. Pop,Rock. Score and parts. 13 pages. DML #6011217. Published by DML (A0.928260). These arrangements are for performance and are very precise. Every Breath You Take is a song by the English rock band the Police from their album Synchronicity (1983). Written by Sting, the single was the biggest US and UK hit of 1983. Sting wrote the song in 1982 - I woke up in the middle of the night with that line in my head, sat down at the piano and had written it in half an hour. It sounds like a comforting love song. I didn't realise at the time how sinister it is. I think I was thinking of Big Brother, surveillance and control. This famous song by the Police had its original guitar part played on a palm muted electric guitar but it works really well fingerpicked on an acoustic. There is a full explanation of the song's history and notes on how to play it included with the score, also separate parts for voice and guitar.

Solo Guitar - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1101385 Composed by Gustav Holst. Arranged by Simon James. 20th Century,Christmas,Classical,Contemporary,Instructional. Individual part. 5 pages. DML #704780. Published by DML (A0.1101385). In the Bleak Midwinter is a poem by the English poet Christina Rossetti, commonly performed as a Christmas carol. The poem was published, under the title A Christmas Carol, in the January 1872 issue of Scribners Monthly and was first collected in book form in Goblin Market, The Prince's Progress and Other Poems (Macmillan, 1875). In 1906, Gustav Holst composed a setting of Rossetti's words (titled Cranham) in The English Hymnal which is sung throughout the world and is the basis of this arrangement. A wonderful tune that works well on the guitar as a solo piece. The arrangement makes extensive use of open strings and I have indicated this wherever it is important.

Solo Guitar - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1305680 Composed by Traditional. Arranged by Simon James. Christmas,Classical,Contemporary,Historic,Medieval. Individual part. 5 pages. DML #895135. Published by DML (A0.1305680). The Coventry Carol is an English Christmas carol dating from the 16th century. The carol was traditionally performed in Coventry in England as part of a mystery play called The Pageant of the Shearmen and Tailors. The play depicts the Christmas story from chapter two in the Gospel of Matthew: the carol itself refers to the Massacre of the Innocents, in which Herod ordered all male infants under the age of two in Bethlehem to be killed, and takes the form of a lullaby sung by mothers of the doomed children. The music contains a well-known example of a Picardy third. The melody sits well on the guitar, so much so that this arrangement is based on changing key from E minor to A minor to D minor and back again to E minor with the melody always present. In the D minor variation the tune is in the bass.

Guitar - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1318113 Composed by Johann Sebastian Bach. Arranged by Simon James. Advent,Baroque,Christmas,Classical,Contemporary. 19 pages. DML #906815. Published by DML (A0.1318113). Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring is the popular English title of the chorale from the 1723 Advent cantata Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben (Heart and Mouth and Deed and Life), BWV 147. This arrangement for guitar quartet follows Bach’s original orchestration as far as possible so the choral sections co-exist with the string parts and basso continuo. It does involve a certain amount of reduction in the original voicings but has retained the cross rhythms in the choral section and bass. It makes this arrangement quite complex to perform but very definitely worth it. The 2nd guitar and 1st guitar do cross over each other but that is in Bach’s original writing and I have not changed it.

Jazz Combo - Level 2 - Digital Download SKU: A0.790309 By Carly Simon & James Taylor. By Charlie Foxx and Inez Foxx. Arranged by Nigel Hanley. Contemporary,Pop,Rock. Score and parts. 18 pages. Nigel Hanley Music #6343707. Published by Nigel Hanley Music (A0.790309). This chart is a 7-piece band arrangement of ‘Mockingbird’ in F, written and sung by Inez and Charlie Foxx, and released in Australia by Johnny O'Keefe. The instrumentation is keyboards, guitar, bass, drums, trumpet, tenor sax, and trombone.  (Lyric sheet included, score not included)A rehearsal/accompaniment mp3 is also available from www.bandchartpro.cominfo@nigelhanley.com     nigelhanley.com    bandchartpro.comSuitable for: rock band with horns, little big band, funk band with horns, cover band with horns, cruise ship bands, high school & college bands, cabaret bands & cabaret artists

Instrumental Duet Guitar,Instrumental Duet,Voice - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.928270 Composed by Franz Schubert. Arranged by Simon James. Classical. Score and parts. 13 pages. DML #6788693. Published by DML (A0.928270). Ellens dritter Gesang (Ellens Gesang III, D. 839, Op. 52, No. 6, 1825), in English: Ellen's Third Song, was composed by Franz Schubert in 1825 as part of his Op. 52, a setting of seven songs from Walter Scott's 1810 popular narrative poem The Lady of the Lake, loosely translated into German. This arrangement is based on Schubert’s own arrangement for guitar. He created guitar accompaniments for quite a few of his songs as the instrument was popular at the time and some of his friends played it.

