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COWKEEPER'S TUNE (TV's Woodentops theme) - 4 GUITARS/LARGE ENSEMBLE
For Classical or Acoustic Guitar - sometimes it's erroneously listed here as Electric Guitar.
Derek Hasted writes "This arrangement is taken from a String Nonet version (2 first violins, 2 second violins, 2 violas, 2 cellos and 1 double bass).
It makes a great quartet for a guitar ensemble of modest ability, and those with more experience will be able to generate a wonderful soundscape with a rich clear overall sound.
The pitch range of the original has to be compressed onto the pitch range of a guitar ensemble and Ive achieved this by raising the lower voices, rather than altering the top voice, where the piece calls for a lighter texture.
The dynamics of the original are retained in my arrangement, but the fingering is left to the players... Playing the lower parts up the neck will give a rich, cello-like, sound, but a first position performance will be robust and will use many familiar guitar shapes.
This is a charming, gentle, pastoral piece and the sweet sound of the guitar suits it well.
Those UK players of a certain age might just remember that this music introduced The Woodentops, a childrens string-puppet TV series which ran in black and white from 1955 till 1957, and was regularly repeated until 1973.
I hope you enjoy playing this piece!"
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.
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