Today with my guitar duo partner we had a master class from amazing guitarist and teacher Arturo Tallini, who is an expert of modern and contemporary music. We played Piazzolla’s Tango Suite. He helped us to understand better the style of Piazzolla’s music by saying how one could approach this music (since it is quite specific), […]
read moreThree weeks ago I received a task from a teacher to compose a piece, using some composing tools of Bela Bartok. Thinking about the new piece and it’s structure I soon came up with an idea of a composition consisting of four small pieces, each of a different character. So next time at the lesson I […]
read moreEven though we played very well Piazzolla on our guitar duo exam and got high points for that, the best compliment for me was of Argentinian bandoneon player, who told us: it’s not necessary to travel back to Argentina to listen some nice tango music 😉
read moreComposing is basically construction: got inspired by something(1), wrote down a phrase(2) and after just adding bricks and giving shape to a piece(3). Before I didn’t take too seriously studying different ways of composing. Those of Berg, Messiaen, Bartok… Now I started. As a result – wrote one new piece for two guitars called “Once […]
read moreOne month vacation is passing away! For me it meant (as always) working/studying on my own and preparing for some exams. Few new pieces are already under construction. Also, decided to learn write better poetry and more interesting texts for my songs, so currently dedicating some time it (texts yet in Russian, but soon will try also […]
read moreGood news for guitarist and music lovers! Estonian guitar music repertoire got new piece – Sonata by Vsevolod Pozdejev. Shortly about the piece. In summer 2014 I asked, if he could write some larger form for the guitar (previously he wrote one beautiful piece, which I did recorded last year). He agreed and few months […]
read more1. Stop, put an instrument aside 2. Describe what happened (finger was not in the right time on the right place etc.) 3. Figure out a solution (there might be many: new fingering, different technique etc.) 4. Take an instrument, try the solution out 5. If it works – continue playing piece until the error 6. If solution not […]
read moreSince beginning of summer 2013 I attend salsa, bachata and kizomba dance lessons. Dancing salsa gave me new dimension in understanding the rhythm in music. My playing has changed in a way, that I began to feel the flow of music (Note! Not the beat! The flow! Because music doesn´t beat, it flows, in my opinion. […]
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