6 guitars (guitar VI - optional bass)
This piece is written for five guitars and a bass, with the first three guitars sharing the big guns and the other two having rather less to do and being moderately less advanced. The first 23 bars are a gradual crescendo based around rasgueados chords ending on a B7 with a pause. Then everything fragments as Guitar 1 has arpeggios whilst Guitar 2 has a fragment of main theme. Guitar 3 helps out Guitar 1 with pattems whilst Guitar 4 begins pizzicato and then reverts to runs whilst Guitar 5 and the bass mostly hold long notes. There are plenty of opportunities for fireworks as the interplay continues with runs, portions of percussion, lots of rasgueados and a general air of excitement. At 140 bars this is of modest size and might interest the talented amateurs amongst you who are of relatively modest abilities. Nicely presented.
Chris Dumigan (Classical Guitar Magazine)
