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I N D I V I D
U A L T R A N S C R I P T I O N S
Each
transcription includes standard notation and
tablature. Playing notes are included as well as
techniques required. All transcriptions are taken
from video or CD recordings and transcribed, then
checked over by Tim for accuracy and playing
notes.
The cost for each title is $10 plus
shipping.
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A V A I L
A B L E T I T L E
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Mississippi
Blues
Arrangement by Tim Sparks
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The
old standard by Willie Moore takes on new life with
Tim's acclaimed arrangement.
You can listen to a version of "Mississippi Blues"
by Tim on Soundclick.
You can watch Tim play it from a concert video on
YouTube.
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Maple Leaf Rag
Arrangement by Tim Sparks
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We
all know there are many arrangements of this tune
out there for guitarists, but you can't go wrong
with this one from Tim.
You can listen to a version of "Maple Leaf Rag" by
Tim on Soundclick.
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Jelly Roll
Blues
Arrangement by Tim Sparks
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This
is a pretty intense arrangement of the New Orleans
style on this classic track.
You can listen to a version of "Jelly Roll Blues"
by Tim on Soundclick.
You can watch Tim play it from a concert video on
YouTube.
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The Victory Rag
Arrangement by Tim Sparks
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The
Victory Rag, made famous by Mother Maybelle Carter,
is a tune Tim cut his teeth on as a young
guitarist. His version has evolved over the years.
This one will keep you on your toes.
You can listen to a version of "Victory Rag" by Tim
on Soundclick.
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Abu's Courtyard
Arrangement by Tim Sparks
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"I learned 'Abu's Courtyard', an Israeli Hasidic
tune associated with Mount Meron, from a version by
Klezmer violinist Yehoshua Rochman."
This sprightly baiao is based on the recorded
version. It does not include the improvised solo on
the recording but is a fun and self-contained
piece. This arrangement includes an interesting
technique of Tim's that can only be described as
"split-barre" chords where the conventional barre
is expanded to cross over a fret.
This transcription is taken from the recording
At The Rebbe's Table (Tzadik Records, (2002)
Tzadik, 61 East Eighth Street, New York NY
10008)
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Beautiful
City
Arrangement by Tim Sparks
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This lovely tune is a nearly a complete re-write on
a theme from a traditional Yeminite song.
"Beautiful City" is in Dropped D tuning.
This transcription is taken from the recording
At The Rebbe's Table (Tzadik Records, (2002)
Tzadik, 61 East Eighth Street, New York NY
10008)
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Todos Si Hueron
by Flory Jagoda
Arrangement by Tim Sparks
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"'Todos Si Hueron' is a Ladino dialect for 'They
Have All Gone'. This is a haunting tune about
Flory's return to her old village decades after the
end of the Second World War. Flory wrote this song
especially for David Harris' group, Voices of
Sepharad.
There are two transcriptions included. One is based
on the recorded version (excluding the ensemble
section) and the other is a simpler, intermediate
level transcription. This transcription is taken
from the recording At The Rebbe's Table
(Tzadik Records, (2002) Tzadik, 61 East Eighth
Street, New York NY 10008)
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Mahshav
by John Zorn
Arrangement by Tim Sparks
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"'Mashav' means Thought. There's a Yiddish
saying, 'Man thinks and God laughs.' This song
shows a quieter, meditative side of the
iconoclastic composer."
This transcription is taken from the recording
At The Rebbe's Table (Tzadik Records, (2002)
Tzadik, 61 East Eighth Street, New York NY
10008)
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One
String Leads to Another
by Tim Sparks
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"Like many songs, this started out as one thing and
wound up as something completely different. First
it was a waltz, but I stumbled on a lick one day
and kept fiddling with it, until the whole piece
was reinvented. Now it's in 4/4 and is a vehicle
for a bunch of twangy riffs mimicking a dobro."
