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Harlequin in Love
Five character pieces for solo guitar reflecting on the wise fool in us all.
Hear it on tracks 24-28 of Sketches
Skill level: Moderate difficulty
composed in 2001
Duration: 12 minutes
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Harlequin is a collection of five pieces in E. Written at separate times, the pieces came together in performance and seemed to tell a story. Having played the fool in a staged commedia del arte performance, the story line emerged from the pieces themselves.
Harlequin is always falling in love with the wrong person at the wrong time.
He Fools
He Pines
He Loves
On the Sol, in Mi
He Flees
On the Sol, in Mi is a pun referring to the G-string of the guitar, on which most of the melody is played, and the song is in the key of E Major. He Pines involves a long section of a left hand alone ostinato with melodies in harmonics or pressing the frets with the i finger of the right hand while plucking with the a finger.
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