Thanks so much Tim for those two book. If I can find a couple of good
arrangement from each I'll be satisfied and it will teach me a lot.

So there is no book on arrangements for guitar of Monk? So many cool melodies to
work with there.

Any other recommendations? like standards arranged for guitar, etc. I'm not
looking for anything exotic.

john






--- In jazz_guitar@yahoogroups.com, Tim Fox <timfox@...> wrote:
>
> >I've finally come to the conclusion that the
> >only way for me to learn to enjoy playing chord
> >melody arrangement is to learn some good ones
> >that have been put together for tunes that I am
> >familiar with.
> >
> >Does anyone know of good book arrangements of
> >chord melodies for T. Monk, A.C. Jobim, and
> >Beatles tunes, arranged for guitar. I think this
> >is the best place for me to start. Any of the
> >three or hopefully all three.
> >
> >John
>
> This may or may not be what you're looking for,
> but I can suggest a couple of books of
> arrangements for classical guitar.
>
> 'Beatles, for Classical Guitar', arranged by
> Larry Beekman, published by Hal Leonard.
>
> 'Antonio Carlos Jobim' arranged by Paulo Bellinati, published by Mel Bay.
>
> Not all the Beatles arrangements are winners, in
> my opinion, but out of thirty, there are six or
> seven which I think work really well. (Across the
> Universe, Here Comes the Sun, In My Life, Nowhere
> Man, Penny Lane, Something, While my Guitar
> Gently Weeps.)
>
> The selection in the Jobim book is not the usual
> stuff, Garôta, Wave, Desafinado, et cetera,
> rather lesser known though no less charming
> titles. Bellinati is a terrific guitarist, and
> the transcriptions are at a very high level.
>
> Ah, but you say, these are for classical guitar,
> I'm looking for jazz chord/melody arrangements.
>
> So my question to the list at large is: Is there
> a difference and if so, what is it?
>
> tf
>