So You Want Play In Het Concertgebouw?
I received a call from a manager who asked if his guitarist could perform in our series. I’m afraid not, I replied. The upcoming series was already programmed, and I had never heard her play. I also explained that because she wasn’t (yet) well-known, she probably wouldn’t attract enough of an audience. A day later,…
Libra Sonatine
http://youtu.be/AL9aoecs7RE Many guitarists ask for the score of the trio’s arrangement of Libra Sonatine by Roland Dyens. Well here it is. The guitar part is published with Editions Henry Lemoine. The bass part, notated by Eric Calmes can be downloaded here. Percussionist Enrique Firpi based his part on the bass part. I trust you to mention…
the lick – starting with improvising
‘If you want to start improvising, start with learning solo’s by heart, divide them into licks, and use these licks in your improvisations. It’s like learning a foreign language. First you learn words and sentences. Then you start using them…’ Christiaan van Hemert, multi-instrumentalist and co-founder of the Rosenberg Academy. http://youtu.be/krDxhnaKD7Q
Mozart KV 200, arrangement for three guitars
The Amsterdam Guitar Trio The Amsterdam Guitar Trio gave it’s last performance in 2003 but every now and then I get requests for scores of the arrangements. Unfortunately there aren’t any. Parts were updated by each individual member and hardly ever united into a trio score. Except for Vivaldi’s Four seaons, the score – including…
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Bass Part – Leo Brouwer’s Danza Característica
Many guitarists got inspired by our version of Leo Brouwer’s Danza Característica and ask me for the bass part. Well here it is. Written down by good old Eric Calmes. I trust you to mention Esther Steenbergen Trio as the arrangers, whenever you use it. https://youtu.be/5FrqelTCG7M
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