William Bajzek plays Mrs. Winter's Jump by Dowland on Classical Guitar

Well, I had another very busy and exhausting day, so I ended up recording a piece that I've worked on in the past. I'm actually in the middle of moving right now, so I'm finding that I don't have the leisure time I'd hoped for!

Anyway, it's been a few years since I'd played this piece. Aside from being a catchy tune, it's very nicely written; a lot of this sort of lute music has a nice melody with a sort of perfunctory bass-line, but the bass line to this piece is a solid melody in and of itself, so I took some time to work on the bass on its own.

Thanks again for listening!

The project:
I am making a video every day (when possible) for the rest of April 2011.

Here is the process:
1) Choose a piece (or related pieces), preferably something relatively simple and unfamiliar to me. They will very in difficulty but will need to be short enough to not require page turning, and should not have more than a few technical difficulties.
2) Record myself sightreading it.
3) Analyze the result; make note of any difficulties, determine interpretation.
4) Isolate technical issues and practice
5) Refine interpretation
6) Record again and post!

The audio will be somewhat close-mic'd (2-3 feet away) and will remain unprocessed.

The end result probably won't be perfect, but one thing I have learned from performing is that at some point you just have to let the music out into the world. The sooner and more often, the better.

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Guitar by Robert Garcia of San Jose, CA

Category:

Music

Tags:

• William Bajzek
• John Dowland
• Classical Guitar
• Tulsa

[bevits]

Nice work! This piece had me all over the place when I tried to learn it, well done!

[wholegoose]

OK. now I am headed over to the blog.