In the twilight glow

[Triple-o]

Recently I bought the sheet music for “Blue eyes crying in the Rain”. They usually only show you the first page when buying sheet music on line, so I was disappointed when I printed it and  the solo wasn’t included.  These sheet music sites should mention that the solo is not included with the music. Luckily this is a popular song and the solo was easy to find on YouTube.It appears to be a Solo using all the notes in the E blues scale.Great solo, my favorite part of the song.

 

[DianeB]

Annoying, yes, but there is a simple explanation for why the printed music to many published songs do not include guitar or other instrumental solos. The published music is (almost always) copyrighted, and that requires that whatever is in fixed form be the original work of the author(s), in this situation, the songwriter(s). This normally means the melody, lyrics, and chords. At recording time, any number of embellishments might be added by others: intros, riffs, solos, background vocals, and so on. These may or may not appear in the published music credited to the songwriters, as the recording is typically copyrighted by the production company. Moreover, the owner of the publishing and performance rights is likely a third entity, a licensing company.

[Triple-o]

Thanks, 

[Eracer_Team-DougH]

Even our very own Steve K doesn't include 3rd verse or solos in the Song Hits series of videos.

But I figured he did that to keep the song with in our reach of playability