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Printed Music
Books/Folios
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books and music
folios.
Individual
Transcriptions
Each transcription includes
standard notation and tablature.
Playing notes are included as
well as techniques required. All
transcriptions are taken from
video or CD recordings and
transcribed, then checked over by
Tim for accuracy and playing
notes.
Digital Downloads:
Each individual transcription
is available as a downloadable
Adobe PDF file. The cost of each
title is $6 with the exception of
"Mississippi Blues" and "Goin'
Back to Mississippi Blues" which
are $8. Click the Add to
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A
Few Bowls Terkish
Arrangement by Tim Sparks
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Taken from the recording
Little Princess, the
recording features Greg Cohen
(Bass) and Cyro Baptista
(percussion) in an ensemble
setting with extended
improvisations. This
transcription includes the major
themes with a unique solo to get
you started improvising
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Abu's
Courtyard
Arrangement by Tim Sparks
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"I learned 'Abu's Courtyard', an
Israeli Hasidic tune associated
with Mount Meron, from a version
by Klezmer violinist Yehoshua
Rochman."
This sprightly baiao is based on
the recorded version. It does not
include the improvised solo on
the recording but is a fun and
self-contained piece. This
arrangement includes an
interesting technique of Tim's
that can only be described as
"split-barre" chords where the
conventional barre is expanded to
cross over a fret.
This transcription is taken from
the recording At The Rebbe's
Table (Tzadik Records, (2002)
Tzadik, 61 East Eighth Street,
New York NY 10008)
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Beautiful
City
Arrangement by Tim Sparks
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This lovely tune is nearly a
complete re-write on a theme from
a traditional Yeminite song.
"Beautiful City" is in Dropped D
tuning.
This transcription is taken from
the recording At The Rebbe's
Table (Tzadik Records, (2002)
Tzadik, 61 East Eighth Street,
New York NY 10008)
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Goin'
Back to Mississippi Blues
Arrangement by Tim Sparks
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This is an alternate version of
Tim's arrangement of Willie
Brown's classic.
See also "Mississippi
Blues"
below.
This transcription is taken from
the recording Sidewalk
Blues (Tonewood Records,
2009) and Tim's current
performance style.
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I'll
Fly Away
Albert Brumley
Arrangement by Tim Sparks
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This classic gospel tune is one
of Tim's most requested
transcriptions.
This transcription is taken from
the recording Sidewalk
Blues (Tonewood Records,
2009)
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Jelly
Roll Blues
Arrangement by Tim Sparks
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This is a pretty intense
arrangement of the New Orleans
style on this classic track.
You can listen to a version of
"Jelly Roll Blues" by Tim on
Soundclick.
You can watch Tim play it from a
concert video on YouTube.
This
transcription is taken from the
recording Sidewalk Blues
(Tonewood Records, 2009)
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L'etoile
de Mer
by Tim Sparks
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"The Star Fish, a song started in
1987 and finished 10 years later
was inspired by travels in the
countryside around Quiberon, on
the coast of Brittany. My wife
and I spent some lovely days
there, meandering about the old
Celtic stones in Carnac. I came
home from the market one day to
find the ocean had receded,
exposing a long, rocky
outcropping of stone. At the far
reach of this peninsula, I made
out the figure of my spouse,
grinning from ear to ear like
some kind of tide pool goddess.
Her domain was an enchanting
world of anemones and star fish,
and so the title."
This transcription is taken from
the recording One String Leads
to Another (Acoustic Music
Records, Best. Nr.
319.1177.242)
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Little
Princess
by Naftule Brandwein
arranaged by Tim Sparks
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"Little
Princess" is an original
arrangement of a composition by
Naftule Brandwein.
This transcription is taken from
Tim's current performance style
and the recording from Little
Princess (Tzadik Records,
(2003) Tzadik, 61 East Eighth
Street, New York NY 10008).
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Mahshav
by John Zorn
Arrangement by Tim Sparks
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"'Mashav' means Thought.
There's a Yiddish saying, 'Man
thinks and God laughs.' This song
shows a quieter, meditative side
of the iconoclastic
composer."
This transcription is taken from
the recording At The Rebbe's
Table (Tzadik Records, (2002)
Tzadik, 61 East Eighth Street,
New York NY 10008)
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Maple
Leaf Rag
Arrangement by Tim Sparks
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We all know there are many
arrangements of this tune out
there for guitarists, but you
can't go wrong with this one from
Tim.
