3
POPSAncient Greek Music Theory - Modes The Greeks had developed a complex system of relating particular emotional and spiritual characteristics to certain modes (scales). The names for the various modes derived from the names of Greek tribes and peoples, the temperament and emotions of which were said to be characterized by the unique sound of each mode, which included the Ancient Greek subgroups (Ionians, Dorians, Aeolians), one small region in central Greece (Locris), and certain neighboring (non-Greek) peoples from Asia Minor (Lydia, Phrygia). Thus, Dorian modes were "harsh", Phrygian modes "sensual", and so forth.
2
POPSThe Chord Scale This is also helpful in putting together simple progressions, or even whole songs.
2
POPSKoyunbaba - Presto Written by Carlos Domeniconi, an Italian born composer currently living in Germany; although this piece is Turkish in influence. Another facet of this composition is that the guitar is tuned to an open tuning, C#minor, which isn't very common in classical guitar.
10
POPSAncient Chinese Bells The importance of that discovery grows when we realize that it took the West a thousand years to develop the cathedral bell, and we didn't have it until the middle ages. Bells are very hard to make, yet China had these remarkably sophisticated Zhong bells during the Golden Age of Athens. The bells produce a rich tone, they take far less bronze to get it than a cathedral bell, and then they deliver two sounds for the cost of one. It's easy to look right at something that's very sophisticated without seeing the sophistication. It took us eighty years to catch on to these remarkable, but unassuming, bells. The best inventions are like that. In the best inventions, elegance masquerades as simplicity.
1
POPSClassical Guitarist Ernesto Tamayo The links in the clip quit working. Go to source linked above or in comments to hear audio. He performs works by Barrios (nice tremolo technique) and an original composition.
1
POPSClassical Guitarists: Aaron Brock & Elliot Frank Aaron Brock died at the age of 32 shortly after this interview/performance of a rare undiagnosed heart ailment. Such a shame. Here he tunes his guitar to an open tuning. The two movements he plays start out very somber and slow increasing to a dramatically intense flurry of right-hand picking and left-hand slurs (hammer-ons/pull-offs), and finally decelerating back to the original motif.
1
POPSAmazing Circle of Fifths This source starts out simple, but gets very in depth. I don't pretend to fully grasp all these applications of it, nor was I able to clip most of them without explanations.
3
Clips
Latest Pops
Latest Comments
Most Pops
Tags
Print
Save
Turn on live update