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Expert: Pat G - 2/22/2011


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Hello Pat,

Two months back I had asked the following question to you. "In Willaim Kanengiser's 'Classical Guitar Mastery' DVD during the 21st minute he plays a piece by Leo Brouwer to explain dynamics in classical guitar playing. Anyone knows which piece it is? Appreciate your response. Can't get that melody out of my head"

I was finally able to identify the piece. It's called "El Decameron Negro" 2nd Movement. The 2nd Movement as a whole is phenomenal but the dynamics really starts hitting at around the second minute. The version with best sound quality I was able to find in youtube is "http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a5cIRiXc_l4". Thanks for sparing your time.

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Hello, Gnanam,

I really appreciate you letting me know. It's a gorgeous piece. I put it into my favorites; the performer has a wonderfully clear performance. Brouwer has written some wonderful stuff. I can see why this would be used to explain dynamics. I hope someday to be able to devote more time to learning to play classical guitar. So I am intensely interested. Thanks so much!

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I am no longer answering questions asking me to identify music. Most music is either on YouTube, which crashes my browser, or on another site that crashes my browser. I am available for other questions.

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I have been playing piano since I was 3, and I am now 66 years old. I took formal lessons for about 11 years, and took some piano and organ performance courses in college. I also sang in the Masterworks Chorale for a number of years, and can sing anything from baritone to first soprano. We performed twice a year, usually a major choral work, ranging from requiem masses to Carmina Burana. I also attended recorder society meetings once a month. We would read compositions and perform them together. I took several children to their music lessons and rehearsals and usually stayed and watched intensely. Our children studied violin, viola, flute, guitar, clarinet, French horn, trumpet, and trombone.

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I studied piano and organ in college, and took courses in music theory. I have also taken seminars in pre-Columbian folk music with Xochimoki, as well as played a short while in a gamelan, and a balalaika orchestra, where I played autoharp.

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