Name: Take The Long Way Home (arr. Derek Hasted) by Supertramp Guitar Ensemble Digital Sheet Music
Brand: Derek Hasted
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Take The Long Way Home (arr. Derek Hasted)
by Supertramp Guitar Ensemble - Digital Sheet Music

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Product Details

Title Take The Long Way Home (arr. Derek Hasted)

Artist Supertramp

Score Type

PDF, Included with PASS

Composer Roger Hodgson Rick Davies

Arranger Derek Hasted

Format Digital Sheet Music

Pages 24

Arrangement Guitar Ensemble

Publisher Derek Hasted

Level 3

Product ID 894244

Genre Pop Rock

Instruments Guitar

Product Description

TAKE THE LONG WAY HOME (Supertramp) - 4 GUITARS/LARGE ENSEMBLE
For Classical or Acoustic Guitar - sometimes it's erroneously listed here as Electric Guitar.

Derek Hasted writes "This is an arrangement for 4 guitars (or a large ensemble) of Supertramps 'Take The Long Way Home'.

The original is nothing less than spectacular, running for a full 5 minutes with verse, chorus and instrumental breaks, and utilising rich orchestration and texture. Ive captured all of the material in my arrangement, changing the key just slightly so that the shapes and melody are comfortable, and simplifying one or two non-guitar-friendly progressions in the breaks. The bass-line and harmony are close to the original. Guitar 4 could be played an octave lower on a contra guitar, although Ive used subharmonics in the opening to give the illusion of a deeper bass than a guitar can manage.

In order to make the piece music-stand-friendly, Ive needed to use repeat marks meaning that the second verse has the same bass-line as the first, but a simple change in volume will provide a suitable feeling of "building" as the piece progresses. The opening section needs to imitate the indefinite sustain of high-pitched violins. By using harmonics across all four parts, and interleaving the repetitions, we can get a convincing sustain (or plucking at random times across the parts, or even a tremolo would also create the illusion of indefinite sustain). But if it doesnt work in your ensemble, simply start the piece at "A" and omit all harmonics from that point onwards.

My arrangement will suit an intermediate ensemble. Parts 3 and 4 are slightly easier, but skilled players on these lines can make magic happen by a confident use of articulation to shape the musics texture.

I hope you enjoy performing this!"

This is one of a large and growing range of accessible ensembles from experienced arranger Derek Hasted, and is supplied as full score and parts. Derek's website at www.derek-hasted.co.uk/smp lists all his arrangements by title and by "number of instruments", with links to soundclips and sample score.

This product was created by a member of ArrangeMe, Hal Leonard's global self-publishing community of independent composers, arrangers, and songwriters. ArrangeMe allows for the publication of unique arrangements of both popular titles and original compositions from a wide variety of voices and backgrounds.