What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life?: Guitar TAB Digital Sheet Music

What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life?: Guitar TAB Digital Sheet Music

Michel Legrand

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Why we love this

This song sits in that sweet spot where it's recognizable enough to engage students immediately but musically sophisticated enough to keep them thinking. Guitar students get to work with jazz-inflected harmony and smooth pop phrasing without wading through overly technical finger work.

What to expect

Smooth and introspective with an underlying warmth. The song unfolds like a conversation; there's reflection in the melody and richness in the harmony that invites thoughtful, unhurried playing.

Who it's for

Guitar students drawn to pop and jazz standards will find this accessible and rewarding. It works well for intermediate players developing sensitivity to dynamics and phrasing beyond straight-ahead rock patterns.

How to get the most out of it

  • Pay attention to the rhythmic phrasing in the TAB; the melody breathes between phrases, so resist rushing through passages. Let spaces do their work.
  • Dial in your tone before you start. A slightly warm, slightly compressed sound serves this song better than a bright or thin tone.
  • The chord voicings matter here. Work through the suggested fingerings in the TAB rather than substituting shapes you're comfortable with; the specific voicings carry the harmonic color.

How to use it

Consider this for a solo or ensemble guitar spot in a recital that mixes standards with contemporary material. It also pairs well in a set with other jazz-influenced pop songs if you're building a program around sophisticated songwriting.

Skills your students will build

  • Reading TAB notation with chord symbols
  • Executing jazz-influenced chord voicings on guitar
  • Shaping melodic phrases with dynamic control and space
  • Translating smooth pop phrasing to the fretboard

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