Name: Uptown Girl (arr. Derek Hasted) by Billy Joel Guitar Ensemble Digital Sheet Music
Brand: Derek Hasted
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Uptown Girl (arr. Derek Hasted)
by Billy Joel Guitar Ensemble - Digital Sheet Music

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Product Details

Title Uptown Girl (arr. Derek Hasted)

Artist Billy Joel

Score Type

PDF, Included with PASS

Composer Billy Joel

Arranger Derek Hasted

Format Digital Sheet Music

Pages 24

Arrangement Guitar Ensemble

Publisher Derek Hasted

Level 2

Product ID 894196

Genre Pop Contemporary

Instruments Guitar

Product Description

UPTOWN GIRL - THREE or FOUR GUITARS or LARGE ENSEMBLE
For Classical or Acoustic Guitar - sometimes it's erroneously listed here as Electric Guitar.

Derek Hasted writes "This very playable but satisfying arrangement suits 3 guitars, 4 guitars or (even better!) a large ensemble.

This is a piece that's full of hidden gems...

For an audience it's absolutely full of uplifting key changes - not just one on the last chorus!
This arrangement starts in A, but visits the keys of F, C, D and E more than once, and each one seems to lift the mood yet higher. And then there's a gentle fade away to a quiet finish.

For an adult trio, it's an easy rhythmic crowd-pleaser that any audience will like. Each line has its own contribution to the overall big wall of toe-tapping sound.

For a guitar teacher, it's a great exercise in rhythm and a chance to show students the half-diminished chord (the m7b5) and the poignancy of the flattened ninth. And indeed to remind them that there's more to good music than just three chords!

For a school teacher, this trio comes with a potential life-saver - there's a second version of the Guitar 2 part that is split into two separate parts - 2a and 2b. These parts are ideal for a mixed ability ensemble where one or two players are new starters with guitar (yes, the Guitar 2b part really is that easy!)

So play as a trio or a quartet - the choice is yours, and rest assured that an ensemble of widely differing abilities will be able to tackle it to great effect.

I hope you enjoy this piece as much as my adult Guitar Workshop ensemble does!"

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.