"Give me a boat that can carry two and both shall row, my love and I." From a rich, vibrant Celtic tradition comes the memorable tune "The Water is Wide," lovingly crafted to evoke misty Scottish landscapes with rolling green hills (you can almost smell the heather). This unabashedly romantic acoustic guitar quartet is perfect for weddings, ceilidhs (or any Celtic-themed event), recitals and concerts. For wedding music, this arrangement is recommended as a prelude, unity candle accompaniment, a bridal march or a bridesmaid processional.
As sacred music, "The Water is Wide" is effective as a prelude, postlude, an offertory, silent prayer accompaniment or special music for traditional church services and other worship events. This melody has been used in multiple hymn settings, including "The Gift of Love," "Though I May Speak with Bravest Fire," and as an alternate melody for "When I Survey the Wondrous Cross." 15 pages of music (that includes the score and separate two-page pullout parts for each guitar). Key: G major.

This String Quartet arrangement of the jazz standard ?Misty? can also be performed witha String Trio, since the 2nd Violin part is optional. This songreally tugs on the heart strings ? you may have your audience swaying andslow-dancing as they listen. I've transposed this to the key of D to make it a little more string-friendly.

One thing that sets my arrangements apart from othersis that I fit all of my parts on 2sheets of music. This makes it sothe songs can fit into a binder, without the need for flipping pages!

Another great thing (for multi-instrumentalarrangements) is that I include cuelines on each part, so that every player in the ensemble can see one otherperson?s music at the same time. This isso amazingly useful and has saved countless performances in the past. If someone skips a beat or misses a measure,you can now see where they are and reconnect! This also helps withsight-reading and keeping the group together in general.