Vision Music

[Mark]

Fellow Guitarists,

Well, from the lack of activity here I guess I'm the only one in this forum who is arranging standards and recording on a regular basis. In fact, I've actually arranged countless tunes for solo guitar in a wide variety of styles over many years, and am pretty much a self-taught arranger who has learned by the seat of his pants in taking on great tunes with classic melodies, plus observing what others have done (much like improvising).

In either case, I just uploaded this recent recording of Moon River by Henry Mancini, one of my favorite tunes. It was done fingerstyle on a nylon-string classical guitar. Rubato ("free time") with an intro and ending that both feature turnaround sequences w/subs. Modest licks/fills throughout, but nothing to detract from the beautiful melody itself.

Hope all of you enjoy it and if you have questions regarding arranging or performance, fire away. More to come...

- Mark
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[Larry_DC]

That sounds so good on the nylon string guitar. I wonder if you could explain how you go about arranging a song. I think a lot of us tend to follow the chords and try ti fit the melody in. I find that if I play the melody first, then go about adding bass and harmony it's a more fruitful exercise.

[Mark]

[Bob Parsons]

One. I love that song. It goes back to my childhood hearing my mom sing along with tunes like that. Two, As a side note, one of my students is Perry Como's nephew! Anyway, Three, one thing that always killed me about Tal Farlow was his intros. And Mark, your intro and ending on this tune confirms that those two parts of the song are perhaps the most important. Thanks a mil for sharing that one.

[Mark]

[Dean]

I am just now learning intros and endings.They make a great place to add your flavor to a song.Fills are another place for putting your sig on a piece of music.I ,too ,like the melody of a song when playing.I guess I just like notes better then chords,now more then before,because I am reading better.It is cool to do both,because you can really tweek a song knowing it inside and out.JMO
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[thaydon]

[Mark]

[thaydon]

Mark;

yes, i use thirds, and i also play it using 10ths, using the 6th and 3rd strings going up the neck etc. the key of A makes it possible to hit the five chord E7th and take the B on the 6th string and glide it all the way down to the open E 6th string.
Thanks for the ideas on the other tunes.
I also want to eventually work on blue moon with a walking baseline like i saw tommy emmanuel do in concert!
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sincerely yours,

Todd

[Mark]