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trades 6-7
Eric Roche braves the icy
waters to bring you a version
of the Titanic t heme
'My Heart Will Go On' for
solo guitar
6. Introduction
7. Full track
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meet rour gt tutor:

eric roche
• Eric is head of the guitar
department at the London Music
School where he teaches sight-
reading, ear training and
acoustic guitar techniques. -He
has transcribed and performed
the music of guitarists such as
Pierre Bensusan, Michael
Hedges, Alex de Grassi and Leo
Kottke. He hasn't quite decided
on which tuning works best for
guitar and is well versed in
altered tuning systems. He has
also written a number of guitar "Would you care to take a look at my etch1ngs?"
folios available through Music
Sales Ltd.

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A unique arrangement of the open strings and creates an harp-like effect with
notes ringing on over each other. This creates a jargon buster
Celine Dion's song from Titanic nice texture while there is no supporting bass line
or harmony. • modulation
for nylon-string guitar In the first bar I choose to use two different E
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for a changt of key
notes - the open high E string and the fretted one
s I write this lesson I'm somewhere in on the B string. Observe the tied notes in the- • tnharmonic equivalent

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the Austrian Alps in the middle of a notation and use our CD recording to help you Many notts have two
tour with the Austrian fingerstyle recreate the effect. Phil Hilbome's large reverbs names and dtpending
guitarist Thomas Leeb (who we'll be (oooh, saucy - ed) add another textural layer. on thtir conttxt (ie the key)
they will use one name or the
studying in gt in the near future). As From bar 9 the melody is embellished with a
other. For example Fjj and G~ are
part of our concert performances, we simple harmony. It is important that you pay enharmonic (they sound the
have been playing an arrangement of the theme careful attention to the tied notes; these will help same) but in the key of G we
fro m the film Titanic where we both play the build up the dynamics and texture of the piece. use tht ttrm Fjj. while in the key
same guitar at once! It has been going down a of IJI, wt use the term ~
storm with the audiences here, but my the PivOtal POint
arrangement for gt isn't so demanding on • REMEMBER terms
The key change happens in bar 78. Technically
and signs art fully
manpower and is for one guitar with one player! the chord in this bar is a pivot chord: it's common explaintd on page 90
to both the old key and the new key and allows
perfonnance notes the music to pivot into the new one more easily.
The original track by Celine Dion modulates up a- This is a common harmonic tool and is used by
major third for the last chorus. In my composers and arrangers all the time. The
arrangement, the key changes from E to AJ, (we arrangement ends with a chorus in the new key.
don't normally use the key of G# - its enharmonic This piece demonstrates how the use of texture
equivalent of AJ, is easier to deal with). in an arrangement can give depth to performance.
The opening section is just the melodic line. I Try to use some of these ideas in your own
have used a fingering that maximises the use of arrangements. Until next month ... gt

t1tan1c theme 'my heart will go on'

'My Heart Will Go On' Words by Will Jennings, music by James Horner. c
e 1997 Twentieth Century Fox Inc and Fox Film Music Corp, USA (62.50%). Worldwide print rights controlled by Warner Bros Inc, USNIMP Ltd.
(37.50%). Rondor Music (London) Ltd, SW6 4TW. Reproduced by permission of International Music Publications.

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