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Practice guitar (1994)

2 February 2014Luthiery, Showcase

In the early 90s, Rémi Boucher came to my shop and asked me to conceive a small practice guitar based on a prototype that he had made himself, using a ping pong paddle blade!
If the first goal was to work his right hand in tight spaces, like in train and plane, the prototype developed allowed him to work also his left hand, doing scales and arpeggios, while remaining few centimeters of the maximum dimensions desired.
This is the copy I kept and which was shown 20 years ago as part of the exhibition “Opus” at the Canadian Museum of Civilization.

: Guitare de pratique

: Guitare de pratique

Introducing Trio Tangere

28 January 2014Latest Videos

Highlights from Trio Tangere’s inaugural recital last autumn.

Second Set – Two People’ Second album

28 January 2014Latest music recording

Another album is available from the Canadian guitar duo:
Suzanne Frank and Paul Kramer

To quote them:
«When we’re writing music together we usually begin with either a simple (or not so simple) chord progression, one or two short melodic phrases, or a combination of both which change over time as we play and experiment. Our music has been influenced by many different styles.
Most of our titles are descriptive giving clues to the musical content. For instance, “Waltzango” begins with a waltz theme …and develops into a tango in 4/4 with lots of room for improvising before returning to the waltz theme. In “En Voyage” we were thinking of evoking a sense of travel. We originally thought of “Monster” as a spirit dance or monster ball.
“Two People” have performed at the Aeolian Hall, The Schoolhouse Theatre in St. Jacobs, Windermere Manor, Bishop Cronyn, The London Music Club, the Arts Project Theatre and many other venues.»

http://www.twopeople.ca/