A Musical Cryptogram on the name Jimi Hendrix is a piece I composed where I attached a musical note to a letter in his name. At the end of the video you can see the key. When I uploaded it to Spotify they said I couldn’t use a famous persons name so it is called, A Musical Cryptogram on the Name of a Famous Left-Handed Guitarist, on Spotify.
Category Archives: Originals
Break Dance Gracie!!
Break Dance Gracie!! was originally composed for a small jazz ensemble. I performed it at the South Haven jazz festival back in September (2019) with guitar, alto saxophone, bass, and drums. I made a full jazz band arrangement of it to be performed back in March but the coronavirus came and cancelled the concert. I decided to make this arrangement for guitar.
The Forest at Midnight
The Forest at Midnight was composed for my guitar school on my website. It’s an etude that was designed or the beginner student in mind. The right hand pattern stays the same throughout and the left hand is limited to just two fingers down at a time. You can learn this at my guitar school.
Midnight Blue
Midnight Blue comes from my Year of the Guitar Suite. Score/Tab is free at my website.
Ebb and Flow with TAB
Ebb and Flow comes from my Red Guitar Suite. In this video, I show you how to play it. It is a fairly simple piece that repeats the chord progression: Am, F, G over and over again. You can learn the full piece at my guitar school.
Ebb and Flow
Ebb and Flow was composed about 7 years ago as part of my Red Guitar Suite. I composed a group of pieces inspired by my Ramirez guitar given to me by my uncle. In this recording I have added some effects like echo and chorus. Score/tab is free at my website.
Break Dance Gracie!! (Work-in-Progress)
Break Dance Gracie is a piece I composed last year for jazz band. I am in the process of arranging it for guitar. The chord progression is Am-G-F-E that repeats over and over again.
An Ode To You
This is an improvisation I did a year ago which Bhadra then added words to it.
Here are the lyrics: How could I not love your little ocean blue eyes?
How can I just not see the only sun which shone through, all those years of terrible grey skies? How could I not just love you… For all the times you’ve been there…
Mending all those broken strings of my heart…?
How could I not… … … Just love you?
Eyşan Unutamıyorum, Abana in Heaven, Godfather and More…
This is a practicing video. I turned the camera on and just started playing. No edits and I crashed and burned at the end of the Godfather theme. Here is the order:
Eyşan Unutamıyorum (0:07) This is a piece I started playing a few years ago when an Instagram friend suggested I make a guitar arrangement of it. It is now one of my favorite pieces to play.
Funky Soul Butter (1:42) This is a piece I composed a couple of years ago. I wrote a bass line to a dance track I wrote. I wondered if it would work on the guitar (it did) and the piece was written in a couple of days.
Abana in Heaven (4:43) This is a piece I arranged a two years ago. It was played a lot in the church that I go to and I love love love this melody.
A Beautiful Flower (6:56) I composed this piece two years ago. It started out as a musical cryptogram I composed out of the letters of a friends name. I will often compose pieces for friends birthdays based on the letters of their name. I loved this one so much that I gave it a different title.
The Godfather Theme (8:18) I remember watching these movies back in high school and was really struck by the music. I have been playing this theme since then. I also love that Slash (my favorite guitarist) plays this in his live shows.
-Rob
Melancholy
Melancholy comes from my Red Guitar Suite. It is a group of pieces I composed, inspired by my 1972 Ramirez. The score/tab is free at my website.
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