For those readers who made an effort to analyze example 1 from the last Fretboard Harmony column, the answers are:
Author: Ron Payne
The Voicing of Chords, Voicing – from “voice,” a technical term meaning an individual part of ‘strand’ within a composition. The word is used in discussing instrumental music because writing for instruments originally imitated similar writing for human voices.
During the past few years there has been a favourable increase in the number of ensemble activities for guitarists, students and professionals. The guitar ensemble whether it be a duo, quartet or larger body is now an established fact and can provide the player with an opportunity to improve themselves not only as a guitarist but more importantly as a musician.
In music, however, the technique of memorisation has always been important. For a performing musician, only systematic memorisation can help the player to overcome the much feared “blackout.”
Isolde Schaupp spoke to Italian guitarist Angelo Gilardino on the occasion of the Lagonegro International Guitar Festival and Competition in Italy.
This article is addressed to the general guitar player in the hope of providing an overview of the contribution of this interesting but obscure character to the development of the instrument and its notation.
My unsteady first steps towards a classical guitar family were galvanized by an invitation in 1980 to accompany the even then impressive singer/song writer Eric Bogie (OA)* at a special concert in the Sydney Opera House.
Bruce Clarke has been at the forefront of the Australian guitar and contemporary music scenes since 1949, working as a free-lance guitarist/arranger among many orchestras on live radio shows, and backing overseas artists on concert tours in the dance halls and ballrooms which were popular at the time.
“On a realistic level one has to stress the importance of making music as an everyday thing and the importance of it to a community.”