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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

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...

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May 6, 20221 min read

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...

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May 6, 20221 min read

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...

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May 6, 20221 min read

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...

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May 3, 20221 min read

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...

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May 3, 20221 min read

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...

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Feb 26, 20221 min read

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...

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Feb 10, 20221 min read

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...

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Jan 29, 20221 min read

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...

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Jan 17, 20221 min read

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...

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Dec 28, 20211 min read

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...

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Oct 19, 20212 min read

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Between the strings

Refection on the Collaborative Process as a Performer

My Favorite Section of the Piece during the Learning process

Interesting use of the Tremolo Technique

Percussive use of a Pencil to Emulate the Berimbau

Reflection on the overall result and collaborative process:

Presentation of the final work:

Development of the form

The "berimbau" effect.

Exploring Extended Techniques Ideas

Use of aleatoric technique.

The start of the journey

Starting the collaboration process.

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