More Satie
Just finished arranging another Satie piece last night.
Gnossienne No. 2 (PDF)
This one doesn’t lie quite as well under the fingers as Gnossienne No. 1, but it works. When I arrange these things I want the extreme legato sound that the piano can get by using the pedal or holding down keys longer than the note value. Obviously we can’t hold down a pedal on the guitar, so a reasonable solution is to use campanella fingering. Playing the melody all on the same string just doesn’t get as nice of an effect to my ear.
As before, the phrasing slurs are not mine, they are Satie’s (or his editor’s).
