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GUEST,Fullerton Tune Req: Mr Tambourine Man (Bob Dylan) (16) RE: Mr Tambourine Man Free notation 18 Oct 05


I have seen the sheet music for Mr Tambourine Man. I've got it somewhere in the loft.

But I'm not going to dig it out cos I remember it was a very poor quality imprint.

The song has verses that are of different lengths. This is rather unusual for many song writers, but not for Dylan. I detect Guthrie's influence here personally.

That affects the sheet music cos I remember it had a phenomenally complex repeat pattern when printed - it was an a real maze.

Piano arrangements for popular songs in the sixties was often very poor - they bear little resemblance to the original song and they often printed in the wrong key.

I mention this because if your search is successful, you may be disappointed with what you find.

Try playing arpeggios of the chords played above - play 8, arpeggiated notes for each chord. Kind of fingerpicking on the piano!

Hope this helps.


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