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Sunset Road

December 7th, 2007 by john

It seems that several people have found this blog by googling “bela fleck sunset road transcription” and some have even emailed me about this transcription, which I think I mentioned in the very first post where I talked about what a big influence Bela Fleck has been on me as a guitar player, even though he’s a banjo player. I did some testing and guess what: My little blog is the 8th hit when you search for that phrase! I find that pretty amazing.

The truth is, up until now that “transcription” has been in my head and I had never recorded the song or written down how to play it on guitar. Well this weekend I got around to doing both.

Here’s a recording of the song: Sunset Road

And here’s the transcription in PDF format. The transcription is pretty much just the basic shell of the song so you can get an idea of what the chord fingerings are like, but it’s meant to be expanded upon as you can hear in the recording.

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6 Responses to “Sunset Road”

  1. on 07 Dec 2007 at 8:17 am1 J$

    Thanks John. I appreciate your work. I can’t wait to try your transcription out. What a great song.

  2. on 12 May 2009 at 7:25 am2 Co

    Thanks a lot… this is a wonderful piece of Bela Fleck…

    Nothing to change on it….

  3. on 12 Jan 2010 at 1:07 pm3 Vicki

    wonderful performance, john…faster than fleck plays it and i think that improves it…i landed on your website by googling sunset road by bela fleck…am writing some program notes for an awesome youth percussion ensemble to perform the work on feb.20th w/guitar, bass, soprano sax & full percussion ens….thanks for the treat!!

  4. on 16 Jan 2010 at 7:47 pm4 Phil

    Hi John,
    That is a great, great guitar version of Sunset Road. I started learning your transcription, but I haven’t read sheet music in years and it is frustratingly slow. I realize tablature format might be frowned upon by some, but is it possible for you to post a tab version? It would increase my enjoyment immensely and save me hours (probably many). Thank you so much, Phil

  5. on 17 Jan 2010 at 12:20 pm5 John

    Phil and Vicki, thanks so much! Phil, to each their own and I have nothing against tab— I just don’t know it! I will try to learn it ASAP and upload a transcription in tab format.

    Cheers
    John

  6. on 04 Feb 2010 at 11:17 pm6 john

    OK, the guitar tab version is posted:

    http://www.johnsguitarblog.com/2010/sunset-road-with-guitar-tab/

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