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Nature Boy
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Solo Guitar - Digital Download SKU: HX.862361 By Nat King Cole. This edition: scorch. Jazz. Individual part. 1 pages. Hal Leonard - Digital #581105. Publ...
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Solo Guitar - Digital Download SKU: HX.862361 By Nat King Cole. This edition: scorch. Jazz. Individual part. 1 pages. Hal Leonard - Digital #581105. Published by Hal Leonard - Digital (HX.862361).
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Nature Boy (arr. Matt Otten)
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Nature Boy
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Solo Guitar - Digital Download SKU: HX.862349 By Nat King Cole. Arranged by Matt Otten. This edition: scorch. Jazz. Individual part. 5 pages. Hal Leonard...
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Solo Guitar - Digital Download SKU: HX.862349 By Nat King Cole. Arranged by Matt Otten. This edition: scorch. Jazz. Individual part. 5 pages. Hal Leonard - Digital #581105. Published by Hal Leonard - Digital (HX.862349).
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Nat King Cole: Nature Boy - guitar solo
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Instantly printable sheet music by Nat King Cole for guitar solo of MEDIUM skill level. / jazz
Instantly printable sheet music by Nat King Cole for guitar solo of MEDIUM skill level. / jazz
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Nat King Cole: Nature Boy (arr. Matt Otten) - guitar solo
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Instantly printable sheet music by Nat King Cole for guitar solo of MEDIUM skill level. / jazz
Instantly printable sheet music by Nat King Cole for guitar solo of MEDIUM skill level. / jazz
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Penthouse Serenade
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Solo Guitar - Level 5 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1350480 Composed by Val Burton and Will Jason. Arranged by Christopher J. Malin. 20th Century,Contempora...
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Solo Guitar - Level 5 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1350480 Composed by Val Burton and Will Jason. Arranged by Christopher J. Malin. 20th Century,Contemporary,Jazz,Standards. Individual part. 2 pages. Christopher J. Malin #935289. Published by Christopher J. Malin (A0.1350480). Solo jazz guitar chord/melody arrangement with tablature. Seldom heard standard in this style. Beautiful melody. I think this one will make you a cut above the rest! A challenging but fullfilling piece of jazz music. This piece makes you stand out as a solo jazz guitarist of all idioms. This is for the chord expert. There are 44 different chords in this piece! Some chords are played as triads or dyads or eliminated, and single notes are used. I draw a line over the note if it's the high note of a chord or I use a dot if it's played as a single note, the chord is then in parentheses. I tend to use a minimalist style that keeps the important parts of the music. Sounds great on acoustic and electric guitars. This was on of Nat King Cole's signature pieces.I love this tune! Hope you will too.
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L-O-V-E
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Solo Guitar - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.788330 By Natalie Cole. By Bert Kaempfert and Milt Gabler. Arranged by Antonius Agung Setiawan. Jazz. In...
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Solo Guitar - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.788330 By Natalie Cole. By Bert Kaempfert and Milt Gabler. Arranged by Antonius Agung Setiawan. Jazz. Individual part. 2 pages. Antonius Agung Setiawan #5582637. Published by Antonius Agung Setiawan (A0.788330). L-O-V-E by Nat King ColeDuet guitar arrangement by Antonius Agung SetiawanFingerstyle guitar arrangement, Easy to play, Tablature includeinstagram @ https://www.instagram.com/pakagung/youtube @ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8INfTcYhpBnMZrekYtC_jg#guitaronlybypakagung.
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When I Fall In Love
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When I Fall In Love
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Solo Guitar - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1271472 Composed by Jon Green. Arranged by John Fries. 20th Century,Film/TV,Jazz,Standards. Individual p...
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Solo Guitar - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1271472 Composed by Jon Green. Arranged by John Fries. 20th Century,Film/TV,Jazz,Standards. Individual part. 2 pages. John Fries #863873. Published by John Fries (A0.1271472). Please contact me by email at jfries@ptd.net to make a special request or to find out all that I have to offer and to express your comments or concerns. Thanks, John.  When I Fall in Love is a popular song, written by Victor Young (music) and Edward Heyman (lyrics). It was introduced in the film One Minute to Zero. A 1996 recording by Natalie Cole, sung as a duet with her father Nat King Cole using vocals from his 1956 version, won 1996 Grammys for Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals and Best Instrumental Arrangement with Accompanying Vocals.
