It won the oscar for best song in 1961, and also best score. Audrey hepburn moon river guitar lesson breakfast at tiffanys. Moon river audrey hepburn fingerstye guitar cover youtube. It became the theme song for andy williams, who first recorded it in 1961 and performed it at the academy awards ceremony in 1962. How to play moon river the audrey hepburn version from. Moon river tab fingerstyle classical guitar tab pdf. What a beautiful tune it is, written by henry mancini. Master tight single notes, rock solid bending and more with easy video lessons click here.
Moon river is one of the most popular themes of film music by henry mancini from the movie breakfast at tiffanys dir. Moon river fingerstyle tab in guitar pro this tab follows the classical guitar cover by kimiyoshi akiyama arranged in standard tuning sounds cool. Best writing, screenplay based on material from another medium george axelrod. My daughter is a huge audrey hepburn fan and she and i have watched this movie together several times.
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