By The Lakeis aimed at the flautist aiming to develop tone and musicality.(Also available as a violin duet)

It is alyrical romantic piece in tenery form and is around associated boards grade 5/earlyintermediate in level of difficulty.

The youtube link has the full score for you to assess the suitability.

The range intotal, is Bottom C to top F with the lowest valued note being a quaver.

The Pianoscore is 10 pages long- Flutes two pages, and it is 4.30 in length

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

Easy Piano arrangements

This pdf includes three easy piano arrangements.

Easy levels. Notes name included.

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Many Youtube videos are available. #1. Include in different keys: in C major (for the beginners who struggle playing black keys) and in the original keys (for people who enjoy play and sing along with the song). #2, Include the slow speed (for beginners) and original speed (for intermediates). #3, Have RH melody exercise and many different arrangements.



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Beautiful in White for Piano SOLO
Suitable for Intermediate level or Royal Grade 2-3
A very beautiful and sentimental piece.
With a nice accompaniment on the left hand, it definitely sounds great.
LISTEN TO THE AUDIO then you'll know it's good.

This is a popular Studio Ghibli's anime, Howl's Moving Castle theme song. The wonderful version on Merry GO Round of Life is now available in Grade 3 level where the left hand has more movements. Also available, Grade 1, Grade 2 and Grade 4 (full version).

Easy Piano arrangements

This pdf includes two easy piano arrangements.

Easy levels. Notes name included.

This is a Single User License (for personal use). Studio unlimited reproduction license available.



Many Youtube videos are available. #1. Include in different keys: in C major (for the beginners who struggle playing black keys) and in the original keys (for people who enjoy play and sing along with the song). #2, Include the slow speed (for beginners) and original speed (for intermediates). #3, Have RH melody exercise and many different arrangements.

This arrangement is for a grade 2 string ensemble, but includes beginner parts on open strings.
Violin 1 and Viola 1 parts are the same, as well as Violin 2 and Viola 2 to ensure flexibility.

Violin 1/Viola 1, Violin 2/Viola 2, and bass parts use the notes on the D and A strings.
Cello part uses notes on the D and G strings.
Beginner parts use open strings only.