A night in by myself

... so I thought I'd play some guitar...





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  1. Liz Hinds22 April 2009 at 13:05

    I was only thinking last night it was time you played us some more music.

    I didn't know the second two. The middle one was very Third Man-ish and the third had an old English sound to it.

    I liked them all!

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  2. Furtheron22 April 2009 at 13:13

    @liz - Thanks.... I should have said what they were... doh!

    First is famous Bach piece originally written for the organ and this is my interpretation of a version for the guitar published in a magazine some years back.

    Second is a Spanish guitar classic written by a man who I will argue is as important to the history of the guitar as Jimi Hendrix, Charlie Christian etc. Tarrega also wrote one of the most heard tunes ever - the Nokia ring tone, but when he wrote it it was just a bar in the middle of a guitar piece.

    Packington's Pound is an old English tune which as far as I know is not attributed to a particular composer but from around Downlands time so it must I presume have been a lute piece at some point.

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  3. punxxi22 April 2009 at 21:54

    very entertaing evening you had,well layed mr. F! yeah i found mr p and friends so far i have had only 2 problems with the gps, 1. it couldn't find our st, but now it can, just not our end of it, and when i asked it for the nearest certain type store , it sent me to a disribution center instead!

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  4. Sara22 April 2009 at 22:39

    Mmm very nice! I wish I could play an instrument and I keep meaning to play piano - learn it you know? and one day I will..kepp it up!

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