Don’t Let the Sun Go Down on Me by Elton John Piano Sheet Music
100% accurate note-for-note transcription of the piano part played on Elton John’s song Don’t Let The Sun Go Down On Me from the 1974 album Caribou.
Don’t Let the Sun Go Down on Me by Elton John Piano Sheet Music
100% accurate note-for-note transcription of the piano part played on Elton John’s song Don’t Let The Sun Go Down On Me from the 1974 album Caribou.
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The Van Tuyl Music Foundation’s sheet music transcription of the piano part played on Elton John’s song Don’t Let The Sun Go Down On Me was completed by our team of elite, professional musicians who invest multiple hours into ensuring the accuracy of each transcription. PDF sheet music downloads of our transcriptions are available for educational use only to members of The Van Tuyl Music Foundation’s Rhino Clubs, to students in programs funded by The Van Tuyl Music Foundation, and also to donors of The Van Tuyl Music Foundation who support our mission to make modern music education accessible to people of all ages, ethnicities, and economic backgrounds.
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A transcription from The Van Tuyl Music Foundation means that our team of elite, professional musicians spent hours listening to and learning the song, and then transcribing every note, accent, dynamic and fill we hear. Once the transcription is complete, it is then checked, and re-checked for accuracy before we release it. Because we are human musicians, it is possible that we miss a note somewhere, or make an error, but it is extremely rare. Accuracy is our primary concern, so if you find one, please alert us so we can fix it!
About Don’t Let the Sun Go Down On Me (from Wikipedia):
“Don’t Let the Sun Go Down on Me” is a song written by English musician Elton John and his lyricist Bernie Taupin. It was originally recorded by John for his eighth studio album, Caribou (1974), and was released as a single that peaked at number two on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, and reached number 16 on the UK Singles Chart. A version of the song recorded live as a duet between John and George Michael reached number one in the UK in 1991 and in the US in 1992. The pair had performed the song together for the first time at Live Aid at Wembley Stadium in July, 1985. “Don’t Let the Sun Go Down on Me” was co-written by Elton John and Bernie Taupin during a ten-day period in January 1974 along with the other songs for John’s Caribou album. The song was released as the first single from the album in May 1974 in the United Kingdom, and on 10 June 1974 in the United States. The chorus of the song is supported with a horn arrangement by Del Newman, and features backing vocals by Carl Wilson and Bruce Johnston of the Beach Boys and Toni Tennille. The original backing vocalists were Cat Stevens, Danny Hutton, Gerry Beckley, Dusty Springfield and Brian Wilson but according to Bruce “everyone was afraid of one another and I couldn’t get a performance out of anyone”.[1] Also on the song are percussion accents provided by Ray Cooper and a mellotron played by Dave Hentschel.
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