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Alan Silvestri, "Forrest Gump"
Transcription and Fingering: Renato Bellucci
The image of the feather being carried by the breeze was still impressed on my retina when I was heading towards the CD store to purchase the Alan Silvestri music from the award winning movie. The piece presents a sweet and penetrating melody and a subtle, yet essential counterpoint line that makes the Forrest Gump suite simply irresistible. The guitar serves the music well and all the technical and musical decisions have been taken trying to convey the sweetness and beauty of the music above everything else.
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The tonality is presented and the A serves as the background onto which the main melody will be constructed. With guitar transcriptions, you have a lot of leverage when it comes to moving notes "up and down" the staff to better accommodate the music and/or your playing. To me Forrest Gump is still "a transcription in the making". I am constantly changing things around and what I present here is a work in progress. Your input on possible arrangements are very welcome. Feel free to share them with me.
Look at the right hand and notice how the movement starts at the very base f the finger where it meets the hand. 90% of your playing must be generate by the work of this articulation because it will deliver a full, plentiful sound. Energy is used only to bring the finger "into" the palm of the hand. The tendons bring the finger back to its natural state of rest.
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Revision: Asunción, November 24, 2012
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