Week 2: Change of Colors
As the air gets crisper and the days grow shorter, it’s the perfect time to reflect on the beauty and transition that autumn brings. We're excited to introduce our newest community challenge: "Music of the Fall"! This is your chance to explore pieces that capture the essence of this season – whether they evoke the feeling of change, a fresh beginning, or the quiet nostalgia of falling leaves.
What’s the Challenge?
Select a guitar piece that you personally associate with the change of seasons or the idea of starting anew. This could be a work that resonates with autumnal moods, melodies that conjure up images of falling leaves, or pieces that mark a new chapter in your musical journey.
Suggested Themes:
- Transition: Pieces that reflect change or transformation.
- New Beginnings: Works that symbolize starting something new, like a new season in life or music.
- Autumnal Mood: Music that captures the essence of fall – perhaps something contemplative, warm, or even bittersweet.
Timeline:
- Start: October 1st
- End: October 30th
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Shand - Inquietude Op 56 No 1
Like Blaise’ post above, this is a pretty intense and somber piece of music. I am not sure if it evokes Autumn, but if it does, it is certainly late Autumn, as it descends into Winter.
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Eric Phillips Beautiful Eric. It is indeed very solemn, almost like a requiem. But beautifully played.
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Ernest Shand - Inquiétude (Sorrow) Op 56 No 1
This time I tried to add more contrasts in dynamics and tone color. I'm not sure if I succeeded.
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Eric Phillips I am not sure I can evaluate dynamics and tone but for sure this sounds very good to my novice ears. Well done Eric
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Eric Phillips everything is better in this version... the sound and a strong playing that provides a better control over your dynamics, excellent!
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Eric Phillips This sounds great Eric. Very powerful and dramatic.
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Eric Phillips great sound and clear phrasing and colouring. Well done Eric
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Eric Phillips This is significant improvement over an already beautiful performance.
Great work, Eric.
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I've not had chance to watch any of the performances in this challenge yet but I will do as soon as I can. In the meantime here is a very draft recording of a piece that I thought fits the challenge well. I always think of autumn (Fall!) as when the spiders appear in the house (preparing it for halloween?) so this is Pequina Tarantella by Bartolome Calatayud. I'll work on it and hopefully produce a definitive version!
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Derek What a lively little piece! It looks like a great workout for both hands. And, as you say, appropriate for the season, too - I just hope the spiders in your house aren't the sort associated with this famous Italian dance! Looking forward to the 'definitive' version.
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Derek Very nice Derek
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Derek If our house is anythings to go by this definitely fits the bill! Very nicely played Derek
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Derek nice Derek. Well done!
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Derek What a fun piece! It really does sound like a spider.
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Derek Well done, Derrick. I have never heard this interesting piece. I also Neve realized that a Tarantella was related to the tarantula. So I looked up its meaning:
It is a cure for tarantism
- A nervous affection producing melancholy, stupor, and an uncontrollable desire to dance. It was supposed to be produced by the bite of the tarantula, and considered to be incapable of cure except by protracted dancing to appropriate music.
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Derek What a fun piece Derek! Thanks for sharing and now that we have two more weeks I hope you'll share your final version with us.
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Hello everyone, this time I would like to share a piece of music written by a French composer Adrian Le Roy. What makes me interested in his music is that he would write out the diminution for a piece that gives us a glimpse of how musicians played guitar music in the Renaissance period. I hope you would also like this piece - Pessemeze.
Oh, and how does this music relate to The Fall? I don't know, but his diminution really changed the color of the music, so I think it still fits this week's theme, doesn't it?
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Very nice performance, Wai! This has long been one of my favourite pieces by Le Roy. (Despite its structural simplicity, there is something almost hypnotic about it, I find.) I love that you switch to p-i alternation for the diminutions - this really underscores the contour of the melodic line. Thanks for posting - you've got me wanting to play a little Le Roy myself now!
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Wai Thanks for sharing this Wai. A beautiful piece and you play it very well. I enjoyed it!
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Wai Very beautiful piece Wai and well performed. Bravo
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Wai What a lovely piece and beautifully performed Wai!
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David Krupka Thanks, David. Yes, I found that playing those diminutions with the p-i alternation was much more natural (at least to me) than the other way. This piece I think was originally written for lute, I would like to learn his guitar compositions too, hope to share the result here soon.
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Derek Andre Bernier Ron Thank you all so much! It’s always a great pleasure to share music on Tonebase.
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Wai somehow I can’t get access to the video. I’ll try again later
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joosje I’ve been having the same problem with several videos posted in the forum. It only works when I click on “Watch on YouTube” in the lower right corner of the video.
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Wai I love this piece, Wai, and you’re playing it very well. If you want a treat, look up one of several recordings of it by Ronn McFarlane on the lute. Mind blowing!
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End of the Year Challenge: Finish Strong!
