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Tunings, repertoire, composition: notes from the workbench.
- 3 March 2018A tribute to Pino MangoMediterraneo and La Rondine, two songs by Mango joined into a single piece. Arranged in G minor with a prepared tuning (from the first…Repertoire
- 17 August 2017Case study: Sylvius Leopold Weiss, Courante from Suite XVII in F minorThe idea of transcribing this suite came from Konrad Junghänel's CD «Ouvertures and Suites». Weiss's music, masterfully played by…Repertoire
- 21 May 2017Prepared and open tunings on the classical guitarOpen tunings can really make a difference in how a piece is played. For years I have moved between early and modern music, from performance…Tunings
- 1 May 2017The bass clef in my logoA logo is a graphic picture of what the person behind it stands for. Why did I choose the F clef, also called the bass clef? In polyphony…Composition
- 11 March 2014How a guitar composition is born: Bach, the minimalists and inspirationI studied harmony and counterpoint, though I never studied composition. A great help came from analysing J. S. Bach's chorales: I try to…Composition