I suppose it might seem a little backward to post a chart of a tune that I haven't finished working on yet, but I had mentioned to someone back a few months ago that I was working on this, and he was interested in getting a copy.
Meanwhile, the holidays hit, I got busy, and then a couple of months back I got a StaffTab template squared away with Greg's help, so I had to totally re-do this chart.
I think it was worth it. I hope some of you do, too, and that you might be able to add this to your repertoire.
I've been working on this piece off and on for a long time, and with my first tune "in the can", I've been able to devote some energy back to it (as well as another piece; you'll have to wait to find out which one!). Special thanks once again to Greg for his guidance and direction for this arrangement as well as this chart.

Cool! Eric Satie made some really great music IMHO. My fav is his Gnosienne #1, that I decided to play out street busking and that tune really draws people into the zone the moment you hit that first magical dissonant tritone chord.

Thanks for sharing this piece, Luc. I will definitely give it a try as it's been a favourite of mine for ages.

Per, would be great to hear your version of the Gnossienne #1, that's one I would love to learn on my SG-12 when it arrives later this year!

Cheers

-Marc-

Luc.

Thank you Sir.! Such a beautiful and relatively simple piece, but timeless nevertheless. I look forward to getting it under my hands next week.

Thanks for your generosity and for sharing.

Thanks for posting this, Luc. I would love to learn it once my stick is delivered.

I'm use to reading music but I don't know what the square and diamond note heads mean, or what the significance of the numbers above and below the notes is.

Could you point to me towards and key to explain it?

Thanks, I hope it'll prove useful and enjoyable to you!
The StaffTab notation was conceived and refined by Emmett Chapman and Greg Howard. It's very helpful to a Stick player, because one note/pitch can be played in several different places on the fretboard. StaffTab tells you which fingers to use to play the notes, as well as which string it's played on, and on which fret.
If you ordered one or more books along with your Stick, you'll be seeing a lot more music written in StaffTab. The different note head shapes tell you which finger is used to play the note. The numbers above or below the staff tell you on which fret to play the note, and the small, very flat rectangles on the staff lines correspond to the string the note is played on.
Here is the key to the note head shapes:
Circle = 1st finger/index finger
Diamond = 2nd finger/middle finger
Triangle = 3rd finger/ring finger
Square = 4th finger/pinky
Hollow note head shapes are used for half notes and whole notes.
I arranged Gymnopedie #1 for Classic Tuning, so keep that in mind when working on this. Let's look at the example of measures 5 and 6:

In the upper staff of measure 5, the F# is being played by the 1st finger on string 1 at the 16th fret, then the A is played by the 3rd finger, still on string 1 at the 19th fret. In measure 6, the 2nd finger plays the G, on string 1, at the 17th fret, then the F# with the 1st finger, still on string 1, and at fret 16, and then you see that for the C# you stay on fret 16 but drop down one string, playing it with the 2nd finger.
For the lower staff, the thing to remember is that as the notes get higher, the string markers will go LOWER. In measure 5, the low G is played on string 6 (by the first finger, as the circle note head tells you), while the F# and the B are played on strings 9 and 10 by fingers 4 and 2.
(I probably should have put a "Ped" at the beginning of the chart to indicate that the chords in the left hand are held through the length of the measure. Don't be misled by the fact that I used quarter-notes for the first notes of each measure; those notes need to be held.)
I hope this helps!

Thanks for taking the trouble to explain that, Luc, it must have taken some time to put it together.

Now as I have had time to study it - with your key - it makes so much sense. There is so much information.

I think I had better brush up on my bass clef reading, I only normally read treble clef.

I could play this piece on a classical guitar once upon a time and I can't wait to learn it on the stick. I have ordered a 12 string grand and can see this is written for a 10 string. I assume then, that the difference between 12 string and 10 string tabs is just that the flat rectangles go down beneath the stave when those strings are needed?

I have ordered books and DVDs to get me started, so this is very helpful.

Thanks again.

No problem! Happy to help.

I can only guess, because I haven't seen a lot of StaffTab for 12-string, but I'll venture a guess that it will depend on what tuning you're getting. If, for example, you get Classic tuning for Grand Stick (I think it's referred to as "Classic +1), strings 2 through 6 will occupy the 5 lines of the upper staff, and you will need to put the flat rectangles one ledger line above the staff for string 1. If you get Baritone Melody Tuning, which for a 12-string Grand is Classic tuning with an added C# at the bottom, you will need to put that rectangle one ledger line below the staff.
Could someone who has a Grand Stick care to chime in on this?

Hi folks,
I was finally able to download the StaffTab fonts into my new computer, and in the process of testing it all out (it worked immediately, thank goodness), I realized that I had never uploaded a revised/corrected Gymnopedie chart.
A chord had been mis-labeled and there was a wrong root note in measure 22, as well as incorrect string markers and fret numbers in measure 32. I had also re-worked the melody in measures 37 through the end of the piece; I found it easier to play the coda once I re-fingered it.
Too much time has gone by, I know, so I'm sorry if this seems irrelevant at this point.

Thanks, better late than never!