It Was a Very Good Year - Open D Tuning
It Was a Very Good Year - Open D Tuning
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It Was a Very Good Year is a wistful, nostalgic song composed by Ervin Drake in 1961 and originally recorded by Bob Shane with the Kingston Trio. The song was made famous by Frank Sinatra’s version in D minor, which won the Grammy Award for Best Male Vocal Performance in 1966. My arrangement for acoustic steel guitar is in the key of Bb and uses ringing open strings along with notes played with the bar.
Note: Midi audio usually sounds closer to a keyboard than a steel guitar but it is useful for demonstrating the rhythms, feel and overall intent of an arrangement or musical passage. Make this music come alive on your steel guitar!