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The Christmas Song (chestnuts Roasting On An Open Fire)
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The Christmas Song
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Bronson Ferdinand
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Solo Guitar - Digital Download SKU: A0.1336577 By Nat Cole With N. Riddle Orch. By Mel Torme and Robert Wells. Arranged by Bronson Ferdinand Wright. 20th...
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Solo Guitar - Digital Download SKU: A0.1336577 By Nat Cole With N. Riddle Orch. By Mel Torme and Robert Wells. Arranged by Bronson Ferdinand Wright. 20th Century,Christmas,Holiday,Jazz,Standards. Individual part. 3 pages. Bronson Ferdinand #922347. Published by Bronson Ferdinand (A0.1336577). Chord melody arrangement of the classic Christmas song. A great intro to the chord melody style. This arrangement features an A section in the spirit of the original and a B section in double time feel. The distincive outro from the Nat King Cole version is included.Great for solo guitar performances.
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The Frim Fram Sauce
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Guitar
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Nat "King" Cole
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The Frim Fram Sauce
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Hal Leonard - Digital Sheet Music
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By Nat "King" Cole. C Instruments. Jazz; Standards. Leadsheet (melody/chords only). 1 pages. Published by Hal Leonard - Digital Sheet Music...
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By Nat "King" Cole. C Instruments. Jazz; Standards. Leadsheet (melody/chords only). 1 pages. Published by Hal Leonard - Digital Sheet Music
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(I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons
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Guitar
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(I Love You) For Sentimental R
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Hal Leonard - Digital Sheet Music
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By Nat "King" Cole. C Instruments. Jazz; Standards. Leadsheet (melody/chords only). 1 pages. Published by Hal Leonard - Digital Sheet Music...
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By Nat "King" Cole. C Instruments. Jazz; Standards. Leadsheet (melody/chords only). 1 pages. Published by Hal Leonard - Digital Sheet Music
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Mona Lisa
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Guitar
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Nat "King" Cole
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Mona Lisa
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Hal Leonard - Digital Sheet Music
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By Nat "King" Cole. C Instruments. Film/TV; Jazz; Love; Standards. Leadsheet (melody/chords only). 1 pages. Published by Hal Leonard - Digital Sheet M...
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By Nat "King" Cole. C Instruments. Film/TV; Jazz; Love; Standards. Leadsheet (melody/chords only). 1 pages. Published by Hal Leonard - Digital Sheet Music
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Penthouse Serenade
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Penthouse Serenade
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By Nat "King" Cole. C Instruments. Jazz; Standards. Leadsheet (melody/chords only). 1 pages. Published by Hal Leonard - Digital Sheet Music...
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By Nat "King" Cole. C Instruments. Jazz; Standards. Leadsheet (melody/chords only). 1 pages. Published by Hal Leonard - Digital Sheet Music
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Lua Nascente
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Lua Nascente
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Solo Guitar - Level 5 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1260598 By Leo Costa. By Marina Oliveira de Santana / Leonardo Costa Dela Coleta. Arranged by Leo Costa....
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Solo Guitar - Level 5 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1260598 By Leo Costa. By Marina Oliveira de Santana / Leonardo Costa Dela Coleta. Arranged by Leo Costa. Classical,Contemporary,Jazz,Latin,Multicultural,World. Individual part. 4 pages. Leo Costa #853791. Published by Leo Costa (A0.1260598). Lua Nascente is a work for solo guitar which brings deep references to Brazilian regional rhythms such as ijexá, maracatu and baião.The original and virtuoso arrangement, written by the artist himself, brings references from popular music closer to the erudite universe without losing the connection with the lyrical narrative that makes it sound like a song. Influenced by great names in Brazilian guitar such as João Pernambuco, Garoto and Paulo Bellinati, Leo Costa proposes his own look at the instrument. It brings complex sonority due to the diversity of elements worked on the same instrument. Starting with low dynamics, full of natural harmonics, the music gradually grows and shows the clearest and strongest notes, reaching the fortissimo at its peak, to fall again afterwards, bringing precisely the figurative sense of a nocturnal trip/journey, with ups and downs, in the light of an imaginary moon that illuminates the Brazilian hinterland and our interior.The music follows unusual paths but at the same time brings constancy in the repetitive marking of the bass, proposing to be a reduced form of the rhythmic orchestra of an ijexá.
