Monday, August 20, 2007

Me, Playing the Guitar

Here's an old video of me playing the guitar in a recital at the 1994 Christopher Parkening masterclass, at Montana State University.



I'm playing my 1967 Ramirez guitar; the maker in Ramirez's shop was Mariano Tezanos, or "MT." It's a very good guitar; Chris himself has played a 67 MT.
at

4 comments:

  1. Don4:04 PM

    Wow! I wish I could still play like that (kidding!). That was obviously when you had time to practice. Alot! Very nicely done. Is there anything you don't do well?

    Don+

    ReplyDelete
  2. "Q" the Enchanter4:09 PM

    Brilliant. Huge, beautiful sound -- even through the data compression. Really great.

    ReplyDelete
  3. Stuart Buck8:21 PM

    Thanks, y'all! Glad you liked it.

    My more critical notes when I view the clip:

    40 seconds -- I muff the chords a bit.

    Nice melody note at 47.

    52, 54, 56, 59.

    1:31 -- I muff the chords again.

    Nice melody at 1:44 and following.

    2:10: I muff the harmony chords a bit.

    The passage at 2:40 is extremely fast, and it's pretty darn good for a live performance.

    Still: Muffed a bit at 2:56
    Muffed a bit at 2:58.

    At 3:05 to 3:10, the bass line practically disappeared.

    The passage at 3:36 to 3:46 is extremely hard, but I pretty much nailed it.

    Nice bass line at 3:51-52.

    ReplyDelete
  4. Stuart Buck8:25 PM

    At 52, 54, 56, 59, I think I was going to say that I made the notes buzz a little too much. That's common throughout the piece. If I were recording, I'd have to clean up a lot of things.

    ReplyDelete