Product Description
Scarborough Fair - arranged for solo guitar by Dan Jones
This download includes
two versions of the score: one with notes only and the second, notes with TAB
below. Full fingering suggestions (as used by the arranger) are given.
Scarborough Fair is a much-loved
traditional English ballad, the text of which dates back to medieval times. It
has been recorded many times by contemporary artists, most famously, Simon and
Garfunkel.
In making this
arrangement I am attempting to create a work suitable for the more-advanced or
concert player. My intention has been to use the original theme to construct a
piece with structure and harmonic depth.
Scarborough Fair is
composed in the beautiful, ambient Dorian mode. It is firstly presented in A
Dorian and midway, modulates to D Dorian before returning to the original mode
with a coda. By adjusting the sixth degree of the scale the theme is also heard
in Aeolian mode.
I am excited at the
idea of using well-known themes to create a concert repertoire suitable for all
environments and which will appeal to guitarists and non-guitarists alike.
I have also tried
performing the piece with a capo placed at the second fret when I have felt my
programme needed more harmonic variety.
A film and recording
of me performing the arrangement can be found in the link given on this page or
at danjonesguitarist.com.
I hope very much you enjoy playing
Scarborough Fair.
danjonesguitarist.com
danjonesauthor.com
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