Instrumental Duet Guitar,Instrumental Duet,Voice - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.928273 By Ed Sheeran. By Ed Sheeran and Jake Gosling. Arranged by Simon James. Pop. Score and parts. 12 pages. DML #6858553. Published by DML (A0.928273). Autumn Leaves was a bonus track on the album + (plus), Ed Sheeran wrote this song about a dear friend that had passed away. This arrangement is based on Ed Sheeran’s guitar part but is not note for note. The guitar accompaniment has been adapted to suit one guitar and made consistent so that each verse/chorus is arranged in the same way. .

Small Ensemble Cello,Guitar,Voice - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.928277 Composed by Thomas Morley. Arranged by Simon James. Renaissance. Score and parts. 7 pages. DML #6866071. Published by DML (A0.928277). No 8 – Mistress Mine Well May You Fare from First Book Of Ayres by Thomas Morley  This is a verse song, typical of the era. There are four verses and the accompaniment is repeated for each verse. Ornamentation would have been expected and I have offered with this score two possible decorations of the  guitar accompaniment one of which is an octave above the original allowing greater flexibility for the singer depending on their vocal range. Morley’s description of the publication was: Little short songs to sing and play to the lute with the base viole. I have substituted guitar for lute and cello for bass viole, chords have been re-voiced in places to better suit the guitar but no alteration has been made to the harmony.

Guitar Ensemble Guitar - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.928268 Composed by Johann Sebastian Bach. Arranged by Simon James. Baroque,Christmas,Wedding. Score and parts. 17 pages. DML #6605183. Published by DML (A0.928268). Was mir behagt, ist nur die muntre Jagd (The lively hunt is all my heart's desire), BWV 208,[1] also known as the Hunting Cantata, is a secular cantata composed by Johann Sebastian Bach for the 31st birthday of Duke Christan of Saxe-Weissenfels on 23 February 1713. The aria Schafe können sicher weiden (Sheep May Safely Graze) is the most familiar part of this cantata and the subject of this arrangement for guitar quartet. This aria is often heard in many formats at weddings and various Christmas celebrations.

Guitar Ensemble Guitar - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.928275 By Ed Sheeran. By Ed Sheeran. Arranged by Simon James. Pop. Score and parts. 22 pages. DML #6858975. Published by DML (A0.928275). Small Bump was the 5th single from the album + (plus) the debut studio album by English singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran. This arrangement is for two guitars and acoustic bass, although a third guitar could play the bass part. The original key was G minor but here it is in E minor an easy key to use on the guitar, if you want G minor simply use a capo at the 3rd fret (which is what Ed Sheeran nearly always does to find the best key for his voice). The guitar accompaniment has been made consistent so that each verse/chorus is arranged in the same way. It needs the bass line in order to work as the original rhythm bounces off the bass. .

Solo Guitar - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1185160 Composed by Simon James. 20th Century,Classical,Contemporary,Instructional. Individual part. 5 pages. DML #784842. Published by DML (A0.1185160). These short Preludes for guitar are intended to illustrate a particular technical point or points. It may be either technical or compositional or both and I would have to say that I have been influenced by Tarrega’s Preludes which he wrote mostly for his students and so have called them Preludes rather than Studies. I learnt Tarrega’s pieces such as Adelita and Lagrima early in my study of the guitar and always enjoyed their nature as both technical exercises but also performance pieces. I have tried to emulate that with these pieces. The piece is written as a Fugue with two voices. The idea was to explore counterpoint on the guitar and how to handle it. The time signature is 6/8 which suits the guitar well as it gives a very lyrical feel. The first voice opens the piece with the subject and then at bar 8 the second voice enters in the bass while the first voice plays the countersubject. I have given considerable technical guidance both in fingering and the use of different strings as these pieces are intended to be instructional, if in doubt you will find all the techniques you need in my book The Art Of Accompaniment On The Guitar available from Amazon.