Guitarists of the world 'Unite!'

[snyprrr]

Interesting I'll have to look for that one, I never realized that .. the earliest successful example I could think of in a truly monumental piece was within Stockhausen's Gruppen where the electric guitar gets some nifty bits that stand out. Steve Reich wrote Electric Counterpoint for jazz guitarist Pat Metheny which generates a complex, pulsating tapestry of sound from the interaction between the soloist and up to 12 taped parts. And Mark-Anthony Turnage has worked closely with American jazz guitarist John Scofield in shaping works such as Blood on the Floor & Scorched ..

I hear some in Penderecki also.

Keep in mind that the electric guitar featured in many movies from the 60s-70s, where it played pseudo serial soundtrack groovy stuff. The cheaper the movie, the better the soundtrack! Woooah,... I'm gettin a Flashbaaaaack......

[snyprrr]

Good luck with that. I'll bet it makes for a nice transcription as I think the treble clef sits pretty much perfectly for the guitar throughout. There is talk (just talk at the moment) at 4 of us getting together to do a transcription of a Lawes consort piece for 4 guitars. I've never been a huge fan of 4 guitar ensembles so we'll have to see how that goes (so, no I don't have any LA guitar quartet CDs in my collection!!)

The cd 'New Music for Four Guitars' on NewWorld has at least two Masterpieces, one by Lejaren Hiller, and Stephen Funk's Mummychogs. This piece is the be all and end all of Four Guitars, as far as I can see. I would like to see a couple more pieces so we could have a good recital: I too was concerned by the abundance of albums, but no interest on my part (LAGQ).

The Xenakis technique would work great on four Guitars.

He wrote a piece for Japanese instruments which he transcribed for flute and three guitars, and this piece (Nyuyo) is really impressive, I think. Very meditative too.

[canninator]

Toccata&Fugue and myself were discussing the 'tracking listing', for want of a better term, on Craig Ogden's latest recital. Latest gossip (sad gossip unfortunately) that I heard last night is that Craig has had his guitar (a Smallman, not cheap or easy to come by, they are not off the shelf) stolen in a scam. A player is invited to perform at a funeral. Before playing, the individual is asked to go and speak to the family. They leave their gear but there is no family/funeral and when they return their stuff is stolen. This is an elaborate scam targeting individuals with expensive instruments. Sucks.

[canninator]

I've been playing the guitar for 20 years...

Impressive! How old were you when you started as (if you don't mind me saying so) you didn't look much over 20 in the photo you posted in the what do you look like thread.

[canninator]

First play

Rodrigo Riera: Four Venezuelan Pieces (Universal Edition; Ed. John Duarte)

Riera studied with Segovia in the 1950's. These four pieces are relatively straight forward, probably about early intermediate level, with the first three forming a tryptich. With the names Melancholia, Monotonia, and Nostalgia these are short pieces dripping with pathos and crying out for vibrato overkill. I think I did overkill it a little as it all got a bit schmaltzy  . Still, with a little restraint, these are tender and loving pieces available to anyone beyond beginner and perfect for the end of a sunny day.

Here's the best of No.3 Nostalgia that I could find on youtube

http://www.youtube.com/v/VI_AMRYSuAc

[canninator]

World premiere tonight in my study, Sonata for Guitar by Luke Ottevanger 

[karlhenning]

World premiere tonight in my study, Sonata for Guitar by Luke Ottevanger 

Beauty!  We want audio!

[ibanezmonster]

Beauty!  We want audio!

Me, too!


(and the score, if possible, so I could play through it...)

[canninator]

Beauty!  We want audio!

At this stage any audio might not be family friendly (my playing, not the music) 

[Luke]

Ha! I hadn't seen this!

Yes, this is what I was referring to in the last post or two on my thread last week - reading through the first few posts of this thread reawakened my desire to write something for guitar. I absolutely love the instrument but have prctically zilch experience with it. Reading through contemporary scores has taught me most of what I know, but there's a difference between that and actually doing it myself.

Because of time constraints and my current composing no-flow I chose to arrange an old piano piece of mine which I thought might be suitable - the piano sonata movement I wrote in 2007; most of those of you who frequent my thread have heard it in its original incarnation. And yes, it does have a lot about it that speaks 'guitar', but in specifics, well, of course not - it was conceived of as a piano piece and even once it's thinned out and the lines reassigned there are still many, many issues!

So I'm really, really grateful to il Furioso for his super-generousness in helping me sort things out. I imagine that tonight he has been wrestling with all sorts of intractable, novice mistakes, poor guy. As I said to him  few days ago, this feels like starting again and going back to school. No space for pride here!

[Luke]

Thanks for the interest! I think it may be quite a job that poor old Furioso has landed himself with, so it might take a bit of time for anything to be presentable here. The piano piece and score already exist on my thread, however (there's a link on the very first page, it's quite an old piece - Sonata 2007 is what you are looking for)

[Luke]

The written instruction (score) is absolutely 100% useless to me as im nothing playing the thing .. but i'll try to dig up the link and give the music a listen when I get some time.

sorry, to clarify, the score and the mp3 are both linked to on that page. The mp3 is a bit shoddy, but it'll do.

[canninator]

Bumpage on the guitar thread 

A bit of a mix of the Ottevanger guitar sonata and Frank Martin Quatre Pieces Breves at the moment but it's exam time so script marking is slowing me down 

[karlhenning]

How's the Ottevanger coming along (apart from the slowdown with the distractions)?

[canninator]

How's the Ottevanger coming along (apart from the slowdown with the distractions)?

It's lovely music but I don't think Luke would mind if I said that adapting some parts for the guitar and maintaining its distinct harmonic and structural aspects are a challenge. Not insurmountable for sure but then I've got the easy part so I would say that 

[Mn Dave]

I have one of these:



I wish I had time to play it. 

[Mirror Image]

In terms of guitar, there are only a few guitarists that continue to inspire me to keep playing:

1. Bill Frisell
2. Eric Johnson
3. Dave Bainbridge
4. Shawn Lane
5. Pat Metheny

[snyprrr]

In terms of guitar, there are only a few guitarists that continue to inspire me to keep playing:

1. Bill Frisell
2. Eric Johnson
3. Dave Bainbridge
4. Shawn Lane
5. Pat Metheny

Reminding me that rock n roll/rock/whatever-you-call-it has ceased to inspire for a very long time now. Seems, where do you go after you've shredded everything to pieces? There's nothing left. I wonder what the "Last Guitar Solo" was? When? 1997? (I'm being generous, and clueless!!)

SurfsUP!!

[canninator]

Seems, where do you go after you've shredded everything to pieces? There's nothing left.

You go to the Presto from Koyunbaba 

[ibanezmonster]

Seems, where do you go after you've shredded everything to pieces? There's nothing left.

Easy- when you play guitar, simply play something that hasn't been done before.