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Élégie
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Francis Bebey
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Ingrid Riollot
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Guitar - Intermediate - Digital Download SKU: ZY.DO-1522 Composed by Francis Bebey. Arranged by Ingrid Riollot. Score. 5 pages. Les Editions Doberman-Ypp...
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Guitar - Intermediate - Digital Download SKU: ZY.DO-1522 Composed by Francis Bebey. Arranged by Ingrid Riollot. Score. 5 pages. Les Editions Doberman-Yppan (digital) #DO 1522. Published by Les Editions Doberman-Yppan (digital) (ZY.DO-1522). Francis Bebey est né à Douala en juillet 1929, dans une grande famille où son père, pasteur, luttait pour nourrir ses enfants. Mais Francis a eu l'opportunité d'aller à l'école. Admirant son frère aîné, Marcel Eyidi Bebey, il s'est éduqué, s'est distingué, et a finalement reçu une bourse pour passer son baccalauréat en France.Nous approchions de la fin des années 1950 lorsqu'il est arrivé à La Rochelle. Plus que jamais, dans cette France où les Africains étaient regardés avec curiosité, condescendance ou dédain, Francis s'appuyait sur ses ressources intellectuelles. Travailleur assidu, il a obtenu son baccalauréat, puis s'est installé à Paris où il a commencé des études d'anglais à la Sorbonne. Un jour, il a su ce qui l'attirait vraiment : il voulait faire de la radio. Francis a appris son métier en France et aux Ã?tats-Unis.Après avoir travaillé quelques années comme reporter, il a été embauché en 1961 en tant que fonctionnaire international au Département de l'information de l'UNESCO.Parallèlement, Francis a toujours été attiré par la création musicale. Son activité diurne très sérieuse ne l'empêchait pas de fréquenter les clubs de jazz le soir. Ã? Paris, le jazz, la musique à la mode à cette époque, mais aussi la rumba et la salsa l'attiraient. Il collectionnait les disques et assistait à de nombreux concerts. Avec son complice Manu Dibango, Francis montait sur scène et jouait de la musique.Francis aimait la musique classique depuis son enfance. Il avait grandi en écoutant les cantates et les oratorios de Bach ou Handel que son père chantait au temple. Il s'est passionné pour la guitare, impressionné par les maîtres espagnols et sud-américains, et a décidé d'apprendre à jouer de l'instrument lui-même.Il a commencé à composer des pièces pour guitare, mêlant les diverses influences qui le traversaient avec la musique traditionnelle africaine qu'il portait en lui depuis son enfance. Son approche a captivé le directeur du Centre culturel américain (alors situé dans le quartier de Saint-Germain à Paris), qui lui a offert l'opportunité de se produire devant un public. Francis y a donné son premier récital de guitare (1963) devant un public hypnotisé. Son premier album solo est sorti peu de temps après.Progressivement, Francis est devenu reconnu comme musicien et compositeur. Plusieurs albums de l'ambassadeur africain de la guitare, comme le décrivait la presse, sont sortis. Il a également écrit des livres, au point que sa carrière artistique est devenue difficile à concilier avec sa carrière de fonctionnaire. En 1974, même s'il était devenu le directeur général chargé de la musique à l'UNESCO, il a fait le saut audacieux et a démissionné de cette prestigieuse institution pour se consacrer aux trois activités qui l'intéressaient : la musique, la littérature et le journalisme.Il a exploré le patrimoine musical traditionnel du continent africain, notamment à travers le piano à pouce sanza et la musique polyphonique des pygmées d'Afrique centrale, ou en chantant dans sa langue maternelle et en composant des chansons humoristiques en français !Le succès a suivi. Francis Bebey a parcouru le monde : de la France au Brésil, du Cameroun à la Suède, de l'Allemagne aux Caraïbes, ou du Maroc au Japon... la liste des pays où il a été invité à se produire, à donner des conférences ou à rencontrer des lecteurs est très longue. En plus de la reconnaissance publique, il bénéficiait de la reconnaissance de ses collègues musiciens, tels que le guitariste John Williams ou le Vénézuélien Antonio Lauro, qui l'ont invité à faire partie du jury d'un concours de guitare classique à Caracas.Sa vie était le voyage d'un pionnier africain, un homme enraciné dans son patrimoine culturel et portant un message de partage et d'espoir