Don't Know Why - Norah Jones

[sharpeleven]

Thanks Ben, very nice of you to say so. I think everybody has a different approach to playing and arranging chord melody on the guitar, which is why its so appealing. I am really impressed with the other arrangements I`ve seen on this forum. Many can be played fingerstyle and plectrum style, whilst mine is really a fingerstyle piece. I`m new to this site too. It took me ages to transcribe my "head" arrangement of Don`t Know Why on sibelius. Gave me a real headache! I only did it in answer to the question at the top of this thread. What are your favourite tunes in this style?

Cheers, from England

Dave

[Teddyben]

Hi Dave - Thanks for getting back to me. I loved your arrangement because it's concise and states the tune in such a simple way. Often I suppose the simplest things are arrived at only through great effort. It's an irony really and often missed.
I really like Ry Cooder's arrangements of traditional blues and Jamaican tunes. I've seen him a couple of times and would go a long way to see him play in a small intimate type of setting.
I'm loooking for a transcription of Abide With Me as the tune moves me in that same simple sort of way.

Cheers again


Ben

[sharpeleven]

Yeah! I love Ry Cooder too. I recently bought some of his albums on cd to take the place of vinyl ones. Boomer`s Story, Into The Purple Valley, Paradise And Lunch and others. Simply wonderful and totally unpretentious. He even does an astonishing chord melody of a Bix Beiderbeck tune on Jazz. Have you heard that? I reckon he has influenced my playing a lot over the years. Plus he`s an intelligent guy, deep thinker. His slide playing is beautiful. I just found out he`s playing in London and tickets are sold out. How did I miss that?

Abide With Me? That is sung every year at the FA Cup final

[Teddyben]

yeah that's the one. it's hymn containing very poignant changes that do it for me. Yes I love Ry Cooder's slide playing very understated and yet full to the brim. clever guy.

[Oniel]

Dave, I'm also a newbie and really loved our arrangement.

Thanks a lot

[Davel]

Originally Posted by sharpeleven

I`ve played this tune for a few years but getting it on to sibelius was problematic to say the least! It`s a bare bones approximation. Over to fellow guitar players, all the best. ShE

Thanks for posting this! It looks just fine to me!
What a stroke of luck it was to find this forum!- it looks like this is a super spot to find like minds and great ideas and advice!

Dave

[Davel]

Originally Posted by earsoup

in TEF format

drop.io dunnowhy

enjoy, I like this arrangement.
*edited

WOW! Another nice arrangement, and TEF is so cool! (Especially for clumsy slow learners like me!)
Thanks for this!
Dave

[myjazzart]

Transcription chords and melody of Norah Jones version:
Don’t Know Why – Norah Jones | My JazzArt

[VersatileJazzGuitarist]

Originally Posted by TheCat

Check this version out: YouTube - Martin Taylor - Don't Know Why - Harlow 22 June 2008

Wow. I was never much of a MT fan . . . until now!