Classical Guitarist
I’m not going to be able to offer a whole lot of detail directly from a workshop I took no notes on, but I will offer a few highlights that I can recall and my own thoughts on those topics. … Continue reading
I’m planning to visit my family in Pittsburgh, PA over Thanksgiving this year. I was wondering if there might be any classical guitar concerts to attend while I’m there, and while searching for that, I discovered that Pittsburgh now has … Continue reading
I’ve been working recently on learning to play ‘drums’ on a midi keyboard, for a recording project. I haven’t seriously played a keyboard instrument since I was 8, so I have no real keyboard technique, and seeing my notes appear on … Continue reading
Just a brief post this week. I’ve been reading “The Rest Is Noise” by Alex Ross for the past few days and would strongly recommend it to any classical guitarist even though there’s not much, if any, info related to … Continue reading
Since I moved to Tulsa, I’d been busy with job hunting and then job doing, and I haven’t had much inspiration for blogging. For a while, I felt like I was losing a lot of ground with the guitar itself, … Continue reading
I’m in the process of moving my blog from Blogger to this website. The videos and things were lost in the import. I will go back and add them again when I have time. Thanks for your patience!
Life has been busy recently, unfortunately full of real-world work, and not a whole lot of time for music. As I often do in these times, I’m still practicing guitar regularly but focusing on one just thing. This time, it … Continue reading
Youtube user elduendecillo07 uploaded this fascinating documentary on Leo Brouwer. I’ve created a playlist that should play them all in order. There’s a lot discussion of style and ideas, plus many clips of him playing his own music and others’. Not … Continue reading
The final performer at the William Kanengiser masterclass I’ve been writing about played the fourth movement of Castelnuovo-Tedesco’s Homage to Boccherini. Kanengiser offered some thoughts particular to Tedesco’s writing. It’s often said that the guitar should be treated like a miniature … Continue reading
Continuing on from my notes from a masterclass given by William Kanengiser in San Jose, back in 2007 or 2008. The next student played the Prelude from Bach’s Prelude, Fugue, and Allegro BWV 998. Some of Kanengiser’s comments reiterate ones … Continue reading