I’ve been listening to a lot of classical guitar these past few months. Mostly Bach, some Vivaldi but I’ll leave that for another post. Anyway, given my listening habits I guess that it was inevitable that the Great YouTube Algorithm…
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“Crazy Fingers” . . . : Grateful Dead on Classical Guitar
Tagged with: Classical Guitar, Damia Timoner, Grateful Dead
Posted in Classic Rock, Classical, Jam Band, Music Appreciation and Analysis
Posted in Classic Rock, Classical, Jam Band, Music Appreciation and Analysis
“Does Your Left Hand Know What The Right One Is Doing?” . . . : Mauro Giuliani 120 Right Hand Studies For Guitar
A bit of guitar geekness this month boys & girls . . . One of my favorite guitarists, Charlie Hunter (see https://roymusicusa.com/2014/08/22/bing-bing-bing-bing-the-awesome-guitar-of-charlie-hunter/) said that the left hand of the guitarist is the “conception” hand but the right was the “execution”…
Tagged with: 120 Right Hand Studies for Guitar, Classical Guitar, Mauro Giuliani
Posted in Classical, Guitar Logic
Posted in Classical, Guitar Logic
The Other Great Classical Guitarist . . . : Julian Bream (1933 – 2020)
Last month, classical guitar legend Julian Bream passed away at the age of 87. Chances are that unless you’re a serious guitar geek (such as yours truly) you have never heard of him. Of the small amount of people who…
Tagged with: Andre Segovia, Classical Guitar, Julian Bream
Posted in Classical, Music Appreciation and Analysis
Posted in Classical, Music Appreciation and Analysis
“That Was Then, This Is Now” . . . : Musical Flash Mobs
A reminder of a different time. A time when people gathered in public places casually, going about their business until they notice that the person beside them is carrying a bassoon. And that person coming up the escalator is holding…
Tagged with: Bohemian Rhapsody, Bolero, Flash Mob, Hallelujah Chorus, Here Comes The Sun, Ode To Job
Posted in Classic Rock, Classical, Music Appreciation and Analysis
Posted in Classic Rock, Classical, Music Appreciation and Analysis
“What’s That Song With The Cello? . . . : J.S. Bach Cello Suite No. 1 Prelude in G Major
I’ve previously written of how the New York Public Library provided a invaluable resource in my early music self education (https://roymusicusa.com/2017/01/13/blues-for-new-orleans-duke-ellington-the-new-york-public-library-and-me/), Pre-internet, it was the only way I would get to hear musicians and pieces of music that I read…
Tagged with: Ana Vidovic, Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major, Classical Guitar, J.S. Bach
Posted in Classical, Music Appreciation and Analysis
Posted in Classical, Music Appreciation and Analysis
Queen For A Day . . . : Bohemian Rhapsody On Classical Guitar
I haven’t seen the movie yet but with the recent release of the Queen/Freddie Mercury biopic, I thought it would be a good time to share this great video of classical guitarist Edgar Cruz playing a solo guitar arrangement of…
Tagged with: Bohemian Rhapsody, Classical Guitar, Freddie Mercury, Queen
Posted in Classic Rock, Classical
Posted in Classic Rock, Classical
The (Musical) Games We Play: (Musical) Exquisite Corpses and Terry Riley’s “In C”
This past weekend, as part of the MakeMusicNewYork festival, I took part in a interesting “game” entitled Exquisite Corpses. The term refers to a artistic technique invented by the early 20th century surrealists in which players write in turn on…
Tagged with: "In C", Exquisite Corpses, Improvisation, La Monte Young, Minimalism, Philip Glass, Steve Reich, Terry Riley
Posted in Classical, Improvisation, Music Appreciation and Analysis
Posted in Classical, Improvisation, Music Appreciation and Analysis
A Musical Offering: J.S. Bach’s Crab Cannon
And now for something a little different. . . What we have below is a video that illustrates a cool little musical puzzle from one the greatest musicians ever, J.S. Bach. It’s the first piece from Bach’s “Musical Offering”, a…
Tagged with: Canon, Conterpoint, J.S. Bach
Posted in Classical, Music Appreciation and Analysis, Music Theory
Posted in Classical, Music Appreciation and Analysis, Music Theory
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