Tethers - Nocturne in G Major for Two Guitars

Piece I'm debuting with a friend at a new music festival in Illinois next month!  tethers - nocture for two guitars in g major.pdf

Hi @skvlkin,

This is relaxing to listen to! Just find b.35 a bit weird with the Eb and E natural for the melodic part. Thx for sharing!

Henry

Wow, very cool piece! It's very refreshing to hear something written for guitar(s) and have it be written by someone who knows their instrument. As you know, guitar midi is by far the worst of midi attempts to recreate a particular instrument, so I ran through a bunch of the parts (am guitarist).

I love the clever use of open strings, something that your midi rendition unfortunately can't replicate. The Cmaj7 chord in guitar 1 for example, or like the static rhythms at section C. Awesome stuff. 

As a side thought, how come you don't record this? Can you perform both parts individually? Yes, it wouldn't be as "natural" with 2 performers as intended, but it would surely give your listeners a MUCH more clear and enjoyable experience (you would enjoy it more too). Unless you're recording this at the festival?

You use some pretty interesting chords too, like the strumming sections with a lot of open string chords. All in all, the piece has a very unique harmony throughout to my ears. Wonderful job! I'll leave with a few notes:

-mpi at bar 54?

-What does this mean? 

-I had some thoughts on the strumming patterns and the tremelos, but are you fingerpicking the whole thing or switching to a pick at all?

-The harmonics are cool, but I felt like you could have branched from hitting all the strings on 5 7 and 12, unless they're "effects" instead? I know you pick them apart later, but it just felt a little "stock" is all. It's hard to tell from the midi 😛

I understand your piece is done, but just some thoughts for the future. This is a lovely composition, and it was really fun to play along as I listened 🙂 

P.S. What's the festival?