Barry Galbraith Chord Melody Arrangements

[Mick-7]

This is great but I do hope it's the first and last concert at which he wore that sport jacket:

[mikeSF]

This is great but I do hope it's the first and last concert at which he wore that sport jacket:

I wish I could say that was true... he may have been buried in it, but don't quote me on that.

[Question]

Ok, I thought that I was finished with these Barry Galbraith arrangements, but I ended up learning one more. (there are 5 other videos on page 8 of this thread)

I often record, and sometimes film, parts of my practice sessions to get a critical perspective of my playing, then decide if it makes sense to post the video on the forum.

Is anyone actually interested in this stuff?

Anyway, here is Barry's arrangement of "A Certain Smile" played verbatim from the Mel Bay book.

Sorry about the video quality; I have a very old phone and no proper lighting!

[Mick-7]

Anyway, here is Barry's arrangement of "A Certain Smile" played verbatim from the Mel Bay book.

Really, that's "verbatim"? I'll have to look at that arrangement.

Sorry about the video quality; I have a very old phone and no proper lighting!

With the right backdrop, we would've thought you were playing in a smoky jazz club.

[mikeSF]

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Anyway, here is Barry's arrangement of "A Certain Smile...

I was traveling for the holidays and just catching up on the thread. This video is marvelous. Excellent playing. Thanks for sharing.

[Question]

@mikeSF
Thanks, I have posted five more videos of Barry's arrangements on page 8 of this thread.
I enjoyed your videos as well.

A Certain Smile is one of the easier of Barry's arrangements to play, but unfortunately the PDF copy of the book has several mistakes (which were corrected in the Mel Bay version).
Give it a go!

[sgcim]

I was traveling for the holidays and just catching up on the thread. This video is marvelous. Excellent playing. Thanks for sharing.

I heard some of your stuff on You Tube. Great version of "Yardbird Suite!"!
Do you still have a Sakashta?
Have you checked out any Jersey Girls?
Are any of their models good for jazz?

[mikeSF]

I took the Galbraith "Darn That Dream" I posted a few weeks back and dressed it up a bit. This is me playing the Taku Sakashta 7-String.

I combined elements from Joe Pass, Tuck Andress, Julian Lage, and George Shearing, in case any of that sounds familiar. On a dare, I also worked in Stairway To Heaven, so watch for that(it's at 1:35).
Cheers!

[mikeSF]

I heard some of your stuff on You Tube. Great version of "Yardbird Suite!"!
Do you still have a Sakashta?
Have you checked out any Jersey Girls?
Are any of their models good for jazz?

aw thanks so much! Funny you should ask about the Sakashta - just for you, it came out of the vault.
I don't know what Jersey Girl is, sorry.

[sgcim]

I took the Galbraith "Darn That Dream" I posted a few weeks back and dressed it up a bit. This is me playing the Taku Sakashta 7-String.

I combined elements from Joe Pass, Tuck Andress, Julian Lage, and George Shearing, in case any of that sounds familiar. On a dare, I also worked in Stairway To Heaven, so watch for that(it's at 1:35).
Cheers!

Fantastic ideas, guitar, and playing! I love those slap harmonic chords! How the hell do you do them? I was watching you do them on Yardbird Suite, and I knew you were doing a turnaround- c6/9 Ebdim7 or D7 Dm7 and G6, but I started banging my strings 12 frets above and nothing came out! is it a Tuck thing?
Judging by the guitars you've got, I guess you started out with that duo you did with that female singer, then got into the Silicon Valley scene, made a few miill., retired young, and now you just hang out with your family (like a good Italian boy), and play musicals to kill the time.
Tell us the MikeSF story- who did you study with, did you make any CDs,etc...
Jersey Girl is a Japanese family that makes guitars based on the principles they learned from Taku Here's a link:
JERSEY GIRL homemade guitars/STILL LIFE

[Mick-7]

I love those slap harmonic chords! How the hell do you do them? .... is it a Tuck thing?

Yes.... but notice that Mike's cat disappeared as soon as he recognized he'd be playing them - cats absolutely despise them!

[sgcim]

Yes.... but notice that Mike's cat disappeared as soon as he recognized he'd be playing them - cats absolutely despise them!

We should have reminded Mike to get the cat out of the room.
Hey Mike, youse guys better show those Eagles who is boss today. The traitor (Saquan) must be punished!

