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The Many Styles of Speedy Beers
This latest CD, recording in 2006, illustrates the many styles of music that Speedy both plays and teaches.
All instruments in all parts you hear were played by Speedy Beers.
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Waltz in the Park This is an original Jazz piece I wrote in the key of C minor. The bridge is in Eb, the relative major key. The melody is played in unison with the violin and guitar. There are improvised solos on violin and guitar. There is a rhythm guitar and a simple written bass part.
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Sonate, Adagio This is a Sonata by Arcangelo Corelli. I recorded only the preludio (Adagio) of this Sonata. The guitar part is more difficult than the violin part. I am working on recording an album of all classical guitar and violin. |
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Denis Murphy's Slide This is an Irish Jig. The melody is played with violin and guitar in unison. There are several choruses of improvisation. The guitar part is a simple chord accompaniment. |
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Teach Me to Walk in the Light The violin parts are all arranged. The guitar is a simple chord accompaniment. |
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Blues on Strings This is an original blues composition. Violin and guitar solos are all improvised. The back up guitar and bass are improvised parts. |
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Old Joe Clark This is an old time fiddle tune with a simple back up guitar part. There is lots of fiddle jammin. |
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Till There Was You This is what jazz players call a standard. The introduction is guitar playing chord melody. The rest of the piece is a trade off between violin and guitar playing melody and improvisation. |
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Dark Eyes This piece is a Russian Gypsy song. The introduction is solo violin played in a cadenza style. The introduction is not a written part. It is memorized ideas played randomly and deliberately. There is one small section that is robbed from a Mozart violin concerto cadenza. The melody is played on the violin with guitar chord backup. The middle section is improvised melodies in a violin gypsy style. |
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Recuerdos The complete title is Recuerdos de la Alhambra. This is a solo classical guitar piece. Some people think it sounds like two guitars playing. It is only one guitar playing during the entire recording. |
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Lament The complete title is "Lament on the death of Sor Blanca Maria". This is a piece from Scotland. The melody is played on the violin. The improvisation is played in a weeping gypsy style. The guitar is played in a classical chording style. |
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Sanei-O-Darya This piece is a Persian piece. The title means "Ocean and Beach". It was described to me as the composer sitting on the beach watching the waves hit the shore. All parts are written parts. There is no improvising on this recording. The guitar is an arranged chord part. |
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La Concheperla This is a Peruvian tune (a song from Peru). The title means "the shell pearl". The violin part is melody plus a chorus of improvisation. The guitar solo is a mix of melody and improvisation. There are two rhythm guitars, one is a classical chording style and the other is a flamenco strum with a tap on the guitar on the last two beats of the 6/8 time. The Bass is a written part. |
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Misty This arrangement is a chord melody piece played on solo guitar. This is an original arrangement and recording of this piece. |
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Guitar Chord/Melody Solos
This CD is currently being recorded. Below is a sample of song of the tunes that will be on the final CD.
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