Free Guitar Ensemble Sheet Music

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Free Guitar Ensemble Music

2, 3 or 4 Guitars - Here Is Joy

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Brief Study Notes

• Are you a teacher looking for something which will work first time for 2, 3 or 4 pupils for Christmas?
   
  Do you play in a quartet or trio and fancy a really, really lively piece?
   
  Try "Here is Joy for Every Age" - a wonderful little tune from the 13th Century. But the surprise is not in the simplicity of the arrangement, it's that everyone who has heard it has enjoyed it so very much. You can play it slowly or you can go at one heck of a rate!
   
  In our local town centre we often have buskers - musicians of a whole range of abilities - playing for joy. One couple use a Hurdy-Gurdy, and letter A at this piece is written to produce that same rhythmic drone that brings the High Street to life.
   
  Playing Teacher/Pupil, the tutor can play lines 3 and 4 together in a trio, or take the fastest line, line 2, in a quartet.
   
  My pupils played this in a recent Christmas Charity Concert. If your browser is MP3 capable, you can hear some of it. The Concert, in aid of the Breast Screening Unit at our local hospital, was enjoyed by an audience of 167 and raised £1245 - about $2000 US - for the Charity.
   
• AUDIO - Click to hear 36 novice and intermediate Guitarists playing page 3 together! (704K)