I spend a lot of time at Loud Sun Studio. I’m coming very close to a full 14 piece album in what I call my “chill” sessions. Here we are trying to figure out what a sweet desert mirage sounds like….
To hear what the sweet chill character of what the other tunes will be like go to/tedmann.bandcamp.com/ and checkout the EP Factoring the Chill.
It’s easily to do a little research and see that many think the word “guitar” probably comes from the ancient Greek word κιθάρα or kithara. Mythology attributes Hermes with creating the first kithara from a tortoise shell. So much for my tree question.
Some other words and terms that are related to guitar are gittern, the vihuela, the four-course Renaissance guitar, and the five-course baroque guitar. These all have distinctive personalities. They come in different sizes but look at least like they are related to the modern guitar. Exploring these will lead to more words and terms like citole, cittern, mandore, and of course the lute . So many words to explore. I’m going to look into the gittern first, or maybe the kithara. This is so open ended.
Modes of Motion is a unique five movement work that explores the world of multiphonics and harmonics implemented on the guitar.
A multiphonic is an extended technique on an instrument in which several notes are produced at once from playing only one note. This includes wind, reed, and brass instruments, the human voice....as well as strings.
This is avant-garde. This is deep ambient listening to motives and textures that morph and bend time. You might like it :). See the cover on my web page. It’s beautiful art work by Ken Topham
The world needs another blog. I will start one about music and guitars…. and more!