A shy, sickly child, Chet suffered from severe bouts of asthma that left him plenty of time to sit quietly with his guitar. Chet never had guitar lessons as such he would watch and listen to other guitarists and work out licks for himself. ![]() Apart from his brother, Chet's main influences as a guitarist were Les Paul, Django Reinhardt and, most of all, the finger-picking style of Merle Travis. Chet watched Jim play the instrument and at five he started playing an old ukelele. His father was an itinerant music teacher, his mother sang and played piano and his half-brother, Jim Atkins (twelve years his senior), was a professional guitarist. ![]() (Check out his amazing Bach performance at the bottom of the YouTube list below.)Ītkins grew up in the hills in a tiny, remote eastern Tennesssee town called Luttrell. He also recorded jazz, folk, pop, Latin American and classical music. Yet, country music was always only part of what Atkins did. Many hit records that he produced during his days at RCA are now classics. As a producer he was the key architect of the 'Nashville Sound', a smooth, polished style that made country music acceptable to a wider audience, at a time that the overpowering surge of rock 'n' roll was threatening to sweep it under. As a guitarist he is one of the most recorded instrumentalists in music history and he was an influence on countless pickers, from Duane Eddy to George Harrison. The importance of Chet Atkins can hardly be overstated. ** Single print order can either print or save as PDF.Born Chester Burton Atkins, 20 June 1924, Luttrell, Tennessee If "play" button icon is greye unfortunately this score does not contain playback functionality. Simply click the icon and if further key options appear then apperantly this sheet music is transposable.Īlso, sadly not all music notes are playable. In order to check if 'Yakety Axe' can be transposed to various keys, check "notes" icon at the bottom of viewer as shown in the picture below. * Not all our sheet music are transposable. When this song was released on it was originally published in the key of G. Be careful to transpose first then print (or save as PDF). If your desired notes are transposable, you will be able to transpose them after purchase. ![]() If you selected -1 Semitone for score originally in C, transposition into B would be made. This means if the composers Words by Merle Travis Music by Boots Randolph and James Rich started the song in original key of the score is C, 1 Semitone means transposition into C#. If it is completely white simply click on it and the following options will appear: Original, 1 Semitione, 2 Semitnoes, 3 Semitones, -1 Semitone, -2 Semitones, -3 Semitones. You can do this by checking the bottom of the viewer where a "notes" icon is presented. Most of our scores are traponsosable, but not all of them so we strongly advise that you check this prior to making your online purchase. If not, the notes icon will remain grayed. If transposition is available, then various semitones transposition options will appear. In order to transpose click the "notes" icon at the bottom of the viewer. After you complete your order, you will receive an order confirmation e-mail where a download link will be presented for you to obtain the notes. ![]() This week we are giving away Michael Buble 'It's a Wonderful Day' score completely free.
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