Sheet Music Looking for Cafe 1930 alto sax & guitar?

[mizmar]

Here's a guitar part -wind.
Any good? I haven't the ears to tell which key; same as post #14?

View: https://youtu.be/xkhhyxLA5oM

 

[Eulipion2]

The sheet music shown in the video, and what’s available if you follow the link in the video description, seems to be concert e minor, so that’d work. $20 for the backing track, $8 for each lead sheet (C, F, Bb, Eb.) So a minimum of $28, and I have a hunch the arranger probably didn’t secure the rights to publish his arrangement (transcriptions) of the work. At least by purchasing the official copy you get the entire “Histoire du Tango” as opposed to one movement, but I no backing track.

 

[mizmar]

but I no backing track.

Thanks.

One could mix an match, I guess.

Thanks to the OP for interesting ideas.
Helloooo @Elisa ? Still here?

 

[PiccoloPirate]

The backing track and the one in post #14, start on an open E string.
The difference might be, that the one in #14, is a Torres or Hauser, and the other,
a bolt on neck Fender.

 

[mizmar]

Torres or Hauser, and the other,
a bolt on neck Fender

Ah, that explains it!

I've no idea what you just said. Is it some kinda geeeetar lingo?



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I'd be curious if the "backing" arrangement and the Histoire du Tango arrangement stay aligned all the way through.
That's idle curiosity - I wouldn't expect anyone to check.

 

[MikeMorrell]

Gosh, challenging!

View: https://youtu.be/ZK5y3PmhEFg

I haven't read the rest of the thread yet, but this is the first time I've heard the tune. I absolutely loved both the tune and the performance! Thanks for sharing this!

 

[mizmar]

. I absolutely loved both the tune and the performance!

Well, it was the OP who did the introduction, I just contributed a bit of googlefoo

 

[MikeMorrell]

View: https://youtu.be/76IF6aVQH44

What a wonderful guitar arrangement! Back in the day when I (amateurishly) played classical guitar, I would have spent hours, weeks and months learning to play somewhere close to this arrangement.

Funnily enough, this was a jarring reminder of the fact that 'back in the day' I spent many more hours a day/week learning and practicing classical guitar pieces than the time I've ever spent on practicing sax 🙁. Then again, I've had much more enjoyment and made many more social connections from playing sax in bands than I ever did 'learning classical guitar' at home.

 

[MikeMorrell]

Just my humble 2 cts (as an ex-guitarist and tenor sax player):
- yes, a 'comfortable transposition' for both alt sax and guitar could work well
- an 'uncomfortable transposition' for either or both would IMHO become difficult
- I've never played alt sax, so I have no idea which transpositions would be 'comfortable' or 'uncomfortable'
- Long ago - as an amateur - I played classical guitar; I'm sure professional guitarists can quite easily switch to whatever transposition they're faced with. With or without the use of a capo. As an amatuer (even using a capo), I used the 'keyboard inlays' as a guide.
- Guitar 'keyboard inlays' are - just for orientation - pretty much always placed on the 5th (4th interval), 7th (5th interval), 9th and 12th (octave interval) frets; so that guitarists know where they are on the fretboard
- transposition of chords and chord-related 'embellishments' usually present no problems; a guitarist can either just 'shift frets' or use a capo
- transposing a more complicated classical piece (or accompaniment) presents IMHO a great challenge for guitarists; firstly their practiced 'patterns' may no longer work so well on the transposed pieces; secondly (depending on the transposition) they may lose the usual 'keyboard inlays' as orientation keys' and thirdly (especially with a capo), their usual 'feel' for the keyboard (the different stretches between frets may be different; just as a violinist or cellist would need to 'adjust to playing with a capo).
- I truly believe that most amateur classical guitarists and sax players can adapt to 'transpositions'

My takeaway point is that both the solo player and the accompanist should together work out which 'transposition' works out best for both of them.