Pablo Villegas, guitar

from Sketchpad for guitar, op. 4

The Deutsche is of course counted in three.  But my accompanying line is counted rather in two, making for some rather piquant rhythmic clashes.

A friend who heard this recording once told me, to my dismay, that the number sounded Spanish!  I wondered, would quite anything played by Spanish guitarists sound that way to her?  Then I remembered the hemiola (two against three)effect I had employed; yes, a widely recognized hallmark of Hispanic music! 

Recoded in New York City
2006

German Dance; op. 4, no. 3

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German Dance; op. 4, no. 3

Victor Frost — composer