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Not to tread on any toes, but those 3 nice pieces played by Mike Bono sound like classical music to me (and not just because he plays them on a CG).
Originally Posted by Mick Wright
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02-20-2023 04:19 PM
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Originally Posted by RJVB
That's the way he heard it, and they were the articulation of some aspect of semantic content he felt for each of the people or places that inspired him. When I played with him, and he was playing unaccompanied guitar, he'd play stuff not unlike those pieces in many ways. Seriously. The only person who does that rich kind of improvisation might be Ben Monder. But on piano, Keith Jarrett has that expansive command on harmonic elements too. Fred Hersch too.
Mick would do introductions to tunes that incorporated motivic development, and contrapuntal voices, voice leading (of which his Almanacs were a gateway to) and that was a way to find the essential harmonic, thematic and melodic elements of a piece before he actually started the first bar. That was the way he played live when he wanted.
But these pieces were also ways for him to solidify his improvisational language and become more intimate with the elements of composition that are the mainstay of classical music, so yeah, it's going to sound like classical.
If you take cycle 6 harmonic minor from the almanacs, it sounds a lot like a Bach Chorale to my ear.
Mick felt that the freer a player was of the limitations and prejudices of compositional theory, the more a player could use those guiding and shaping forces to improvise (compose) with in a personal way.
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Those pieces are gorgeous and remind me of something… but I can’t put my finger on it. Anyway it would be nice to try and play them one day.
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I like the contrary motion in the first early piece. Haven't gotten too far with it yet. We're converting our attic so lots of shopping and now painting. Leaves very little time for practise.
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Originally Posted by Toddep
will follow these nutritious breadcrumbs and hope to eat cake at the end
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Overlapping threads and a little taste of using the Almanac voice leading in one of Mick's pieces. Mick's explanation says it all:
Here's a little taste of a piece Mick wrote for his friends in Bass Desires, with whom Mick toured with for a little while when Bill was unable to tour. It uses ideas from the Almanac vol 1.
No TAB. Anybody who wants to make a TAB version is free to do it and post it, but it ain't gonna be me.
Have fun.
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This is an old thread, but does anyone know if there’s any update? Has any of Mick’s composed work moved any closer to publication?
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Originally Posted by cmajor9
Other books are being printed too.
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Edit to include link MGH Home - Modern Guitar Harmony
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Originally Posted by cmajor9
There are new books focusing on rhythmic patterns and rhythmic phrasing.
And there's an unedited massive collection of 50 variations on Steve Swallow's composition, a sort of Goodrick meets Goldberg variations. A LOT of work to be done on this one; it's in handwritten manuscript at this point.
And there's more but stay tuned and you can stay current with updates on the Modern Guitar Harmony site.
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Leaving tab out has the added benefit of allowing much more music in the same sized pages and book.
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