Carrickfergus is a coastal town on the eastern side ofNorthern Ireland. It is well-known for its castle, as a holiday destination butmostly for the beautiful nostalgic song that shares its name. The origin of themelody goes back at least three centuries and the modern version is probably ahybrid of two songs.

This download contains:

A full score

All individual parts in notes

All individual parts in TAB

The arrangement can be heard and watched here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jn-wuGNeIsE

This arrangement is part of a series I amproducing which will allow gatherings of guitarists of all levels to playtogether. As a guitarist and guitar teacher, I?ve noticed how arrangements willoften be too easy for some and too hard for others leaving many ensembleplayers frustrated or dissatisfied. This is a deficiency I am resolving.

My aim is to create arrangements which arestimulating for all. I have done this by tailoring parts to suit the differenttechnical and musical experience of each level of guitarist. This makes thearrangements particularly suitable for guitar societies, school groups andfestivals. The required levels are approximated below. As an experienced musicianand composer, I have added many points of musical interest such as modulations,chord substitutions and counterpoint. This also gives teachers and leaders tothe chance to teach their groups about these devices in the context of learninga real work. Guitars 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 & 7 all play the main melody at somepoint (Guitar 6 being for near-beginners).

Technical Requirements­­

· Guitars1 & 2 will suit players of Grade 6 (intermediate/advanced) standard or above. There is somehigh-position work.

· Guitars3 & 4 are suitable for players of about Grade 4 (intermediate) standard.

· Guitar5 is suitable for a player of about Grade 2 (beginner) standard.

· Guitar6 is suitable for near-beginners. It is mainly open strings with some first-positionstopped notes. Although it is a technically-easy part, it is very motivatingfor guitarists in their early stages to play with a large ensemble. This partis optional.

· Guitar7 is suitable for players of about Grade 5 (intermediate) standard. The bass line hasornamentation, a lot of rhythmic interest and at times, the melody.

Teachers and player can also benefit fromthe fact that a recording of the arrangement, with performance notes, is alwaysavailable on-line.

Thank you so much for your purchase. Ifyou have any questions, requests or would like to send feedback, it would be apleasure to hear from you at www.danjonesguitarist.com or on my facebook page.

Dan Jones, March 2019

You?reMy Best Friend

composed by John Deacon as played by Queen

Arranged for Guitar Quartet with optional Chords andoptional bass guitar

by DanJones

Thisarrangement of You?re My Best Friend hasbeen made for intermediate-levelguitarists




Guitar1 is the main vocal line, as sung by Freddie Mercury

Guitars2 & 3 contain many of the backing-vocal figures plus the electric guitarriffs and solo as played by Brian May

Guitar 4is a transcription of the bass line. It is an interesting andrhythmically-exciting part. Chord symbols are given in this part allowingchords to be added should the ensemble want these.

Guitar4 can also be played by a bass guitar. The part is also given in bass clef(sounding an octave lower).

A film of this arrangement will be available by the end of January 2020

It is myintention to provide arrangements which are exciting, original, stimulating,flexible and which people want to play. Films of all of my arrangements forboth guitar solo and guitar ensemble can be found at:

www.danjonesguitarist.com

Readabout my life as a guitarist working and living in rural France here:

www.danjonesauthor.com

Thankyou! Please be in touch.

Drei Weihnachtslieder aus Deutschland - Für vier Gitarren

Three ChristmasSongs from Germany - For FourGuitars

Arrangiert für Gitarrenensemble der MusikschuleVierstädteDreieck von Dan Jones

Arranged for the Guitar Ensemble of the VierstädteDreieckMusic School by Dan Jones

www.danjonesguitarist.com

(i) Aba heidschi bumbeidschi (But Go to Sleep)

(ii) Es wird scho glei dumpa (It Will Soon beDark)

(iii) Süßer die glocken nie klingen (The BellsNever Sounded so Sweet)

For a wide variety of music for guitars, please visit

Für eine große Auswahl an Musik für Gitarren besuchen Sie bitte

www.danjonesguitarist.com

To read of my life as a guitarist in France, you may enjoy my humorous book (in English):

Wenn Sie von meinem Leben als Gitarrist in Frankreich lesen möchten, können Sie mein humorvolles Buch (auf Englisch) genießen:

Extracting Goats from Jean-Claude's Kitchen

A classical style composition made for a competition for guitar composers in Ukraine, I became one of winners of this competition with it this year. No video yet, but the audio is made with me and my guitar, hope you will like it.

?A Thousand Years? is a beautiful ballad recorded andreleased by American singer/songwriter Christina Perri in 2011.

It was used aspart of the soundtrack for the film ?Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn ? Part 1?.