This transcription is taken from the recording
One String Leads to Another (Acoustic Music
Records, Best. Nr. 319.1177.242)
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L'etoile
de Mer
by Tim Sparks
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"The Star Fish, a song started in 1987 and finished
10 years later was inspired by travels in the
countryside around Quiberon, on the coast of
Brittany. My wife and I spent some lovely days
there, meandering about the old Celtic stones in
Carnac. I came home from the market one day to find
the ocean had receded, exposing a long, rocky
outcropping of stone. At the far reach of this
peninsula, I made out the figure of my spouse,
grinning from ear to ear like some kind of tide
pool goddess. Her domain was an enchanting world of
anemones and star fish, and so the title."
This transcription is taken from the recording
One String Leads to Another (Acoustic Music
Records, Best. Nr. 319.1177.242)
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Waltz
with a Mermaid
by Tim Sparks
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"I had in mind an ancestor who got in hot water
with King George the second. He had to leave
England in a hurry, and sailed to Virginia, where
he went to church with George Washington. Later on,
his progeny moved to the Carolinas. I was going for
Celtic nostalgia, a kind of redneck Barry Lyndon
that no doubt exists only in my imagination."
This transcription is taken from the recording
One String Leads to Another (Acoustic Music
Records, Best. Nr. 319.1177.242) with a few minor
changes to reflect Tim's current performance of the
piece.
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M
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Note:
Overseas customers...
there
may be additional shipping charges. We will contact
you when we get your order.
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The Nutcracker book
with transcriptions and tablature - $20.00
by Tim Sparks
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Titles include:
- 1.
Overture
- 2.
March of the Toy Soldiers
- 3.
Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairies
- 4.
Trepack - Cossack Dance
- 5.
Arabian Dance
- 6.
Chinese Dance
- 7.
Dance of the Reed Pipes
- 8.
Waltz of the Flowers
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Balkan Dreams Suite
book with transcriptions and tablature - $20.00
by Tim Sparks
Out of
Stock
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Titles
include:
- 1.
Merak N'Ty Ubana
- 2.
Dimineatsa Dupa Nunta
- 3.
Samiotisa
- 4.
The Blues on Bartok St.
- 5.
Karsilama Interlude
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Chekerjankino
- 7.
Cymbalom Dance
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Gorome
- 9.
U Largove Pa Ba Za
- 10.
Fiddle Melody
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Neshamah book with
transcriptions and tablature - $19.00
by Tim Sparks
Orders
in Europe
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Titles
include:
- 1.
The Baal Shem Tov's Melody
- 2.
Hamisha Asar
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Odessa Mama (Odesa Mame)
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Skrip, Klezmerl Skripe
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Los Caminos de Sirkeci
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Kad Jawajuni
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A Hora Mit Tzibeles
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Viva Orduena
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Quando el Rey Nimrod
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A Leybedike Honga
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The Shoemaker's Melody
- 12.
Freylich
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Sholem Aleichem
- 14.
Naftule Spielt Far Dem Rebin
- 15.
Addio Querida
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Roots, Rags and
Blues instructional CD-ROM with transcriptions and
tablature - $45.00
by Tim Sparks
Out of
Stock
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Roots, Rags and Blues
is an interactive instructional and performance
CD-ROM that includes 7 different Roots guitar tunes
taught in video and tab lessons plus 6 bonus
performances of Blues, Ragtime, Gospel, Early Jazz
and Klezmer, all played on a Vintage 1917 Gibson
L-4. Featured selections are, Mississippi Blues,
Amazing Grace (two different versions) Jelly Roll
Blues, Oriental Blues, Maple Leaf Rag, Victory Rag,
Carolina Shout and a fingertsyle lesson on the 1918
Klezmer classic, Tanst, Tanst Yiddlekh.
This package captures American Roots Music from the
early part of the 20th Century, as reflected
through fingerstyle guitar. The lessons and
performances come with matching tablature, notation
and extensive liner notes with internet
hyperlinks.
Roots, Rags, and Blues is a terrific value with 7
hours of instruction plus 6 bonus performance
videos and a bonus audio CD, all for the price of
one lesson.
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