intermediate classical /acoustic/popular jazz repertoire for restaurant gigs - solo acoustic

nickp

I fancy playing for my supper.  I can play classical reasonably well (when I get my guitar back).  Any suggestions on stuff to play in a restaurant environment - classical stuff, pop songs arranged for solo acoustic, fingerstyle jazz standards or stuff on the steel strung acoustic.

my sight reading is atrocious which is the main thing holding my development back (other than the classical has been with the guitar tech for a year)

mellowsun

There's a great book of pop songs arranged for solo fingerstyle guitar (actually for classical guitar) that I have at home, I'll dig it out when I get back.

Everything from Metallica to Coldplay !

Songs from Martin Taylor's repertoire go down well too, e.g. Stella by Starlight, Teach Me Tonight, The Dolphin, Jonny & Mary (aka the Renault advert), the Stella Artois theme etc

nickp

mellowsun said:

There's a great book of pop songs arranged for solo fingerstyle guitar (actually for classical guitar) that I have at home, I'll dig it out when I get back.

Everything from Metallica to Coldplay !

Songs from Martin Taylor's repertoire go down well too, e.g. Stella by Starlight, Teach Me Tonight, The Dolphin, Jonny & Mary (aka the Renault advert), the Stella Artois theme etc

that would be fantastic; thanks

mellowsun

Unfortunately I don't seem to have it any more, can't find it, but it was this book

http://www.beckettsmusic.co.uk/shop/scripts/prodView.asp?idproduct=16996

There's also a volume two now

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Solo-Pieces-Acoustic-Guitar-Sheet/dp/B00D7IA8TK/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&qid=1473604035&sr=8-6&keywords=solo+pop+songs+for+acoustic+guitar

BigLicks67

Have a look at Bridget Mermikides' book The Classical Guitar Compendium, it features a lot of popular tunes transcribed for guitar and comes with TAB.

Also, 'Travels' by Pat Metheny a nice laid back finger style piece.

nickp

ta guys.  i've got some starter tabs off t'internet and I'll get a couple of the books in a while.  In the meantime i've tried to remove the tip of my index finger (fretting hand) - thank god for nails - i've removed a slice of nail but kept my finger intact so all playing is off for a few days!