My second book, Glistening Guitar Instrumentals, is nearly complete and will be launched in Auckland in October or November, date to be announced.
It follows in the footsteps of Shimmering Ukulele Instrumentals.
There will be 20 pieces in the book, for guitar groups and music teachers. They will be written in 3 or 4 parts, in notation and tab.
With groups larger than 3 or 4, multiple players can play parts. If there are only two players available you can choose two parts.
For variety, certain parts could be played by other instruments, such as melodies played by flute, violin etc.. You can use your imagination to create lovely instrumental combinations. Not to mention percussion !
The easier pieces will be first in the book and they will progress to slightly more challenging pieces throughout.
Some of these guitar pieces I wrote many years ago, so it will be wonderful that they will finally see the light of day. Others are fresh new ideas and still others are adaptations of some of the ukulele pieces.
Three of the pieces in the book are originally ukulele pieces featuring in Shimmering Ukulele Instrumentals. They are: Two Strings (Ukulele piece -Two String Thing), Pohutukawa Calm (Ukulele piece - Little Pohutukawa) and Swinging Summer (Ukulele piece - Summer Swing)
Formats of Glistening Guitar Instrumentals:
- Notation and tab – book and digital sheet music
- Full scores and notation with fingering – book and digital sheet music
- Full scores and notation – digital sheet music
The fingering has been created by professional classical guitarist Sasha Witten-Hannah to allow the music to be heard with different timbres & textures in varying fretboard positions.
Information will be availalbe on the Purchase Music tab at the top of the page once the book is ready to be purchased.
I’m looking forward to sharing the book with you all in the near future.
