Woooff.
I think I'll use this blog thing to write about my work on certain instruments.
More for myself than for others but I guess if you wanna read be my guest. That said this will probably be colloquial, as it were, rants.
I was keeping track of my transcription work for several Bach pieces on my phone and in script but I'm terrible with things like that so if I have this as a base then it'll be less for me to worry about.
Recently I've taken on a project that has been done OVER AND OVER AND OVER again. It's even something that I was super hesitant in even approaching: Classical music on the electric guitar. It's so over done it kills me really but I had an idea... You see, those electric guitarist that take a Bach piece and murder it on youtube make it sound so cheesy. And often they play it incorrectly. It's more than just notes is what I'm saying. I'll take my knowledge of performance and apply it to the electric guitar shying away for using distortion wherever and whenever possible. I think the use of distortion is what keeps the electric guitar from being taken seriously. For stuff like flute music or wind in general maybe staying clean is better but for some violin work a bit of tasteful distortion would sound nice.
I won't play any of these standing up but I'll get into why I think more people should sit down later if I remember.
As it stands I'm in the middle of reworking a flute partita in a minor by Bach for electric guitar. Ornamenting it appropriately (I think) wherever I can but not so much so that the piece is unrecognizable. I want it to have some semblance to typical classical guitar playing. Since it's only one voice I think it'll be an easy first go. We'll see.
OH yeah and I'm kinda liking the way the Fuge in a minor for lute is sounding on clean electric guitar. I might record myself playing it but I don't have a good camera. Also taping myself has always freaked me out... :/
I think I'll use this blog thing to write about my work on certain instruments.
More for myself than for others but I guess if you wanna read be my guest. That said this will probably be colloquial, as it were, rants.
I was keeping track of my transcription work for several Bach pieces on my phone and in script but I'm terrible with things like that so if I have this as a base then it'll be less for me to worry about.
Recently I've taken on a project that has been done OVER AND OVER AND OVER again. It's even something that I was super hesitant in even approaching: Classical music on the electric guitar. It's so over done it kills me really but I had an idea... You see, those electric guitarist that take a Bach piece and murder it on youtube make it sound so cheesy. And often they play it incorrectly. It's more than just notes is what I'm saying. I'll take my knowledge of performance and apply it to the electric guitar shying away for using distortion wherever and whenever possible. I think the use of distortion is what keeps the electric guitar from being taken seriously. For stuff like flute music or wind in general maybe staying clean is better but for some violin work a bit of tasteful distortion would sound nice.
I won't play any of these standing up but I'll get into why I think more people should sit down later if I remember.
As it stands I'm in the middle of reworking a flute partita in a minor by Bach for electric guitar. Ornamenting it appropriately (I think) wherever I can but not so much so that the piece is unrecognizable. I want it to have some semblance to typical classical guitar playing. Since it's only one voice I think it'll be an easy first go. We'll see.
OH yeah and I'm kinda liking the way the Fuge in a minor for lute is sounding on clean electric guitar. I might record myself playing it but I don't have a good camera. Also taping myself has always freaked me out... :/