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Great guitar maker dies

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Felix Manzanero knew what he wanted to do at age 14, to make guitars. he learned and worked at Ramirez shop until Jan 10, 1964 and opened his own on Sept of 1964. I met him then next year and remained good friends for the last 50+. We visited him during our Golden Anniversary and had a great time reminiscing about old times. He passed on Aug 19,2019 and his son Ivan has carried on the lineage of great guitar making. I purchased Ivan’s 1st guitar since reopening.I ordered a Flamenco style guitar because I wanted one with the wooden pegs like the first guitars. I have been playing to break it in and it sounds of the quality his father would make. He will be greatly missed.

Music 101 series

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I started Music 101 to enable people of all ages, how to read music and understand how it works. I have just finished my conclusion with lesson 6. lesson 1 was about how the lines developed and how a sign [cleffs] tell one where the letter name of the notes lie. lesson 2 was about scales and how the note work. lesson 3 was about chords. lesson 4 you learn about key signatures. lesson 5 and 6 fills in everything you need to know to write and read music for in the last – lesson 6 we write out a composition.

If you ever wanted to know any of this or you have a friend who is musical, turn them on to this. it’s on youtube under GilPiger Music 101

enjoy

Gil Piger

Music clarification

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 A Guitar Music Clarification

 

By GIL PIGER

 

In my thirty some years of teaching and performing I have encountered a

plethora of guitar related misinformation.  Segovia himself was responsible for much of this misinformation.  He would edit pieces and then turn then over for print sometimes with wrong notes, added or missing, as well as fingerings.  He would do this so he could say, “he was the only one who played it correctly”.   An example of this is in “Pieces caracteristiques” [character pieces] by Torroba.  When Segovia recorded these pieces he added and deleted what should or shouldn’t be there.  Prime example of this is the 3rd of this set of 6 pieces.  In the published version G.A. 133, the 3rd piece is printed as “melodia” a slow tremolo piece.

This piece doesn’t even belong to this set, whereas the ‘old man’ as we used to call him, plays instead “Cancion” which is in actually “Burgalesa” G.A. 113.   However “Burgalesa” is published in the key of F#, whereas  “Cancion” is in the key of E.

 

 

 

Here is the correct version in the key of E.

 

 

 

If anyone wishes the complete piece or more information on this whole set, then you will have to take a lesson from me.