King Crimson – ‘The Discipline Era Transcriptions‘ (10/30/20)
Transcription, Engraving

Limited edition, full-band transcriptions + tabs of one of King Crimson’s most innovative eras. This version of King Crimson (Robert Fripp, Adrian Belew, Tony Levin, Bill Bruford) shocked the world with the pioneering musical language brought forth on the “Discipline” release in 1981. They went on to record two more albums in this configuration — “Beat” and “Three of a Perfect Pair”.

Gabriel Riccio set the standard for deep and thorough transcriptions with the King Crimson “THRAK” book. Trey Gunn was a member King Crimson for 10 years and has worked with Robert Fripp for nearly 20 years.

Editing and tabs by Trey Gunn. Proof-readers include Matt Tate, Dean Pascarella and Anthony Garone.

Produced on high-quality paper in 9″x12″ format, spiral bound for lay-flat-open reading. 256 pages.

 

 

Markus Reuter – ‘String Quartet No. 1‘ (4/12/19)
Engraving, Assistance

After years of preparation and planning, Solaire Records is proud and excited to present ‘Heartland’, Markus Reuter’s first string quartet. The album sees Markus further explore his algorithmically-supported composing technique to create a sonic language that will surprise even long-standing supporters.

Written by Markus Reuter, Summer 2018
Performed and recorded by the Matangi Quartet

Gabriel also engraved the scores for Markus’s pieces ‘Sun Trance‘ (premiered by Mannheimer Schlagwerk), ‘Daimon Fu’ (premiered by the Oh Ton Ensemble), and ‘His Last Decade‘ (premiered by Susanne Kessel).

 

 

 

King Crimson – ‘THRAK Scores‘ (9/24/17)
Transcription, Engraving

For the first time ever, full band transcriptions of this classic from the King Crimson double-trio era. Six musicians: two guitar players, two bassists and two drummers.

All parts transcribed and most of the essential bits tabbed for the various instruments and tunings: Adrian Belew’s guitar in standard tuning, Robert Fripp’s guitar in new standard tuning, Tony Levin’s fretted and fretless basses, Trey Gunn’s Chapman Stick and Bill Bruford and Pat Mastelotto’s acoustic and electronic drum transcriptions.

Transcriptions by Gabriel Riccio
Editing and tabs by Trey Gunn

Produced on high-quality paper in 9″x12″ format, spiral bound for lay-flat-open reading.

 

 

250 Pieces for Beethoven, Vol. 2, Markus Reuter – ‘His Last Decade‘ (2017)
Engraving, Assistance

I engraved Markus Reuter’s piano work ‘His Last Decade’, commissioned by Susanne Kessel for her project ‘250 Pieces for Beethoven’. A recording can be found at Bandcamp, and the sheet music can be found at Musica Ferrum.

Markus Reuter about his piano piece “His last decade”:
“The form of my composition is inspired by Beethoven being commonly referred to as a “structuralist”. The piece is a musical image depicting a “creative process”, which is technically represented as the permutation of a musical idea. The permutation of pitches creates a mood that represents the universal feeling of creation for me.

The piece also reflects the question “What does one hear when one hears nothing?”, which came up thinking of Beethoven’s deafness. “His last decade” is an expression of the notion that musical composition can take place beyond acoustic perception, and is thus related to Beethoven’s creations in the last years of his life.”

 

 

Stick Men – ‘Scored‘ (7/6/16)
Transcription, Engraving

The Chapman Stick and U8 Touch Guitar parts for their records Absalom, OPEN, and DEEP have been collected in this volume, carefully and thoroughly transcribed by Gabriel Riccio, who previously expanded the tapping sheet music repertoire by transcribing Trey Gunn’s touch guitar music in Trey Gunn Scores.

Stick Men Scored features detailed notation and full tablature for 17 songs. Whether you’re seeking to learn how to play this music on a tapping instrument, translate it to a different instrument, or simply learn how it works compositionally, this book will provide all of the tools you need.

Playalong tracks are also available for all of the music in the book. PDFs of the song ‘Embracing the Sun’ from their 2016 record Prog Noir and the complete drum parts for DEEP were included as bonuses for the backers of the Pledgemusic campaign.

 

 

Trey Gunn – ‘Scores‘ (1/28/15)
Transcription, Engraving

Touch guitar freak and music coach Trey Gunn (King Crimson, TU, KTU, Quodia, 3Below) draws from his performing and recording catalog for this pioneering book. Notated down to the fine details, this collection will open doors for any tapping musician, or for those curious about how this music is constructed.

Thirteen compositions from Trey’s catalog, plus bonus transcriptions of his parts from the King Crimson piece “The ConstruKction of Light.” Beautifully spiral bound in a 12″x9″ text. For the hard copy version, the top-side tabs are in both 5ths and 4ths tunings. Transcriptions by Gabriel Riccio.

 

 

 

The Gabriel Construct – ‘Interior City (Full Score)‘ (4/5/13)
Composition, Engraving

The full sheet music for ‘Interior City’, complete with parts books for each instrument. This was used to record the album and recreate it live. Digital only.

 

 

 

 

I also engraved the scores for the following recordings:

Mannheimer Schlagwerk – ‘The Numbers are Dancing‘ (12/11/21)
Score for Markus Reuter’s mallet quartet ‘Sexgott’

 

 

 

Markus Reuter – ‘Sun Trance‘ (5/23/17)
Score for ‘Sun Trance’

“Sun Trance” was commissioned by Prof. Dennis Kuhn on behalf of Mannheimer Schlagwerk. World-premiere performance on May 23 2017 at Alte Feuerwache, Mannheim, Germany.

Supported by an eleven-piece ensemble cast, Markus Reuter embarks on a most ambitious project of sorts. Recorded in front of a live audience in Mannheim, Germany, in 2017, “Sun Trance” could perhaps best be described as a sort of trance-avantgarde-psychedelic sonic hybrid.

 

I have freelanced for:

–Hal Leonard, where I’ve engraved everything from Disney songs to the Book of Mormon to Savage Garden.

–Jeremy Borum, with whom I’ve worked on sheet music for Stewart Copeland, David Foster, and more.

–ZMX Music (now defunct), where I transcribed the official sheet music for City and Colour, Beach House, Anarbor, Mustard Plug and Neko Case.

I am available to do transcriptions, engraving, copying, score digitization, arrangement, and more. Email me for more information.