[mikeSF]

We should have reminded Mike to get the cat out of the room...

Yes.... but notice that Mike's cat disappeared as soon as he recognized he'd be playing them - cats absolutely despise them!

I also play clarinet and our two cats absolutely hate when i play the altissimo notes. They literally start crying. I feel bad, but it hurts my ears too, i tell them. So when the guitar comes out, they much prefer it.

[mikeSF]

Fantastic ideas, guitar, and playing! I love those slap harmonic chords! How the hell do you do them? I was watching you do them on Yardbird Suite, and I knew you were doing a turnaround- c6/9 Ebdim7 or D7 Dm7 and G6, but I started banging my strings 12 frets above and nothing came out! is it a Tuck thing?
Judging by the guitars you've got, I guess you started out with that duo you did with that female singer, then got into the Silicon Valley scene, made a few miill., retired young, and now you just hang out with your family (like a good Italian boy), and play musicals to kill the time.
Tell us the MikeSF story- who did you study with, did you make any CDs,etc...
Jersey Girl is a Japanese family that makes guitars based on the principles they learned from Taku Here's a link:
JERSEY GIRL homemade guitars/STILL LIFE

I checkout Jersey Girls HG and they look beautiful, each its own piece of art. I did recognize 4 of Taku's stylistic elements evident in his designs which shows his influence, but JG is its own thing and very creative.

Yes, the slap harmonics for me are 50% Tuck and 50% Eddie VH(chk out the midsection of "Dance The Night Away"). Best for chords shaped in a straight line, I line up the outside of my index finger and make sure it hits hard perfectly over the fret. Don't be crooked or you wont get all the notes to ring. That set on Yarbird is admittedly beyond the scope of this thread, but it looks like this:

[mikeSF]

Judging by the guitars you've got, I guess you started out with that duo you did with that female singer, then got into the Silicon Valley scene, made a few miill., retired young, and now you just hang out with your family (like a good Italian boy), and play musicals to kill the time.
Tell us the MikeSF story- who did you study with//

nope nothing like that. I'm not even Italian, lol. Around 2004, I totaled my new car and took the entire insurance settlement check and bought a used Benedetto Manhattan which was the greatest guitar I had ever experienced. After that, kinda re prioritized everything else in life to favor having nice guitars. My day job is in medical sales and have been laid off for multiple years at a time, where I may sell off guitars to pay the bills.

[sgcim]

nope nothing like that. I'm not even Italian, lol. Around 2004, I totaled my new car and took the entire insurance settlement check and bought a used Benedetto Manhattan which was the greatest guitar I had ever experienced. After that, kinda re prioritized everything else in life to favor having nice guitars. My day job is in medical sales and have been laid off for multiple years at a time, where I may sell off guitars to pay the bills.

So much for my deductive skills. Sorry to hear about your bad luck in the medical sales field. Hope things pick up.
But at least I got the part right about you being a superb player with fantastic time and frightening prowess at chord to chord movement,

[mikeSF]

So much for my deductive skills. Sorry to hear about your bad luck in the medical sales field. Hope things pick up.
But at least I got the part right about you being a superb player with fantastic time and frightening prowess at chord to chord movement,

still no, but I'm gonna let it slide.thanks for the compliments.

[Sigmund451]

Cool file. I downloaded it for later. Im just not ready for this yet. I can read but chords are a challege. If you ever put it to tab I would be thrilled just to have the chords in tab within the measures. The rest would follow pretty reasonably.

If not I will address it at a later date.

thanks!

[mikeSF]

Cool file. I downloaded it for later. Im just not ready for this yet. I can read but chords are a challege. If you ever put it to tab I would be thrilled just to have the chords in tab within the measures. The rest would follow pretty reasonably.

If not I will address it at a later date.

thanks!

Are you replying to the first page where they posted Barry Galbraith 42 Chord Melody Arrangements book in notation? Several subsequent posts show there are some tab resources available to help with these arrangements not limited to two Mel Bay books.. Let's get you some tab.

[mikeSF]

Yes.... but notice that Mike's cat disappeared as soon as he recognized he'd be playing them - cats absolutely despise them!

I just watched this and he is so brilliant. Thanks for sharing it Mick-7.
The SLAP HARMONICS is at 26:00 if anyone wants to go right to it.