Freelance musician collection, Cocktail music, vol. 3

This book will allow guitarists to propose to their clients a variety of pieces in duet (or little ensemble) that are well-known to the audience. It will be easy to sight read them on the guitar, or simply read the chords that are placed above the guitar staff. This second option allows any harmonic instrument (piano or harp for example) to play the accompaniement from the same score. The forms are simple, short and the arrangements are focused on the main musical theme (sometimes the developpment has been excluded from the arrangements).
The serie of arrangements for guitar and violin (or any other melodic instrument) that I propose in this book has been thought of as the perfect tool for professional musicians aware of the need to accomodate easily and quickly the requests of people needing music performances in the context of a cocktail or any special event to create a nice ambiance.

This book is from a continuing series aimed at the gigging musicians and uses very popular works as its basis. So you find Adios Muchachos (you would know it if the title is eluding you). By the Rivers of Babylon, (yes that one from Boney M) Cielito Lindo, a fast and furious Csardas, a portion from Eine Kleine Nachtmusik, Guantanamera and even a bit from Smetana's Moldau.
The guitar parts are instantly readable and not too hard but effective without being too simplistic, whilst the melody line can be quite difficult (Csardas, for one) but is often not too hard. The music is firmly aimed at the popular to make its effect and there is nothing wrong with that at all. Any players using this book and its predecessors will no doubt go down very well at whatever function they play at. Nicely printed, as is the norm with d'OZ.
Chris Dumigan (Classical Guitar Magazine)