Tag: composition
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Always With You
Today recorded my new piece for solo guitar called Always With You. I started writing the piece a couple of weeks ago and initially it was just an improvisation, an exercise in melody development. But then it started growing under my fingers. Tomorrow will shot a video for it and after small mixing will publish…
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Another new (old) piece is finished
In year 2013 I composed quite a few pieces. These days I am giving them shape and shine. Today morning resurrected short piece called “Busy” for two guitars. 🙂
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New (old) piece is finished
Long time since my last post. During that time few things happened: I wrote a set of “Pieces for Kids. Level I”, finished one of my older pieces called “A Tune”, which I was composing in 2015, but didn’t finish, went to a lecture of Patrick Zeoli (student of Abel Carlevaro) about the guitar technique.…
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New piece “Above The Stars”. Hope you like it!
It’s almost a year, that I dance this wonderful Angolan dance – Kizomba. In the beginning, when I just saw people dancing it, it looked a bit fishy to me (if you search on YouTube videos where people dance it, you will get what I mean). But with time I got more into the philosophy…
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Next academic year
Another academic year is over, but already generating ideas for teaching during next year. GLOSSARY Many students start instrument playing when the school starts, age 6-7. Children’s reading skills are incomplete or completely missing. Even though actual theory learning doesn’t start at that point, it’s possible to teach to a small children musical glossary through…
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Learning guitar
По-русски ниже. Eesti keeles allpool. EN May – June. Examinations in progress. First year of studies is introduction to guitar: simple, characteristic pieces on one, two and more strings; melodies on treble, on bass strings; solo pieces, guitar duo with teacher. Basic skills are obtained: correct posture, sound producing; improvisation, composition (song form). Second year…
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“Brothers”
Couple of months ago, while looking through a bunch of scores on my shelves, I found the score. After a short sight-reading I decided to record it. “Brothers” is one of my early pieces, written back in 2012 and is dedicated to my brother. It was a Christmas time, when our family gets together, because…
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A beautiful melody
It is noticeably easier to compose a beautiful melody if you have a beautiful harmony.
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What style to choose
Many musicians, no matter beginner or advances, ask themselves that question: “what style of music should I play?” Communicating with recognized musicians during many years, I finally came to a conclusion. In fact, one could know one certain style very well and then a bit of other known styles. My first musical education was strict:…