This is a very versatile arrangement with parts for intermediatelevel guitarists playing in a wide range of styles. Included in your single downloadare:

A full score (22 pages) showing all parts in notes and TAB. Please note that PARTS IN NOTES AND TAB ARE PROVIDED ONSEPARATE SHEETS allowing teachers and performers to use the notation system of their choice.

Guitar 1 part in notes and TAB

Guitar 2 part in notes and TAB

Guitar 3 part in notes and TAB

Guitar 4 part: a chordal part with some picking patterns. Thepicking patterns are shown in notes and TAB and the chords given as chordsymbols with rhythm indications throughout.

Guitar 4 part: Capo 2 is also a chordal part with some pickingpatterns. The picking patterns are shown in notes and TAB and the chords givenas chord symbols with rhythm indications throughout. This part shows transposedchords with slightly different voicing (to make the chordal part easier to play).

Guitar 5 part: a bass line with drop D tuning. The parts areprovided in notes and TAB

Guitar 5 part : provided as a bass guitar part. This is inbass clef with a 4-string bass TAB part.

The chordal part (Guitar 4) can be played by either a guitarwith a capo or one without, or both together.

Guitar 5 can be played by an ordinary guitar or a bass guitaror both.

A video with all parts being performed is shown via this page and my website: www.danjonesguitarist.com

Thank you for viewing and I hope you enjoy this arrangement of A Thousand Years.

Johannes Brahm's Intermezzo No. 2 from Six Pieces for Piano has long been one of my favorite compositions.I consider this work perfect as is, and I would not attempt to try to improve upon it. Therefore, every attempthas been made to keep this as accurate to the original composition as possible. Having said that, the guitarsimply does not have the ability to play all the notes simultaneously that the piano can. Because of this, somenotes have been omitted or transposed. Tablature has been added to the parts for the musician's convenience.However, notation-only parts have also been included. Grade: 4. Duration: About 5 minutes, 50 seconds.

Rocky Road to Dublin - Arranged for four guitars by Dan Jones

"Rocky Road to Dublin" is a 19th-century Irish song.
Ittells of the trials and experiences of a young man as he travels to Liverpoolin England, via Dublin, from his rural home in Tuam, Ireland.

Thepiece is a favourite instrumental in 9/8 time. It has the characteristics of aslip jig, with five accents in the bar, on quavers 1,3,4,6 and7. These can beheard in the first bar in guitar 1. In the sung version, the singer sings ?1,2, 3, 4, 5? to correspond with these.

Thisarrangement balances the melodic interest across all four guitar parts. It issuitable for intermediate/advanced players.



Asplit screen video of the arranger performing the piece will be uploaded here before the end of March 2021.

Fora wealth of arrangements for guitarists of all abilities, both solo and guitar,please visit .www.danjonesguitarist.com

To read of my time working as a guitarist in rural France, please see www.danjonesauthor.com.

Sailing

As performedby Sir Rod Stewart

Composedby Gavin Sutherland

Arrangedfor Guitar Quartet (with optional bass) by Dan Jones

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?Sailing?originally recorded and released by the Sutherland Brothers in 1972 was recordedand released by Sir Rod Stewart in 1975. The song was an international successfor Stewart.

Thisversion is arranged for intermediate guitarists. Upon the request of teachersand players, your single download will contain:

· All parts in both notes and TAB on twoseparate sheets

· A directors? score with notes and TAB

· A directors? score with only notes

· An optional bass guitar part, presented inbass clef and bass TAB



Thearrangement gives every part the chance to play the melody, as well asaccompanying patterns. A recording and film of this arrangement will beuploaded before the end of June 2021.

For awealth of arrangements for solo guitar and guitar in ensemble, for players ofall levels of experience, please visit www.danjonesguitarist.com.

Musiciansmay enjoy my book, telling of life working as a guitarist in rural France.Entitled Extracting Goats from Jean-Claude?s Kitchen, it is available atamazon or www.danjonesauthor.com.

"My First Concert" for a young soloist and guitars quartet
(Full score + separate parts)
Long time ago I've got an idea how to let young musicians to feel themselves as a BIG BOSS on the stage and perform something special, so a kind of a wayout :)
I. Foxtrot https://youtu.be/4AUT470WjpM
II. Song https://youtu.be/1nWgkGCONNw
III. Carnaval https://youtu.be/EQ4X18ZXk5U

TheSound of Silence isPaul Simon?s masterpiece. Released in 1965, Simon had written the track duringthe two previous years. It was well worth the wait.

Itis an obvious choice as a piece of repertoire to arrange for the intermediateguitarist, yet I have found that many arrangements include real technicaldifficulties for the learner. This is often because of the choice of key. Ifset in A minor, an F barre chord is encountered. Similarly, in D minor, a Bflat barre chord crops up. After much trial and error, I have created a versionin F sharp minor which is playable for younger and less experienced hands,without, I believe, losing any musical effect.