pour le monde. Son originalité continue de résonner dans le monde entier depuis son décès à la fin du mois de mai 2001.Francis Bebey was born in Douala in July 1929, into a large family where his father, a pastor, struggled to feed his children. But Francis had the opportunity to go to school. Admiring his elder brother, Marcel Eyidi Bebey, he educated himself, distinguished himself, and eventually received a scholarship to go and take his baccalaureate in France.We approached the end of the 1950s when he arrived in La Rochelle. More than ever, in this France where Africans were looked at with curiosity, condescension, or disdain, Francis relied on his intellectual resources. A diligent worker, he obtained his Baccalaureate, then moved to Paris where he started English studies at the Sorbonne. One day, he knew what truly attracted him: he wanted to do radio. Francis learned his craft in France and in the USA.After working for a few years as a reporter, he was hired in 1961 as an international civil servant in the UNESCO Information Department.In parallel, Francis had always been drawn to musical creation. His very serious daytime activity didnâ??t prevent him from frequenting jazz clubs in the evenings. In Paris, the Jazz, the trendy music of that time, but also rumba and salsa attracted him. He collected records and attended numerous concerts. With his accomplice Manu Dibango, Francis took the stage and played music.Francis liked classical music since his childhood. He grew up listening to the cantatas and oratorios of Bach or Handel that his father had sung in the temple. He became passionate about the guitar, impressed by the Spanish and South American masters, and decided to learn to strum the instrument himself.He started composing guitar pieces, blending the various influences that flow through him with the traditional African music he had carried within since childhood. His approach captivated the director of the American Cultural Center (then located in the Saint-Germain neighborhood of Paris), who offered him the opportunity to perform in front of an audience. Francis gave his first guitar recital there (1963) in front of a mesmerized audience. His first solo album was released shortly thereafter.Gradually, Francis became recognized as a musician and composer. Several albums of the African guitar ambassador, as described by the press, were released. He also wrote books, to the point that his artistic career became challenging to reconcile with his career as a civil servant. In 1974, even though he had become the General Manager in charge of music at UNESCO, he took the bold leap and resigned from this prestigious institution to dedicated himself to the three activities that interested him: music, literature, and journalism. He explored the traditional musical heritage of the African continent, notably through the thumb piano sanza, and the polyphonic music of the Central African pygmies, or singing in his native language and composing humoristic songs in French!Success followed. Francis Bebey traveled the world: from France to Brazil, Cameroon to Sweden, Germany to the Carribean, or Morocco to Japan... the list of countries where he was invited to perform, gives lectures, or meets readers is very long. In addition to public recognition, he enjoyed the recognition of his fellow musicians, such as guitarist John Williams or Venezuelan Antonio Lauro, who invited him to be a part of the jury for a classical guitar competition in Caracas.His life was the journey of an African pioneer, a man rooted in his cultural heritage and carrying a message of sharing and hope for the world. His originality continues to vibrate around the world since his passing at the end of May 2001.
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Solo Guitar - Digital Download SKU: A0.833072 By Natalie Cole. By Bert Kaempfert and Milt Gabler. Arranged by Mike West. Jazz,Soul. Individual part. 4 pa...
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Solo Guitar - Digital Download SKU: A0.833072 By Natalie Cole. By Bert Kaempfert and Milt Gabler. Arranged by Mike West. Jazz,Soul. Individual part. 4 pages. Kicker Productions Ltd. #5998397. Published by Kicker Productions Ltd. (A0.833072). This is a single part for a Kicker Productions arrangement of this song. The sheet music is arranged to be used alongside our premium backing tracks and click tracks.
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