Product Description
Key: C Major
Pages: 2
1. Arranged for guitar
2. Chord names that are unique and take part writing into consideration
3. Guitar chord diagrams
4. Guitar fingerings and slurs
5. Fonts made larger and more appealing
6. Letter names inside of note heads
7. Guitar tablature with rhythm
8. Engraved to make phrases obvious
History:
1. Written for the 1939 film "The Wizard of Oz."
2. The song won the Academy Award for Best Original Song in 1940.
3. In 2001, the Recording Industry Association of America and the National Endowment for the Arts named it the number one song of the 20th century.
4. The American Film Institute also ranked it as the greatest movie song of all time.
Tips:
1. Even though the sheet music makes the notes look very vertical, and the sample audio plays quick strums, a slower, raked strum is suitable for a lot of moments that need the extra grace.
2. Perhaps the 1st and 2nd ending could use an imperfect C Major chord rather than a perfect cadence. This helps prevent the audience from clapping too soon.
3. When I get to the 8th notes in m. 10, I picture a bird fluttering, which is why I added so many slurs.
4. In m. 6 with the Dm(add9)/A chord, you can include the thinnest string open E and it will sound even more magical, perfect for word painting when the 2nd verse says "dream". I notated this in the chord diagram but no where else; I didn't want to obscure the main melody by putting an E higher than the melody in.
5. Similar to the last tip, I've noticed I can break the rule of having a chord note being higher than melody, if it is only higher by a minor 2nd or major 2nd (very close by). I believe you can break this rule even more if someone is singing; their singing is making what song it is really obvious, so the guitar doesn't have to try so hard mimic the melody exactly.
6. I see publishers typically add a whole note for the last note of a phrase such as at m. 23. I turned what was originally a whole note there into a dotted half to help make it obvious that the phrase/sentence is over, and it's time to breathe in, either literally or as a musical metaphor. I often do this in other pieces of music, where I shorten values and add a rest, and the rest not only means silence, but it has a more hidden meaning to me that it is the end of phrase. This is what it means to me to be a good arranger/engraver/editor, that just how things are laid out are intuitive. Another example of this is that each system line is 4 measures, and 4 measures is a very common length for a phrase.
7. This is rather sophisticated for a children's song, so there is no shame in doing the main melody alone a view times, or chords alone a view times. It certaintly takes a few years of guitar practice do play the melody and chords simultaneously.
8. The B7/F# in m. 11 differs from the original which was D Major I believe. Measures 16-20 differ a little bit in harmony from the original.
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