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SKU: A0.808749
By Billy Joel. By Billy Joel. Arranged by Barry McCormick. Pop,Rock. Guitar Tab. 6 pages. B. McCormick #3106453. Published by B. McCormick (A0.808749).For those looking to play this great piece of music by Billy Joel on guitar here is a clear, well laid out arrangement with tabbed melody with chords. This Arrangment could be used for a guitar duet with one guitar playing the melody and another the chords as in the MP3 audio excerpt. Or, as this includes the lyrics, the arrangment could be used for a guitar and vocal performance. Alternitively just get a keyboard out and play the chords in the left hand and the the melody in the right!.
This piece could be used as part of an acoustic set or for an examination, you should get confirmation from the examination body you are sitting the exam with that this is of the required level. It should be around grade four/five playing the intro and chords.
Practice
The intro is fairly simple and this is repeated between verses and to conclude the piece. There are over 20 different chord shapes in this piece which is part of what makes it the level it is. The chords do jump around the neck, it would be of benefit to practice these jumps so that your hands get to know exactly which frets they are going to. Some chords are played with different inversions so take note of the chord diagrams to ensure you are playing the correct variation of the chord. For come chords that could be barred, like the F#m7 feel free to do so if you are comfortable. This piece was arranged in mind of those who may find barre chords hard so I have purposefully used alternatives in some intances.
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