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Welcome to the Home Page of Peter Inglis, Guitarist.
UpdatesGreat Australian guitarPhil Stone
One of the best Rock guitarists in Australia since the early 1970's
(Live at Sunbury Rock Festival 1972),
Phil was unfailingly generous to me with his advice and time. His performing repertoire and stylistic breadth has expanded enormously
since then, although he had mastered a wide range of styles even when I first met him.
Check out his more recent video and audio here: Great Italian guitarTarrega - Paganini: "Variations on the Carnival of Venice" - Played with great rhythmic verve, this piece is a tour de force of left hand melodic devices, including glissandos, portamentos trills, tremelo and more!You don't find many recordings of this piece. The third movement, played here with panache by Italian guitarist Aniello Desiderio, is a lively set of variations. - Paganini: Grande Sonata in A, 3rd movement John Williams videosWith my comments:Schindler's List theme - then Demonstrates common ways of playing a melody on the guitar. - For reference, check out this performance played by Itzhak Perlman, and conducted by the composer, the other John Williams - John Williams, Itzhak Perlman - Schindler's List A television performance from 1963 with a 22 year old Williams displaying a fully formed style and technique. - Bach - Lute Suite No. 4, BWV 1006a, Gigue (1963) Bach - Lute Suite No. 4, BWV 1006a, Gigue - (199x ?) Bach - BWV 1006a, Gavotte en Rondeau - Trills On his father's teaching, Australia, Bach Prelude from BWV 998 Concerto de Toronto - Leo Brouwer - Rare footage of John Williams in rehearsal. Isaac Albeniz: Asturias (Leyenda) Isaac Albeniz - Asturias (Leyenda) (1975) Isaac Albéniz - Sevilla Isaac Albéniz - Córdoba A.Barrios Mangore: El Ultimo Tremolo A.Barrios Mangore: Vals No 3, Opus 8 Cavatina - Bryn Terfel and John Williams 1963: Michael Praetorius: La Volta El noi de la mare - a lovely Catalan folk song D. Scarlatti - Sonata K.175 D. Scarlatti - Sonata K.213 Villa Lobos Prelude No.1 in E minor Villa-Lobos - Prelude no.2 Villa-Lobos - Prelude no.3 Villa-Lobos - Prelude no.4 Villa Lobos: Prelude No.5 Interview Part (3) - teaching, guitar and amplification Feb 21st, 2008 Evolution of the Technique - added Feb 2008 December 16th, 2007 I performed recently at the Art Gallery of N.S.W. where I had a very stimulating conversation with an official of Orff N.S.W.. It was great to hear that Aussie schoolkids are getting involved in this approach to music education, with it's emphasis on movement, ensemble and improvisation. The Aussies encourage the children to make their own instruments as well! More info here : WHAT IS ORFF SCHULWERK? As a backdrop to our conversation we were able to enjoy the musical talent, energy and guitar skills of Sydney band 13th Floor.
As an example of how guitarists are well advised to look at the practices of other instrumentalists, I have put up a gallery of my Keyboard magazine collection, along with a few notes about the contents. Magazines like this are a goldmine of information, containing as they do interviews with living artists who share tips on practice, and talk about their concepts of music and style. They also talk about equipment, the music business, and provide musical samples, a great example of which was the Xmas 1979 edition which contained versions of the Xmas tune "Good King Wenceslas" by Keith Emerson, David Burge, Roger Williams, Anthony Newman, Bill Irwin, Tom Darter, Chick Corea. In the course of time I'll add some notes and observations relating the material to guitar. November 24th, 2007 Added excerpts from the new book - read them here: "Guitar Playing and How it Works - 3rd Edn.". Also, some free, printable downloads: DOWNLOAD a PRINTABLE high resolution pdf of page 125
November 23rd, 2007 "Guitar Playing and How it Works - 3rd Edn." is finally at the printers! Four years of work went into further development of the ideas offered in the 2nd edition: "Guitar Playing and how it works". A lot of the work is visible as organisation of the concepts into a structure that is logical and expandable.
November 14th, 2007 Frank Zappa demonstrates the "reductum ad absurdum" approach to musical composition which we have heard a lot of these past 100 years. Video live on Australian television in 1973. October 30th, 2007
The Modern Method for Guitar, of which I said "... the best scale resource currently available.", has been republished in one 432 page volume, and with Amazon's 34% discount on retail that brings the price down to what one volume alone cost previously. I recommend buying the volume and getting it rebound with ring binders at your local printer as 3 volumes. I suggest that not only for practical reasons, but also psychological.... I used to tiptoe quietly around Volume 3 in the hope it wouldn't notice me leaving the practice room, the 3 volume edition would have reduced me to tears! I would certainly have never finished the project of learning the material. Being a wise man, Leavitt made the first volume the slimmest, then the 2nd volume, and so on to the 3rd volume. Read more: Modern Method for Guitar October 16th, 2007
The DVD "Piano Technique:The Craft of Piano Playing" from Alan Fraser shows a comprehensive knowledge of and practical ability with a wide spectrum of approaches to piano technique. You will notice a lot of commonality with my approaches to the guitar.
A fantastic demonstration of and discussion of Rotation Some quotes: "The movement originates in the two bones of the forearm" (radius and ulna).... "... the degree of ... using the fingers is ... personal. If you see five pianists doing a really good tremelo they will use the fingers (a different amount). You have to find your own way (by experiment)." There are elements of this movement in all kinds of passages.... as soon as there is alternation between two parts of the hand... " October 10th, 2007
Added a video of Two movements from Bach's Solo Violin/Lute Suite in E Major BWV1001 played by Segovia with some of my pointers as to what to watch and listen for in his musical technique.
I have heard personal anecdotes from Australian professional string players that back in 1950's and 60's London they would (everybody would) go out of their way to attend recitals by Segovia. He was regarded as one of the very finest of string players. Video: Fernando Sor - Mozart - Andres Segovia September 12th, 2007 I received a couple of Kazuhito Yamashita CD sets from Japan. Added
George A. Pepper's impressions of Kazuhito Yamashita's performance at the 1989 Texas GFA concert. April 2007 Added to the list of recommended 20th Century Classical listening. Particularly exciting to me are the complete symphonies 1-9 by Malcolm Arnold and the 6 string quartets by Bela Bartok, which I last saw knocking around at about USD$60.00 retail - both sets are available from www.emusic.com for a few dollars.
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