Ihave tried to make this arrangement flexible. Therefore, it is set in 2sections. A grade 1-2 guitarist can play just the first half, twice for acomplete performance. The second half has a thicker texture, with a ?flatpicking? technique applied to the thumb. Here, the thumb plays the lower notes onall four beats of the bar.



This downloadprovides one version with only notes, and a second in notes and TAB (in this singledownload). I am aware that many teachers dislike TAB, so you are given the choice.

Professionalplayers looking for light repertoire ? perhaps for restaurant or wedding work ?can fill out the parts spontaneously. The chord sequence is obvious to those withmore experience.

Personally speaking, I sometimes play the arrangement with a capo at fret 3 or 4 to vary the timbres heard in a concert programme.

I hope very muchthat you enjoy playing this version of The Sound of Silence. To see andhear my arrangements for learners, professionals, and ensembles, please visit www.danjonesguitarist.com.I have also written a memoir of working as a guitarist in rural France. Pleasesee www.danjonesauthor.com.

I will upload a YouTube video and lesson before the end of February 2021.

THANK YOU! DanJones, Perthshire, Scotland, February 2021

Walking in the Air is the iconic, beautiful song used in the 1982 animated film 'The Snowman'. The Welsh child singer, Aled Jones, popularised the song in a single released in 1985 to great commercial success.

This version is for four guitars of intermediate level. In the single download you will receive:

A full score in both notes and TAB.
Independent parts for each of the guitars in notes
Independent parts for each of the guitars in TAB

Please note than I am aware that many teachers and ensembles dislike using TAB. Therefore, my TAB parts are provided on separate sheets so that teachers and performers can chose whichever system of notation they prefer.

To see my huge range of recordings, arrangements and films of guitar music for all abilities, please visit www.danjonesguitarist.com

A film of this arrangement will be uploaded before the end of November 2020.

Derek Hasted writes "This follows on from my arrangement of 'We Have All The Time In The World' which I wrote during the 2020 Coronavirus Lockdown and which features in the James Bond film series.

Next day I noticed that a different James Bond film was listed on the television pages for that evening and I just couldn?t resist publishing my arrangement of the definitive theme tune.

It suits an early intermediate to intermediate guitar group and the three parts are all of slightly different standards so there?s something for everyone here.

School teachers will find this piece comes together a lot more easily than some of the rather complicated arrangements that are out there, and it makes it perfect for an informal concert.

And adult ensembles who are just starting out will find it is a fun item to play too.

I hope you enjoy this piece!"


This is one of a large and growing range of accessible ensembles from experienced arranger Derek Hasted, and is supplied as full score and parts. Check out Derek's other arrangements - search SheetMusicPlus for Derek Hasted and you'll see the full list, all with soundclips and sample score. Derek's website at www.derek-hasted.co.uk/smp has all the arrangements grouped by "number of instruments".

This is a beautiful, tender and heartfelt, finger-style guitar solo (ballad), exactly as performed by The Candlelight Guitarist on the album "Sunflower Serenity." As with other Candlelight Guitarist pieces, it seamlessly blends romantic popular, folk, classical and jazz styles. Written in both standard notation and TAB, it's for a strong intermediate level finger-style player (budding-into-more advanced), comfortable playing up to 12th position, with capable finger-style abilities (either classical or strong folk technique). Hear Brad's original recording at https://youtu.be/5wIn_Z5iuQA

COMMENTS FROM LONG-ESTABLISHED REVIEWERS...
Dr. Beth - Amazon.com #1 Hall of Fame reviewer
"Brad has a knack for putting together gentle, soothing guitar medleys which provide the perfect background or relaxation soundtrack."

Bill Binkelman - Music Reviewer for Zone Music Reporter and New Age Retailer
"The Candleight Guitarist is your tour guide to a land of easy-going, warm, and inviting instrumentals."

Rebecca of Amazon - Amazon.com HALL OF FAME TOP 500 REVIEWER
"Bradley Powell's flawless playing allows you to completely relax into sleep or relax into an evening of candlelight and romance. I've fallen into a peaceful sleep while listening to this music and have also spent relaxing afternoons reading while The Candlelight Guitarist wove an intricate tapestry of sounds to nurture my heart." ... "Bradley Powell's music is infused with natural ambience. As rich sounds renew your spirit, you can relax into a deep sigh of the heart. His style is artistic, heart healing and filled with romantic and cultural influences."

Vicki Blizzard (Editor, PaperWorks and Crazy for Cross-Stitch! magazines) in CREATIVITY e-Letter: "Music to filter into my dreams. My new favorite to listen to is classical guitar music by Bradley Powell."

