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By Sting. By Sting. Arranged by Elena Fortin. 21st Century,Pop,Rock. Score. 4 pages. Elena Fortin #857699. Published by Elena Fortin (A0.1264860).Fields of Gold - Intermediate Piano Solo arrangement by Elena Fortin
Words and Music by Sting
This beautiful piece was first featured in Sting's solo album "Ten Summoner's Tales", released in 1993! I have been working on a project to arrange beautiful, timeless pieces that I find inspiring and are fun to play.
I remember discovering a cool study area at Ottawa University known as the "Listening Rooms". Comfy furniture and desks let you do endless hours of studying or reading while being serenaded by various DJs that would play new music. One of the DJs was obsessed with this album--we'd hear it on repeat while we were studying. (I'm pretty sure they put it in the player and forgot about it!) Needless to say, this song imprinted itself on my brain, and now I am revisiting it (thirty years later!!!) with a tender treatment of his lovely ballad.
Having moved to the Sunshine State, I've adopted Sting's Fields of Gold for this wonderful landscape that is bathed in this wonderful golden light--his piece speaks to me in a different way now, but that is the beauty of revisiting music!
Hope you enjoy this rendition! I took liberties with the intro to this piece, using his chord progressions as a framework for a melody that sometimes stays true to the original, and sometimes wanders in new directions.
The piece is written in the key of D major and has a fairly simple left hand pattern. The rhythm may be tricky for some people—always aim for a smooth flow of eighth notes if possible. Adding pedal to the piece will help with that ethereal sound that is part of the original piece.
I also listened to (and loved!) Eva Cassidy's rendition of this piece. Her version is beautiful and slightly slower than Sting's but both are pretty amazing!
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With love,
Elena.
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