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I finally did it. After 12 years, I finally got my act together. I released some of the original music that has been collecting dust in the corner of the closet. Yep, it took 12 years to release 12 minutes of music presented in 5 songs. Why did it take that long? Let me share with you a few thoughts.
I was interviewed for a “Meet the Composer” session for the December CCG Winter Festival. The following video is the interview. After that, the text transcript is below that. And below that is Daniel playing one of my compositions, “Last Flight Out.”
Carulli’s Op. 241 No. 1 is a simple waltz written in C major. The original scan says that it is written in 6/8, however it looks more like 3/8. The piece is in Ternary form. Basically, it has three sections. An “A” section that contains two sections (an “a” and “b”). Each section repeats.
We have an exciting behind the screens update for this blog. There are quite a few things in the works, some of which you might have already noticed.
How do you write instrumental music and repeat a phrase while keeping the music interesting? This is what we will explore in this article.
An article that suggests an approach to working past the challenging parts in any piece of music on the classical guitar.
“Time is the mechanism God created to keep everything from happening all at once.” I don’t know who said that, but focused guitar practices are time well spent.