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Sheet Music

Circle 6251
-F. Davies

This is an MP4 file generated by the computer for a chord progression of 6 2 5 1 where it modulates each time around until covering all 12 keys. As the progression gets to the 2 chord the second time around it treats it like it was the 5 chord of a key a 5th higher.

This is a great practice piece for both comping basic 4 voice chords as well as soloing over them.

Click on the images to open in another window or download them. You have our permission to use them for practice or teaching. Students may also want to extend the chords to more voices or write in lead melodies.

  

Rachmaninoff Opus 3 Number 2 (The "Fate" Prelude)
-F. Davies



At the time I transcribed this reduction for classical guitar, I had just started my formal studies at Virtuoso Studios. Such is how I learned, by jumping in over my head and just going for it. Originally in the key of C-sharp minor, I transposed it to the key of E-minor to take advantage of the low E string and not having to drop it down to a C, and reduced the total number of notes to something playable on guitar.

The copy below was created recently using MuseScore3 from the original score I wrote in 1994.

The MP4 was created using the same program. It may help in learning the piece, but note that it doesn't include the dynamics one would expect in a performance. Likewise the rhythm is stiff and remains slow going into the Agitato triplets when it should speed up considerably and almost double in tempo. This slower tempo might actually help in trying to learn it.
Click below for full version PDF files, one with TAB and one with just notes.
Note: There are no dynamic markings in the tab version and as it was automatically created by MuseScore may need to be edited in some places.
Also note that is not really a beginner's piece, ...although I hate to place any limitations on anyone.



Click below for individual sheets of the score without tab.

Bagatelle No. 25 in A minor - Ludwig van Beethoven
-F. Davies
This is one of Beethoven's best known and loved pieces. Often cited as a beginner's piece, its beauty is nonetheless undaunted by this simplicity. I have transcribed it only in part, and with the aim of providing it for the more novice players, perhaps only a year into their studies.

Most well known as Fur Elise, it was originally in the key of A minor. I transposed it to the key of D minor to take advantage of drop D tuning (where the 6th string is tuned down to a D) to honor the original score's ascending arpeggio often lost in other transcriptions. I've also changed it from 16th notes to quarter notes to make it easier for the beginner to read.

The MP4 was created using Musescore3 also used for the printing. It lacks as a listenable work but is intended to help in learning the piece, but note that it doesn't include the dynamics one would expect in a performance. Likewise the rhythm is stiff and the tempo slower than it is normally performed at.

Click below to download the two TAB version pages.

 Click below to download the single page score, notes only.