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Midnight Train – Sam Smith

  • 2000-Present
  • Modern
  • Pop

Here's my best attempt at 'Midnight Train' by Sam Smith - it sounded pretty close when playing along to the youtube video :) There's only a handful of different notes…

Sway – Dean Martin

  • Pre-1960

First recorded in 1954 by Dean Martin, this popular 'bolero-mambo' first became known to me as in it's Shaft form - the 90's electro-pop remix is the version other's will…

Vincent (Starry Starry Night) – Don McLean

  • 1980-1990

Written in the early 70's as a tribute to Vincent Van Gogh, this song is often referred to as "Starry, Starry Night" and is a lovely, slow, fun tune to…

A Kiss to Build a Dream On – Louis Armstrong

  • Pre-1960

Written in the 30's and first recorded by Louis Armstrong in the 50's, "A Kiss to Build a Dream On" has also been notably performed by Rod Stewart, Bing Crosby,…

Start of Something New – High School Musical (Disney)

  • 2000-Present
  • Film

From the 2006 Disney film "High School Musical", the notes below are a moderate difficulty and will be a great challenge for any beginner or intermediate player on most instruments…

So Long, Farewell – The Sound of Music

  • Folk
  • Pre-1960

"So Long, Farewell" is a song from Rodgers and Hammerstein’s 1959 classic musical film, "The Sound of Music". The letter notes below are useful to beginners on most instruments -…

Perfect Day – Lou Reed

  • 1960-1980
  • Pop
  • Rock

"Perfect Day" is a timeless pop-rock ballad, having been performed originally by Lou Reed then covered by Duran Duran, Bono, David Bowie, Elton John, Boyzone, Tom Jones, Heather Small and…

In Bloom – Nirvana

  • 1990-2000
  • Rock

Another Nirvana song - its a great practice piece as the chorus can either be played at your instrument's regular octave, or one up (as the song was written) depending…

Sesame Street Theme Tune – Joe Raposo

  • 1960-1980
  • 1980-1990
  • 1990-2000
  • 2000-Present

A TV show most of us will have encountered ourselves as children and is still shown today - I hope you enjoy playing the letter notes to the famous Sesame…

The Other Side – The Greatest Showman

  • 2000-Present
  • Film

The 'haggling' song in the bar-scene in the Greatest Showman - Hugh Jackman trying to get Zac Efron on board! Enjoy the letter notes below :) (more…)