Just a thought really, a topic that might crop up in a musicians bar...
All of us have tried sussing out a rock solo by ear, although nowadays there are numerous Vids and tabs sites where you can find Bo Rap, or Money for nothing and all those wonderful riffs, even things that are impossible to play like John McLaughlin and Guthrie Govan...
However Classical Guitar is a funny old world, and somewhat different, the tunes are usually very very old and hence well scored over the years.
Most players put their own stamp on a piece, Li Jie (that bird with a red curtain, I posted earlier) plays a fantastic version, very similar to Segovia's version, but here's the thing, it's just not available as a score and very difficult to unravel , especially the contrapuntal parts near the end. Well last night I sat down and tried to unravel it once and for all, and by golly, I managed it.
So now I am free from the chains that bound me (as Burt Bacharach once said), probably another year and I'll be able to play it. I'll do a vid once I've done it and I bet no one can hear the difference.
To me this piece is the equivalent of Bowie hearing Stevie Ray Vaughn at the Montreux jazz festival, he wanted him on his next album, which turned out to be Lets Dance...When Clapton heard the Lets Dance Solo, he said " I want to know who's playing that solo, now, not tomorrow, NOW"
Li Jie, what a girl. I wonder what else whe would excel at, people like her tend never to find out if she is a great painter, or wood carver or ski jumper
