Sona
ta No. 6 Kharkiv for
guitar solo was composed
in 2021, in the end of
the COVID-19 lockdown. At
that time my family and I
were staying in our home
city of Kharkiv (also
known as Kharkov),
Ukraine for almost two
years. We considered that
pandemic period as a
disaster, but later have
realized that it actually
was a rather happy time,
because a war came to our
homeland just a few
months later. Since 2022
a considerable fraction
of the 1.5 millions of
Kharkiv citizens have
left their homes, those
who stayed have been
living under ceaseless
missile attacks, and many
have been killed. I would
like to dedicate this
Sonata to the frontier
city of Kharkiv and, most
of all, to its citizens
suffering from the
war. Yet, the music of
the Sonata does not have
any specific program.
Here I will give a brief
overview of its main
composition elements to
facilitate future
interpretations. The
first and fourth
movements of this Sonata
are based on the
interplay between the
twelve-tone principle and
the G-major tonal center,
natural for the guitar.
Namely, the first
movement is based on the
interaction of the
G-major triad Gâ??Bâ??D
of the open guitar
strings 2â??3â??4,
ascending motif 1
involving the notes
Eâ??F#â??Aâ??C#
(originally on the first
string), and descending
motif 2 using the notes
E-â??Câ??Bbâ??A-
(originally, on the bass
string 6). These elements
supplement each other to
almost make up twelve
tones (apart from the
missing F), and the
motifs alternate with
ostinato fragments where
each note in the G major
triad is step-by-step
moved by a semitone up or
down. The second
movement is a Scherzo
involving numerous
semitones in accented
chords and fast passages,
as well as chromatic
melodic motion in the
bass voice. It is almost
atonal in some fragments,
but has an overall tonal
center of A-minor. The
third movement is a
meditative Adagio based
on a theme composed
within hexatonic scale
Dâ??Eâ??Fâ??G#â??Aâ?
?B and ostinato chords
involving open bass
strings Eâ??Aâ??D and
semitone
Bâ??C. Finally, the
fourth movement is based
on the complete
twelve-tone theme
consisting of two phrases
including motifs 1 and 2
from the first movement:
Gâ??Fâ??Bbâ??Abâ??Câ
??Ebâ??D and
Eâ??Bâ??C#â??Aâ??F#.
This theme is presented
in its prime and
retrograde forms. There
are dialogues between the
first string, basses and
open middle strings,
similar to the first
movement. In the
culmination, the
twelve-tone theme is
performed using the
parallel motion of the
standard guitar G-major
chord with open middle
strings across twelve
positions. The Sonata
was premiered and
recorded (CD Naxos No.
8.574630) by the
prominent Ukrainian
guitarist Marko Topchii
who has also lived and
studied in Kharkiv. I am
extremely grateful to him
for the brilliant
performance of this
piece. I am greatly
indebted to Productions
dâ??Oz for keeping my
original notations in
places where these do not
conform to the
publisherâ??s style.
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After
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I did it for a month and
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Sketches. The original
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Some turned out to be
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These 10 pieces
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Polyrhythm in
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Guitar
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Composed 2015. 20 pages.
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English.
By
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which, as a beginning and
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The songs in this
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Tuition. Book with CD.
Composed 2015. 36 pages.
Play Music Publishing
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English.
By
offering you the
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Th
e enclosed CD contains 12
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which, as a beginning and
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you can learn to play the
numerous solos proposed
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and, as an advanced
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Guitar
Training Session. Pop &
Rock. Book with CD.
Composed 2015. 24 pages.
Play Music Publishing
#MUSME0053. Published by
Play Music Publishing
(BT.MUSME0053).
English.
By
offering you the
possibility to evolve in
actual group situations,
this coursebook not only
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which you can play the
numerous rock riffs and
rhythm parts proposed in
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contextually
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pleasure of playing
superb rock
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others will use the
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presented in this
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their personal style and
create their own rhythm
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Composed 2015. 36 pages.
Play Music Publishing
#MUSME0040. Published by
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English.
By
offering you the
possibility to evolve in
actual group situations,
this coursebook not only
teaches you how to
perform, but also how to
spice up your blues
accompaniments.
The
enclosed CD contains 20
complete backingtracks
(Drums, Bass & Guitar) on
which you can play the
numerous blues riffs and
rhythm parts proposed in
this coursebook
contextually
appropriately. In doing
so, some of you will
simply discover the
pleasure of playing
superbblues
accompaniments, while
others will use the
interpretational ideas
presented in this
coursebook to further
their personal style and
create their own rhythm
parts.
The practice
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your own playing because
the choice is yours. The
songs in this coursebook
feature varying
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Rhythm ‘n’
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Guitar SKU: HL.381135 A Step-by-Step and Song-by-Song Guide for Absolu...(+)
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HL.381135
A
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Guitar Educational.
Instruction, Method.
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ISBN
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