It’s a gray winter morning and what better way to shake off the cold blahs this Sunday than with a little flamenco guitar music. I am featuring a performance by guitar master Juan Martin of a piece titled Rumba Nostalgica that has a little heat to warm any old bones.
I was talking with someone at the Little Gems opening the other night who commented on the fact that I often show guitarists in my work. I explained about how I thought the shape of the guitar and the way the player cradled it had a very sensual feel, something very emotional in the way the player’s hands almost stroked the instrument to create its music. Its form and the inherent emotional weight it carried made it a wonderful subject.
I think you’ll see this if you watch the hands of Juan Martin in this performance video. I myself love watching acoustic stringed instruments being played– everything is right there for you to behold. The movement of the hands. The snap of the strings. The rhythm of the two hands working to create something quite extraordinary.
Take a look and just enjoy the moment. Hope the rest of your Sunday is as bright…
Redtree Times 