estebanana -> Composing for classical guitar, Do it yourself stuff. (Apr. 14 2015 10:07:41)
It's been a long time since I have played and practiced, about five years, so be nice, I'm not really a guitarist. In 2010 I got hit by a car while riding my bicycle, it caused a lot of problems with my playing and guitar building in terms of back pain. So I quit playing with any real intention of ever being good. I have been able to hold onto a little bit of my playing, but I lost about 90% of the material I knew. So now I'm trying to write small studies for classical guitar, just to see what happens. I know most 12 year olds can play better, but I don't really care, I'm more interested thinking about structure and seeing if I can learn to write decent pieces. Let someone else play the hard ones.
This one is sketched out, maybe a bit bland, but I'll keep working on it.
I have been thinking about Phillip Rosheger and all the great music he composed for guitar and I felt, I guess, inspired to make some small pieces. If you don't know his work please look him up, he was a fantastic composer for classical guitar. He was a guitarist from the San Francisco area, most of the flamenco people knew him and he hung with flamencos a lot.
Phil used to love to play Bach on flamenco guitars and would grab a blanca and shred through a violin sonata or play something Spanish while we all stood at the bar with a beer. Phil came to flamenco parties and I remember one New Years Eve after his gig at a hotel NY party he showed up at the flamenco party and basically played classical masterpieces from1 am to 5 am and we all just sat there floored. He was so on.
He as the first American to win the Segovia contest held in Santiago de Compostela, I think it was in 1968 or 69. In his prime he was a world class artist, and then later he played with more guts a soul than just about anyone alive. I really miss hearing him play. This piece is not worthy of his artistry, but it was fun to remember him while putting it together.
BarkellWH -> RE: Composing for classical guitar, Do it yourself stuff. (Apr. 14 2015 12:36:48)
Very nice, Stephen, and don't worry about not being in top form. After five years it is enough to take it up again. And it was an especially nice tribute to your friend Phil.
Cheers,
Bill
Leñador -> RE: Composing for classical guitar, Do it yourself stuff. (Apr. 14 2015 13:28:54)
Yeah that's good stuff Stephan. Good tone, nice ideas, all around good stuff man keep it up.
estebanana -> RE: Composing for classical guitar, Do it yourself stuff. (Apr. 14 2015 14:16:09)
Thank Lenny and Bill, I'l try to keep it up.
I just worked these descending lines and end them with a chord and then ascended back up and ended it. I have a few more parts sketched out to make a small suite, but I need to work up the other to sections. I'm going to listen to Kapsberger the baroque lute composer for a few days, the next section is arrps and his music uses lots of arrps in ways that thread a melody through them.
Something flamenco~
Here is my friend David McLean and his partner Clara Rodriguez..now this is guitar playing.. I was excited to find this we thought it had been lost, but it I found it on an external hard drive.
