Andres Segovia once said that 'the guitar is a small orchestra'. If that is the case, then an entire miniature orchestra has been staring at me reproachfully from the corner of the bedroom for the past fortnight. What with unpacking, sorting the bomb site that was (until very recently) the cupboard, washing mountains of clothes, fighting off the lurking dust hares, and, oh yes, that annoying thing called 'work', I just haven't quite got around to it. But yesterday evening I actually felt like playing :-O So I got out my incredibly creaky stool, which sounds like it has a small creature trapped somewhere in it, retrieved my footstool from the clutches of an aspiring dust bunny, and began. It didn't go as badly as it might have done, in fact some (small) bits went rather well. I think I need to go to a guitar recital to inspire me. I remember going to see Craig Ogden performing Rodrigo's 'Concierto de Aranjuez' (the second movement is quite possibly my favourite piece of music of all time) a few years ago, and walking out feeling invigorated and wanting to pick up my guitar and play for hours. Or maybe I just need to find a new and exciting piece of music to get my teeth into. I've just found a wonderful site with literally thousands of free, downloadable sheet music for classical guitar, so perhaps there will be something there.
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