Jana L. Perskie "Ceruleana" (New York, NY USA) ~ Amazon.com TOP 50 Reviewer.
"The talented and creative Bradley Powell is the Candlelight Guitarist. His music is original and some of the most soul soothing I have ever heard.

Bob McKillop, founder and publisher, MaineFolkMusic.com
Brad Powell is a talented and highly trained California guitarist and composer who calls himself "The Candlelight Guitarist", and for good reason. His music is perfect for situations in which candlelight figures prominently. Quiet meditation, romance, intellectual stimulation ? the soft, pure tones of his Spanish and classic instrumental style open up your heart and render it more receptive to the spiritual messages that these pursuits engender."

Grady Harp - HALL OF FAME TOP 100 REVIEWER
"music to soothe and calm and enrich the psyche. Would that there were more Brad Powells out there to help us all through these times. The world would be a saner place!"

ABOUT: Bradley Powell (aka The Candlelight Guitarist) began guitar at age ten, inspired by The Beatles. At 15, he became a protégé of jazz guitarist Joe Pass, and later studied classical guitar under Vincent Macaluso and at California State University, Northridge under Ronald Purcell, with a master class under Andrés Segovia. Brad was featured performing Gerald Wilson's Sonata for Guitar and Orchestra at the Hollywood Bowl, with the composer conducting. Brad was mentored in composition by David Rose (composer for "Little House on the Prairie"). Brad has composed music for TV, including Hill Street Blues and The 'A' Team, working with Mi

Derek Hasted writes "This is a real crowd-pleaser that will suit any concert.

This arrangement is closely based on the version that the group 'Sky' played (with the electric guitar 'break') rather than the version for solo guitar. A version of my arrangement was originally performed by the Hampshire Guitar Orchestra, and the soundclip sitting alongside this score in the SheetMusicPress shop is part of a recording they made live in Concert. That soundclip features different sizes of classical guitar, but the arrangement here is for 4 ordinary guitars - or for a bigger sound, a large ensemble.

The essence of the electric guitar solo in Sky?s arrangement is captured in this arrangement in Guitar 1a, but it?s hard to play without a cutaway guitar, so there?s a second version with the solo an octave lower in Guitar 1b. The rest of the Guitar 1 parts are identical.

Both the Guitar 1 parts and the Guitar 2 part have finger positions shown on the score - this is so that all the fast runs can be slurred, which gives the melody a nice articulation and takes some of the workload away from the right hand. If you prefer to stay in one position and pluck the runs, that works well too.

I hope you enjoy this piece!"

This is one of a large and growing range of accessible ensembles from experienced arranger Derek Hasted, and is supplied as full score and parts. Check out Derek's other arrangements - search SheetMusicPlus for Derek Hasted and you'll see the full list, all with soundclips and sample score. Derek's website at www.derek-hasted.co.uk/smp has all the arrangements grouped by "number of instruments".

Ach Du Lieber Augustin (O My Dearest Augustine) by German Traditional Song
Quartet guitar arrangement by Antonius Agung Setiawan
Fingerstyle guitar arrangement, Easy to play, Tablature include
https://linktr.ee/pakagung

Be Still for the Presence of the Lord

By David J.Evans

Arranged forGuitar Solo by Dan Jones

www.danjonesguitarist.com

Be Still for thePresence of the Lord is a beautiful modern hymn/worship song, composed in1986 by David Evans.

In 2019, it wasincluded in a list of the UK?s top 10 most popular hymns of all time.

Whatever one?sspiritual views, this instrumental arrangement is a perfect piece for a momentof calm, schools, mediation, reflection, weddings and intimate gatherings.

My arrangement is set for classical/fingerstyleguitarists. There is a second, slightly altered harmonisation for verse 2, andI?ve added a coda to close this version.

For a wealth ofarrangements for solo guitar, guitar in ensemble, lessons and leaners?material, please visit: www.danjonesguitarist.com.

If you?d like toread of family life as a musician in rural France, you may enjoy my book?Extracting Goats from Jean-Claude?s Kitchen?. Please see www.danjonesauthor.com.

I will upload a video performance before the end of June 2021.

Solo Guitar arrangement of the Ukrainian Carol in standard notation and tab. Uses natural and artificial harmonics to imitate the bells.

Please check out my other Christmas arrangements (see link below): See Amid that Winter's Snow, The Holly and the Ivy, In the Bleak Mid Winter, Gesu Bambino, Little Saint Nick, Lo, How A Rose E'er Blooming, Bring a Torch Jeanette, Isabella, Hear We Come a'Wassailing, Ding Dong Merrily on High, While By My Sheep, and more to come. Send questions, comments and suggestions to ewrightguitar@aol.com. Thanks.

https://www.sheetmusicplus.com/publishers/edward-wright/10512

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