String Quartet Cello,String Quartet,Viola,Violin - Level 3 - Digital Download
SKU: A0.1505737
By Tracy Chapman. By Tracy Chapman. Arranged by Sarah Cellobat Chaffee. Folk,Pop,Rock,Singer/Songwriter. 26 pages. Sarah Cellobat Chaffee #1081131. Published by Sarah Cellobat Chaffee (A0.1505737).
Special thanks to the Sienna String Quartet for their recording of this arrangement!
Tracy Chapman released her debut single Fast Car in 1988, but the impact of this song remains just as major to this day! With its insightful narrative about a young woman trying to escape the vicious cycle of poverty, the song garnered critical and audience acclaim around the world; it soon reached the top ten on the Billboard charts and earned three Grammy nominations. The song was brought back into the public eye in 2023 with a cover by renowned country artist Luke Combs, whose version reached the top of the country charts and made Chapman the first-ever Black songwriter to earn a Country Music Association Award. So it's no wonder this one is now a popular request for strings! This Cellobat arrangement for your string quartet maintains the introspective feel, peaceful guitar lines, and passionate dynamic intensity of the original for a chart that's sure to tug on your audience's heartstrings. Rated intermediate; this will be playable for students and sightreadable for professionals.
Sarah “Cellobat” Chaffee is an in-demand acoustic & electric cellist and string arranger. You may have seen her onstage with legendary rock band Aerosmith as the cellist for their “Deuces Are Wild” residency, playing more than 50 sold-out shows with the Bad Boys from Boston; she is also 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 and tours with many other world-renowned groups including the Femmes of Rock, Premiere Wedding Music, Bella Electric Strings, and David Perrico’s Pop Strings Orchestra. Sarah has made a number of TV appearances including the Billboard Music Awards, the Latin Grammy Awards, the iHeartRadio Music Festival, and the CBS reality show “Love Island”; she also played with Michael Bublé for his sold-out Resorts World residency and appeared with him on the Kelly Clarkson Show. Sarah has performed and recorded with a number of other artists including Disturbed, Mötley Crüe, Celine Dion, Halsey, Dionne Warwick, Sarah Brightman, and Sammy Hagar.
Sarah is also an acclaimed string arranger with hundreds of arrangements published on Sheet Music Plus under her own label, Cellobat Charts. She is the exclusive arranger for several award-winning wedding and event companies 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 worldwide. You can find her at:
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