Schindler’s List Theme by John Towner Williams (1930-1993)
Transcribe by John Christopher Williams (1941-)
 John Christopher Williams is an Australian classical guitarist, and a long-term resident of the United Kingdom. In 1973, he shared a Grammy Award win in the ‘Best Chamber Music Performance’ category with Julian Bream for Julian and John. |
Notes
From the motion picture “Schindler’s list”. Odd tuning of CGDGBE.
Schindler’s List theme was composed by John Towner Williams and arranged for the guitar by John Christopher Williams, The latter is a classical guitarist. The Australian guitarist also played Stanley Myer’s Cavatina featured in the motion picture “The Deerhunter”. Schindler’s List is a rewarding piece to learn. A slow mournful piece that evokes a forlorn and melancholic emotion.
Guitar Demo
Great Song. Play slow and Hold Notes to fill the void. Helps with a cutaway. 28 Bars in length. Needs to be memorized. Repeat first part twice with different endings. Groups of notes can be strummed. Or played in your own way. Add feelings while playing this piece.
Bar[12]-[14] High Frets Barre Chords in a faster tempo. Hold Barre Chords while playing the melody.
Bar[20] Tight spacing and difficulty holding the Bass note. Flatten and Hold the note with index on the 10th fret throughout measure.
Guitar Pro Playthrough
