Rachmaninoff Opus 3 Number 2
-F. DaviesThe "Fate" PreludeAranged For Solo Guitar, In the Key Of E minor (Origionally in C minor)
I'm really dropping my drawers here in presenting this video. Metaldude dragged me down to the local 4th Ave tavern intent on getting me up in front of an audience (other than that of a recital) for the first time. The audio is a bit shaky, and so was I for that matter as dishes clanked in the background of a smoke filled back room in front of a small audience more used to rock and roll than Rachmaninoff or the classical guitar.
I think it's good for folks starting out to see how others first began as well. At the time, I had just started my formal studies at Virtuoso Studios and was maybe two months into them when I decided to reduce and transpose this most famous work, (originally for piano) to fit the guitar. Such is how I learned, by jumping in over my head and just going for it. Originally in the key of C-sharp minor, I transposed it to the key of E-minor to take advantage of the low E string and not having to drop it down to a C, and reduced the total number of notes to something playable on guitar.
Below, you will find my original handwritten sheets. Again, they are displayed here so you and others can see how I started out writing music. Nowadays I would use a program such as Musescore instead for a final copy, but I still sketch by hand and have a couple of spiral bound notebooks filled with handwritten scores from three decades ago while still a student.
This video has been up at Youtube for a while and has been viewed around 10,000 times. Thanks Metaldude for the push getting me out of the living room to meet the public! (That's him sitting at the table at the beginning of the clip.) | | |
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