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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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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Wai That was great, Wai. We don't have enough Renaissance music represented here. (I am certainly guilty of that.) I used to play a lot of Renaissance music decades ago, in fact I was in a Renaissance Consort of sorts.. I have a fair amount of music from then and Le Roy is represented - I'll have to reacquaint myself.
Thanks for posting this.
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joosje Hi, joosje. I have checked my Youtube settings, the video is set to "unlisted", so I do not think it is a settings issue. Maybe trying the solution Eric mentioned below will solve the problem. Anyway, thanks for listening.
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Eric Phillips Thanks Eric. Yes, I have listened to Ronn McFarlane's version, and there is another version that I really like, played by an artist called Christopher Wilson. I just found one of his albums on Youtube music but don't know much about him, hope you like this version too.
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Jack Stewart Wow, a Renaissance consort? I really want to see it. I may have missed a lot of the monthly challenges this year, but I don't remember seeing you playing Renaissance music. Are you planning to record and share some of the Renaissance music on Tonebase?
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Wai no no, that was decades ago - like 5 decades!!!! Some of the members were quite good, though I wasn't one of them. Everyone was quite accommodating and patient with me.
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Wai I tried again and somehow it worked without any problem this time! It’s a beautiful piece, I didn’t know it. And you play it so nice and fluent. Thank you for posting this..
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Chris Wilson's version of just about anything is usually my favourite! He's an English lutenist (and vihuelist) who belongs to the same generation as Nigel North and Jakob Lindberg. In my opinion, he's every bit as good as (if not better than) his more widely known peers; however, he seems not to have been interested in pursuing an international career. He is married to Shirley Rumsey (herself a very fine interpreter of early music) with whom he has frequently collaborated. (However, neither seems to have been active, as far as recording is concerned, for more than twenty years.) Btw, the recording which includes the Passemezzo (entitled 'La Magdalena') is uniformly brilliant!
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Wai Great to hear this Wai. You did a nice authentic version for the guitar based on the lute technique, so well done! It gives it the correct flavor and rhythmic stress to the notes. Rob MacKillop has some great books for guitarists who want to play from tablature lute scores. The books have a nice standard lute repertoire and if you're not familiar with them I think you'd enjoy them.
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Debbie Thank you, Debbie. I played it straight from the original, the composer clearly marked the pi pattern on the score and I tried my best to follow it (just changed the last bar to my own taste). It felt so natural to play with the pi technique.
I have "Renaissance Lute Repertoire" by Rob MacKillop, and "Guitar Music of the 16th Century" by Keith Calmes (Faithful to the original version) is another good one, hope you enjoy it. -
Wai I really enjoyed this, Wai! I played a lot of Renaissance decades ago, so I love to be reminded, thanks! I also see you are using the "authentic" right hand fingerings (p-i-p-i) for the scale passages, which creates the accents on the right notes. Well played!!
Thanks for sharing!!
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David Krupka Thanks David. I'll keep working on it!
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