Spatula (a scrambled pastiche) by Frank Koonce Classical Guitar - Sheet Music

SKU: DZ.DZ-1141

ISBN 9782896550401.

Frank Koonce Series

Spatula is an autobiographical homage to the guitar. Because the guitar is one of my favorite instruments, I wanted to write a piece that displayed some of the many diverse styles of guitar playing. I decided to begin by quoting one of my favorite classical pieces, Francisco Tarrega’s Capricho Arabe, which appears in loose form in the introduction. But, whereas the introduction to Tarrega’s piece leads to a beautiful, lulling, and mournful accompaniment figure in d-minor, Spatula leads to a fun and upbeat "banjoesque" bluegrass figure in D-major. This section soon makes way for a dramatic Cuban habanera, which in turn leads back to another bluegrass section. After more stylistic alternations, we arrive at what might be called (tongue-in-cheek) a "bluebaneragrass" section in which the two styles are merged. As things spin more and more out of control, the habanera is brought back alone with frequent and aggressive interruptions that eventually take over – only to yield to a final bluegrass riff that concludes the piece. (Performance tip: Don’t be afraid to frequently alternate plucks between the thumb and fingers as in folk and bluegrass "double-thumbing" styles.).