This is Ed Gerhard's very nice arrangement of "Moon River" by Henry Mancini from the film "Breakfast at Tiffany's" played on a Collings CJ:

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=CuecT0KtxIQ

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Beautiful! What a nice way to start my morning. Thanks!

B

Great song. Well done.

redavide: First, just angelic playing and tone.... wow. Next: is that standard tuning? And how is this recorded? thanks. My band did a sloppy version of this song (Cmaj7 to start with), but not even in the same universe as what you're doing with it. But I do have a CJ, so that's a start. Please share your wisdom, sire. thanks tom

Thanks for the comments.

Sonoman, tuning is standard with the low E tuned down to C, in this case capo at the 4th fret. I recorded in mono with an Audio Technica 4050CM5 condenser mic through a old Sony Digital 8 camera (digital tape). There's no compression, no EQ, no mixing, no anything except for a bit of reverb on the recorded signal (ie: wasn't added).

It's archaic, but it's still good enough for Youtube.

If you need the sheet music for this arrangement, send me a PM and I'll send it to you.

Oh yeah, one other thing -- if you need any inspiration, watch Audrey Hepburn in Breakfast at Tiffany's:
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=BOByH_iOn88

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Yep, if Audrey as Holly Golightly doesn't inspire you, time for the autopsy. If, by sheet music, you mean standard notation, I'm afraid I only read that on the clarinet. A long, long time ago. Otherwise, it's tab or charts. I used to fiddle around in open C, so let me drop that bottom string two steps and see what happens. If you have tab, I'm a ready teddy. thanks tom

The transcription I have is both musical notation and tab . . . If you want me to send it, let me know your e-mail address.

Redavide, beautiful playing, really enjoyed it. If you wouldn't mind sending me sheet music, I'd really appreciate it. I'll send you my e-mail address. Thanks very much and, again, great playing.

Jim

How about supporting the artists who wrote or arranged the pieces you want to learn instead of looking for unauthorized feebies?

http://www.virtuerecords.com/Merchant/Merchant2/merchan...&Category_Code=BOOKS

Rick

You can also download an "authorized" version of the transcript from www.musicnotes.com for a fee, which is where I got mine (don't ask me how much, or if, they pay Ed Gerhard).

In any case, playing Gerhard's arrangement, sharing a few copies of the transcript for completely non-commercial (is "educational" going too far?) purposes so a few more people will play it, so a few more will hear, it and so on and so forth, hopefully will have a supportive effect on the authors.