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Establishing yourself as a tree
This is my first post in over six months. The time away wasn’t planned, but it turned out to be necessary. This essay is my way of explaining what happened, what I learned, and why I’m returning to writing and teaching with a slightly different focus. I’m also...
What’s with all the variations on Fernando Sor’s “Variations on a Theme of Mozart?”
What's with all the variations on Fernando Sor's Variations on a Theme of Mozart?" The Spanish classical guitarist Fernando Sor (1778–1839) wrote many virtuosic variations on various themes. But his most famous—and most frequently performed—set is based on a melody by...
Jarabi (Passion)
Here's my performance-ready version of this amazing endless melody of a piece. I've been enjoying Derek Grippers arrangements of Kora music for classical guitar for years, and finally got a chance to try some of them out. Someone once said (I forgot who) that it's...
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