"The Scent of Wood and Resin"
This one I dedicate to all great guitar builders. Just two weeks ago I bought a brand new Spanish guitar by Luthier Joan Cashimira, model 145, 100% handmade in Spain, with a Solid Spruce top and Cocobolo back and side. These wood types give this guitar an amazing tone and an incredible timbre. I hope to express that here in this piece, that I wrote on this beautiful guitar. It is loosely based on a flamenco style called Granaína, originating from Granada. It was originally danceable, but now has been freed up in its rhythm, is much slower, and is usually only sung or played as a guitar solo, reflecting its Arab-Moorish heritage more strongly than other fandangos. The end section takes it more into the direction of a duo, although the backing guitars have been double tracked making it actually a trio. Some of you that know me will hear the influence of the guitar trio, most likely from the period of Passion, Grace and Fire.

Special thanks to Theo Jacobs for suggesting to change the title into Spanish: "El Perfume De Madera Y Resina" (The Scent Of Wood and Resin").

I  hope you'll enjoy this one and as always I appreciate your time listening, comments and likes!

- Dan

All music and guitars by Dan van den Berg, April 6, 2016
Recorded using AURIA for iPad and an Apogee MiC, mastered with Final Touch
Guitar: Joan Cashimira, modelo 145:
Solid Spruce Top
Cocobolo Back & Sides w/ blonde streak
Wooden Rosette Inlay
Ebony Fretboard
Rosewood Profile
Scale: 65.0 cm
Length al guitar: 100 cm 
Depth: 9.7 cm 
High B : 28.2 cm 
Lower B : 37.1cm 
Neck width at 12 th fret : 6.3 cm
Neck width at 0 fret: 5.4 cm



El Perfume De Madera Y Resina - Granaína | Dan Van Den Berg

Feeble

In early winter I began composing what started as a simple piano solo.  Then came a friendly offer from a great cellist to play anything I would write, and so the piano solo became a duet, and from the space between emerged a theme in full orchestration.

cjb

KHAA / GAIA

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