TU VUO FA L'AMERICANO -
Video lesson + Tab 

Learn my arrangement in this detailed video lesson. Each section is clearly explained and played slowly on a split screen so you can see both hands. Included is a downloadable Score/Tab pdf.
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Learn this arrangement in full depth! 

This is a very detailed video lesson with comments on all the minutia of the arrangement. 
Every section of the song is clearly explained in all its passages, then played very slowly on a split screen so you can see both hands at once. 
Also included is a full score / tab of the music. 
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The Arrangement

Tu Vuò Fa' L'Americano is an Italian song from 1956. There are many versions of this song. It was used in the film The Talented Mr. Ripley. Brian Seltzer has even recorded a rock-a- billy version. I wanted my arrangement to be swinging, danceable and - no fiddling around with changing harmonies but finding the best way to have chords, melody and rhythm work together as a song. I tried also to keep the clarinet/brass lines close to the original. I wanted a nice alternating bass for the rhythm combined with a walking bass line. Putting all the pieces together hopefully gives that swing-band sound.

Extract from the DVD "Fingerpicking adventures",
TABS and Score
split screen slow play
very detailed explanation
A few words from Stefan Grossman
Alberto's arrangements are rooted in the style of the great Chet Atkins and Tommy Emmanuel but also influenced by the 1950's big band sound. His arrangements of American and Italian classics, show the inventive harmonic movements from those great arrangers and composers of the times.

About Alberto's arrangements

The italian ace deploys his immense technique to serve the song, not the reverse
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Alberto Lombardi

Guitarist, Producer, Artist
Italian virtuoso guitarist Alberto Lombardi is an internationally renowned acoustic solo fingerstyle and electric rock player, record producer and teacher. Has Toured all over the world, played with some of the most influential guitarists of our time, with the likes of Tommy Emmanuel and Peter Finger He's also been teaching for 30 years and released Instructional videos for various publishers like Stefan Grossman.  
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