You can listen to a version of
"Maple Leaf Rag" by Tim on
Soundclick.
This
transcription is taken from the
recording Sidewalk Blues
(Tonewood Records, 2009)
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Mississippi
Blues
Arrangement by Tim Sparks
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The old standard by Willie Moore
takes on new life with Tim's
acclaimed arrangement.
You can listen to a version of
"Mississippi Blues" by Tim on
Soundclick.
You can watch Tim play it from a
concert video on YouTube.
This
transcription is taken from the
recording Sidewalk Blues
(Tonewood Records, 2009)
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The
Nutcracker Suite
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"The
Nutcracker Suite" is the complete
suite as recorded by Tim for solo
guitar.
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Oh
Daddy, That's Good
by Naftule Brandwein
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"Oh
Daddy, That's Good" was recorded
in 2009 and released on Tim's
acclaimed CD Little Princess. The
recorded version was performed in
a trio setting with bass by Greg
Cohen and percussion by Cyro
Baptista. On the recorded version
and when Tim plays this song solo
in concert, there are extensive
improvisations on the main theme.
One such solo is transcribed
here.
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One
String Leads to Another
by Tim Sparks
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"Like many songs, this started
out as one thing and wound up as
something completely different.
First it was a waltz, but I
stumbled on a lick one day and
kept fiddling with it, until the
whole piece was reinvented. Now
it's in 4/4 and is a vehicle for
a bunch of twangy riffs mimicking
a dobro."
This transcription is taken from
the recording One String Leads
to Another (Acoustic Music
Records, Best. Nr.
319.1177.242)
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Ravayah
by John Zorn
Arrangement by Tim Sparks
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"Ravayah"
is an original arrangement of a
composition by John Zorn. The
transcription includes a complete
improvised solo.
This transcription is taken from
Tim's current performance style
and the recording from Masada
Guitars (Tzadik Records,
(2003) Tzadik, 61 East Eighth
Street, New York NY 10008).
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The
Rebbe's Hasid
by Naftule Brandwein
Arrangement by Tim Sparks
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Taken from the recording
Little Princess, the
recording features Greg Cohen
(Bass) and Cyro Baptista
(percussion) in an ensemble
setting with extended
improvisations.
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Sippur
by John Zorn
Arrangement by Tim Sparks
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"Sippur"
is an original arrangement of a
composition by John Zorn. The
transcription includes the
complete improvised solo. You can
view a performance and
instructional QuickTime movie at
Tim's website in the
Lessons
section.
This transcription is taken from
Tim's current performance style
and the recording from Masada
Guitars (Tzadik Records,
(2003) Tzadik, 61 East Eighth
Street, New York NY 10008).
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Todos
Si Hueron
by Flory Jagoda
Arrangement by Tim Sparks
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"'Todos Si Hueron' is a Ladino
dialect for 'They Have All Gone'.
This is a haunting tune about
Flory's return to her old village
decades after the end of the
Second World War. Flory wrote
this song especially for David
Harris' group, Voices of
Sepharad.
There are two transcriptions
included. One is based on the
recorded version (excluding the
ensemble section) and the other
is a simpler, intermediate level
transcription. This transcription
is taken from the recording At
The Rebbe's Table (Tzadik
Records, (2002) Tzadik, 61 East
Eighth Street, New York NY
10008)
An
example video is
available
at Tim's web site.
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The
Victory Rag
Arrangement by Tim Sparks
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"The Victory Rag", made famous by
Mother Maybelle Carter, is a tune
Tim cut his teeth on as a young
guitarist. His version has
evolved over the years. This one
will keep you on your toes.
You can listen to a version of
"Victory Rag" by Tim on
Soundclick.
This
transcription is taken from the
recording Sidewalk Blues
(Tonewood Records, 2009)
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Waltz
with a Mermaid
by Tim Sparks
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"I had in mind an ancestor who
got in hot water with King George
the second. He had to leave
England in a hurry, and sailed to
Virginia, where he went to church
with George Washington. Later on,
his progeny moved to the
Carolinas. I was going for Celtic
nostalgia, a kind of redneck
Barry Lyndon that no doubt exists
only in my imagination."
This transcription is taken from
the recording One String Leads
to Another (Acoustic Music
Records, Best. Nr. 319.1177.242)
with a few minor changes to
reflect Tim's current performance
of the piece.
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