This guitar piece was written by Will, who I knew from secondary school and wrote this for his GCSE music composition. I have just always been amazed by it. The piece includes a mixture of different guitar techniques such as: strumming and hitting the fret board to create the fast melody that opens and closes the piece. As the opening melody is played Will plays bass notes to compliment it. The tempo is fast from the start and the dynamic level goes up and down in volume depending on the guitar technique (strumming is naturally louder than picking). In the following strumming section a sequence of chords are played with a descending bass line underneath it as Will moves his finger position down the fret board on the E string. This section is decorated with some fast guitar licks which gives the strumming section more musical colour.
The piece can be divided into definate sections. The fast opening melody played high on the fret board begins the piece, then there is a long and varying strumming section. This is followed by a different higher pitched strumming section played close to the bridge of the guitar which descends. The piece then goes back to the first strumming section welcomes a increase in tempo then pauses before the opening melody repeats to end. I think the first long strumming section is particularly interesting in terms of development because as this section moves the chords played are being developed and changed and new licks are being added.
Will's main instrument is guitar, therefore the timbre choice is obvious. He is also influenced by many great guitarists such as Newton Faulkner (mentioned in a earlier post) and like them is interested in pushing the conventional ways in which a guitar can be played. As the piece was written for an exam setting it had to be impressive which explains the fast paced guitar licks.
The piece can be divided into definate sections. The fast opening melody played high on the fret board begins the piece, then there is a long and varying strumming section. This is followed by a different higher pitched strumming section played close to the bridge of the guitar which descends. The piece then goes back to the first strumming section welcomes a increase in tempo then pauses before the opening melody repeats to end. I think the first long strumming section is particularly interesting in terms of development because as this section moves the chords played are being developed and changed and new licks are being added.
Will's main instrument is guitar, therefore the timbre choice is obvious. He is also influenced by many great guitarists such as Newton Faulkner (mentioned in a earlier post) and like them is interested in pushing the conventional ways in which a guitar can be played. As the piece was written for an exam setting it had to be impressive which explains the fast paced guitar licks.