Lovland Rolf U. And Skavlan Petter : Nocturne : Bergmann

Lovland Rolf U. And Skavlan Petter arranged for guitar by Angelos Tsoutsis

Bergmann: 8 pages

I knew this tune straight away, and realised that when I had heard it before it had some words, but couldn’t bring it to mind. Turns out it was a piece of music by Secret Garden called Nocturne.

This version for solo guitar uses the dropped D 6^th as it is in D minor. Immediately it seems a little difficult in one or two stretches but they are easily got round with a bit of work. If you don’t know this piece already it is a beautifully melodic piece of music that begins with mostly long chords underneath the main tune, before then becoming an arpeggio pattern for its repeat. As I said some of the chord shapes are a little difficult without some work, but the end result is well worth the time it takes to get it right. The middle theme then appears, with a couple of bunches of mordents .After this, the main theme returns, slightly varied from before, this time with more movement in the accompanying part below the melody. The middle theme, again varied from before comes in one more time, before the main theme, as it appeared in the opening, with the long chords returns for one more time before a climb up the fingerboard takes us to the final chord.

This is a lovely piece, one that will definitely stick in your mind, and I can say that if you are a moderately accomplished player, then you will really get something from this piece.

Chris Dumigan