To Noriyasu Takeuchi - A Note of Thanks

竹内永和

• There is truly a dearth of high quality arrangements of pop music published for the classical guitar. Much of what is available out there is dreadful.
• Popular Pieces for Guitar Solo Volumes 1-7 and Screen Music for Guitar Solo Volumes 1-3 by Noriyasu Takeuchi is probably the best collection of contemporary music for guitar in existence. All of his arrangements capture the essence of the originals, within the technical reach of the ordinary guitar hobbyist yet challenging enough to make playing them a lot of fun. Top top quality outstanding work from my guitar hero.
• For non-talented musicians like myself who cannot work out the notes by ear on our own, this series of scores by Mr Takeuchi is truly an amazing gift.
• After an initial few years playing in my younger days, I stopped for more than 25 years due to a lack of interesting material to sustain my interest. Only took up the guitar again in the last 2 years after I came across Mr Takeuchi's scores.
• Mr Takeuchi - if you ever do read this, please know that there are many many guitar enthusiasts (I know for sure from my visits to internet guitar chat-rooms) out there who hope that you will continue to make Popular Pieces Volume 8, 9, 10, etc, etc.
• And thank you for the wonderful arrangements that you have done and published until now. I love all of them; my personal favorites are Daydream Believer and The Last Waltz.
• [In T4L it is important to occupy one's time and attention while waiting for good risk reward setups to present themselves. For me, it's reading + guitar].