Sketch of Naudo Rodrigues

My idol guitar player.

Sketched with pen.

White Christmas - Irwing Berlin

I transcribed my own guitar and piano/keyboard arrangement of this beautiful song.

You can download my transcription here:

Guitar: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1t4eSuByO70HPHesLq9eCnX2Dfb7_ZKsd/view?usp=sharing

Piano/keyboard: https://drive.google.com/file/d/17OKhyiRf8h-mYzTNK1w98bpcptXyFqoL/view?usp=sharing

Jianpu: jianpu - https://drive.google.com/file/d/10UakTks8f3xtJ7AcOpwW4mtpbBPkINV4/view?usp=sharing

Wishing everyone a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.

Freight Train - Elizabeth Cotten

 Visited Taiwan recently and its National Train Museum.  

Aptly, jammed with Freight Train by Elizabeth Cotten.

You can download my Jianpu score here.

祝福 - Sally Yeh

Like this Canto oldie by Sally Yeh.  Heard it when I was quite young.

The Great Pretender - The Platters

Jamming by myself.

往事只能回味 - 尤雅

Jamming to a very old Mandarin classic.

If I were to translate the title, it would be The Past Can Only Be Remembered.

Your Request - Mark Leong

Was jamming (improvising) to a backing track and a friend requested for the notation.  So I decided to write it as close to the improvised version and tried playing it in 4 different ways.

You can download the scores here:

Diatonic harmonica (red = draw, black = blow)

Leadsheet format    

Nashville notation  

Make Me A Channel Of Your Peace (Prayer of St Francis)

A popular hymn.  Added a walking bassline.

Make Me A Channel Of Your Peace

(Prayer of St Francis)

一件礼物 - 作词：叶薇心作曲：吴文栋

A Mandarin hymn introduced to me by someone from China.

For the guitar solo, I played to this score (capo 5).

For the piano solo (chorus), I played too this score (in key of C).

Using the Jianpu (Nashville) notation, I find that I just have to change chords and the melody notations remain the same.  I played the guitar solo in G as I find that it is easier to finger.

好兄第 - Mark Leong

My first composition in mandarin.  Hope you like it.

好兄第

Sketch and digital art

Brother and Sister

A pen sketch

Digital art

Take My Hand, Precious Lord - Thomas A Dorsey

A Gospel blues.

Heard this song in Church and fell in love with it.

Annie Song _ John Denver

A simple but nice song to play.

I am playing to this score: Open here

Sketch of my youngest gransdon

My youngest grandson:-

小 薇 Xiao Wei - HUANG PIN YUAN 黄品源

Jamming to a nice tune - 小 薇 Xiao Wei.

Tried some guitar improvisation towards the end.

Public performance on 12th May 2024 at Jurong Point

Did a public performance at Jurong Point.  Here are the songs:-

Diana - Paul Anka

小人物的心声 - 作词：温雪莹作曲：陈天进

海鸥 - Liu Chia-chang

有酒今朝醉 - 許冠傑

萬水千山總是情 - 汪明荃

上海滩 - 由顧嘉煇負責作曲及編曲，黃霑填詞，葉麗儀主唱

Hawaii Five O - composed by Morten Stevens

Loved to watch this series when I was young.  Love the upbeat theme song.

I used this simplified score as a guide.

 

What A Wonderful World

What A Wonderful World - by Bob Thiele (as "George Douglas") and George David Weiss. First recorded by Louis Armstrong.

Jamming with my diatonic harmonica.

Blue Moon - Song written and composed by Rodgers and Hart

A song that has been covered by various singers.  Was introduced to me by my grandson.

I used this score as a guide.

云河 (Yun He) - 作词：刘家昌 作曲: 刘家昌

An oldies.  Think I first heard it sung by Teresa Teng.

你侬我侬 (Ni Nong Wo Nong) - 刘文正

A nice song which I listened to when I was young.  Did some improvisation.  Hope you like it.

I was playing to this score.

用爱将心头 - Lisa Wang

Theme song for the HK TV drama 千王之王 (The Shell Game) which was shown in the 70s or 80s (I think).

Let Me Be There - Olivia Newton John

 A very catchy country song.  Enjoyed jamming.

Vincent - Don Mclean

My rendition of this very beautiful song by Don Mclean.

Played in using a lead sheet which you can download here.

秋恋 (Qiu Lian) - 祁隆

 Was introduced to this song by a neighbour.  Fell in love with it.

My score is here.

You'll noticed that I write the score in my own Jian Pu style (similar to the Nashville notation).  I am using the same score for guitar.  Did not notate the accompaniment -  like reading lead sheet.  I feel that his way of notating music is more flexible as it does not depend on the key of the song.