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BLOG: WRITING A CLASSICAL GUITAR PIECE FOR DARREN LOUGHRAN
This blog is a register of the collaborative process and interaction between the composer Johnathan Santos and the classical guitar player Darren Loughran in search to create a piece that will be performed and recorded in 2022.
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Refection on the Collaborative Process as a Performer
I found collaborating with Johnathan on this project to be a very worthwhile, fun and fruitful experience. Johnathan's abilities as a...
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May 6, 20221 min read
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My Favorite Section of the Piece during the Learning process
The below video is an example of a section of the piece I really enjoyed practicing and learning. I thought this section to be incredibly...
darrenloughran2021
May 6, 20221 min read
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Interesting use of the Tremolo Technique
The tremolo technique is a very traditional and popular technique for the classical guitar, and one I am quite fond of. Below is an...
darrenloughran2021
May 6, 20221 min read
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Percussive use of a Pencil to Emulate the Berimbau
After deciding to utilize a pencil or pencil-like object to emulate the berimbau, I began practicing the sections of the piece that...
darrenloughran2021
May 6, 20221 min read
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Reflection on the overall result and collaborative process:
Writing this piece in collaboration with Darren Loughran was immensely successful, and indeed, the work would be utterly different...
johnathansantos202
May 3, 20221 min read
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Presentation of the final work:
"Cabaça" is a piece resulting from the collaboration process between the composer Johnathan Santos and the guitarist Darren Loughran, who...
johnathansantos202
May 3, 20221 min read
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Development of the form
After getting feedback from the guitarist Chris Cole, who gently agreed to take a look at the piece, I decided to elaborate further on...
johnathansantos202
Feb 26, 20221 min read
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The "berimbau" effect.
The idea that the guitar can emulate a percussion instrument is quite common either in art or popular music, like Malcolm Arnold's...
johnathansantos202
Feb 10, 20221 min read
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Exploring Extended Techniques Ideas
Darrin and I met online to discuss the overall shape of the piece and some ideas. He had emailed me a few days before with an attached...
johnathansantos202
Jan 29, 20221 min read
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Use of aleatoric technique.
After working on the composition and doing an essay comparing the work of Lutosławski and Penderecki, I started to think that an intro...
johnathansantos202
Jan 17, 20221 min read
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The start of the journey
After drafting a few ideas and sharing them with Darren, we discussed how the composition would go since the ideas were very different...
johnathansantos202
Dec 28, 20211 min read
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Starting the collaboration process.
After a few email exchanges, it was decided that myself and Darren Loughran, would become the collaborators for the “Collaborative Music...
johnathansantos202
Oct 19, 20212 min read
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