The two versions of the book:
1. Notation and tab - for players who read tab, which is the fret numbers on the guitar strings.
2. Full scores and notation with fingering - for players who read notation. Full scores give an overall view of the structure of the piece and shows all parts. The fingering has been created by professional classical guitarist Sasha Witten-Hannah, to allow the music to be heard with different timbres and textures in varying fretboard positions.
The music follows in the footsteps of Shimmering Ukulele Instrumentals.
There are 20 pieces in the book, for guitar groups and music teachers. They are written with 3 or 4 parts.
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)
