Franz Liszt - Abschied, S. 251 (trans. Steven Watson)

[@RobMacKillop1]

Beautiful. The arrangement works very well. Gorgeous playing too!

[@StevenWatsonMusic]

Yeah it was lovely surprise to find it sat so well on the guitar, thanks Rob as always!

[@ericphillips7057]

That was wonderful, Steven! Thank you so much for making the score available. I can’t wait to try it out. I am not very familiar with Liszt, but this is not what I would have expected from him. So beautiful!

[@StevenWatsonMusic]

Thanks Eric, hope you have fun with it! Liszt's late works are beautifully unexpected -- often slow and reflective and without the virtuosic flourishes of his earlier music.

[@Josh.Vanjani]

Great transcription, Steven! I wasn’t familiar with this one, so that’s for the introduction.

[@StevenWatsonMusic]

Thanks Josh!

[@karinemarchitto6368]

c est très beau Steven!

[@StevenWatsonMusic]

Merci beaucoup Karine!

[@Remi-B-Goode]

Very original and well played!

[@StevenWatsonMusic]

Thanks Remi!

[@Leunam49]

Woooowww!

[@Nylon_and_Gut-MatteoLaurenzi]

Great job Steven!!

[@StevenWatsonMusic]

Grazie Matteo!

[@tateharmann3057]

SO good!! Great work, sir 🙂

[@StevenWatsonMusic]

Thanks Tate! Thought you might like this one

[@tateharmann3057]

@@StevenWatsonMusic Yes!!!

[@kithg]

So beautiful. Like so many other pieces across genres, I like the guitar version better than the original. So much mote sensitive. Think I’m biased much? Beautifully played. Thank you.

[@StevenWatsonMusic]

Thank you! I couldn't possibly say if it's better or worse...but the guitar certainly has particular expressive possibilities.

[@MrSerpes]

Molto interessante e davvero suonata bene. Scaricherò la partitura ma credo sia molto difficile!

[@StevenWatsonMusic]

Grazie Sergio. There may be some stretches here and there but I don't think it should be too difficult..!

[@MrSerpes]

Ouch! The harmonics are very difficult! I didn't understand how they should be performed, I've never seen them written that way, with the bichords and the actual note written above. @StevenWatsonMusic

[@StevenWatsonMusic]

@@MrSerpes ah right, you play the two lower notes with p and m, then the harmonic with i/a. Maybe it's not common generally, but it does come up in contemporary music a fair bit. It's quite simple to execute once your hand has got used to it.

[@MrSerpes]

Tu li suoni molto bene, ma sono di difficile esecuzione per me :(( non ho mai suonato un accordo di tre note con la nota più acuta come armonico preparato! Una nota bassa e un armonico sopra, ma non un bicordo con un armonico sopra!!@@StevenWatsonMusic

[@StefanNiggl]

great work , Steven. A nice arrangement of an arrangement. 👍👍Do you know the meaning of the title?

[@StevenWatsonMusic]

Thanks Stefan! It means farewell, no?

[@StefanNiggl]

@@StevenWatsonMusic That's right.👍

[@TheTubelerone]

Could you talk about your left hand, from a physical point of view, as your fingers seem particularly long, and your little finger has a locking joint at the tip. Do you think your long fingers give you an advantage?

[@StevenWatsonMusic]

Probably, though it's hard to know for sure. Players with small fingers manage well (and sometimes I wonder if shorter fingers might actually help slightly with speed and agility). Long fingers are definitely useful for stretches. I'm not sure what you mean by locking joint?