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Tiny Trios Books 1 and 2

Derek Hasted - for 2 Guitars

Two books, each containing four really satisfying trios, based mainly on well-known Folk Tunes.

A full and rich sound and fun to play

"Plenty of interest for everyone" - Classical Guitar Magazine

Book 1 - CMP 290
Book 2 - CMP 292

From the Foreword...

" Specially written for players whose knowledge of the fingerboard does not yet really extend beyond the first position, the music suits a trio or a large Guitar orchestra.

I've made a point of adding no markings to the music, except a suggested metronome speed. This is because the music can be phrased to choice; and your choice is as valid as mine!

Teachers might like to note that most pieces contain two verses, which are harmonised differently. A change in tone or volume is especially effective when the music repeats, and your more able pupils should be encouraged to take at least some of each line further up the neck. When played on the thicker strings with vibrato, many of these pieces take on a whole new life. The music is unfingered so that you may choose which parts play in which position without spurious fingerings confusing the reader.

The choice of musical markings is yours. All I ask is that you are generous in adding them... "

Published by Corda Music - Price £3.50 per book + p&p

Ordering instructions

J'ai du bon tabac

Supplied as Full Score and individual parts

A trio for less experienced Guitarists, teachers in particular will like this piece because the top part only has five notes. Mind you, you wouldn't think so to hear it! It's a good way of bringing together pupils of varying abilities without giving the weaker players the accompaniment all the time - here, the most modest of abilities can play the tune and be part of a lively and rich wall of sound. This piece just won't plod along!

Hear a snippet played by two of my pupils, Jean and Elaine. My thanks to them for recording it with me....

Audio Clip (MP3 - 256K)

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The Jolly Miller

Supplied as Full Score and individual parts

And this piece is perhaps the most complex of the eight in the books, venturing into the second or third position (depending on how you want to finger the top line above - a stretch or a shift), and incorporating all the elements that tax a player - compound time, semiquavers (sixteenth notes) and a flat to top it all off. Oh yes, and a few chromatic chords too!

And it bemuses me that a piece in the minor key can be called "jolly", but this piece is a piece full of contrasts. The phrase above has already figured in the piece before we reach bar 25, above, but the harmony is totally different, so that neither the players nor the audience feel that the piece is in any way repetitive.

Audio Clip (MP3 - 256K)

Audio problems?

And between those two levels of complexity are another six pieces. All short (no page turns to worry about), all easy to fit together at a first playing. And that's why they're all fun - ask my pupils!