Minuetto giocoso, Minuet in C

This minuet is meant to be joyous as the contrary to the latter in Bb minor and to close the cycle of three opened by the one in F. I composed this piece on Saturday. Written and performed by Jan-M. Rak

[@JohnWick-rn6uv]

Bravo!! That was indeed so very joyous and lively. I loved the layers of voicing you continue to use so well and I really loved the octave use is the second half. Great composing as usual :)

[@unwrought9757]

Thank you very much!

[@maHaTma86]

Im always blown away from the resonance of your staircase and the tone quality you produce. It sounds like a little church. Another great piece and performance, is this in your 2 albums too or is if fresh out of your feather? 🎶

[@unwrought9757]

I also wonder about the staircase indeed. This piece is fresh new I wrote it on Saturday. I shall add it to the album soon, I hope I will write the score today.

[@maHaTma86]

@@unwrought9757 I reccomend to check your emails tomorrow arround evening. I already transcribed this beautiful piece to tabulatur and i will check the latest one too you added there today and transcribe it, so more can play it. I just had to, it sounded great again and i want to play it right away. For me its a morechallenging one where i can learn some new major thirds. Thanks for your art and those great compositions Jan.

[@unwrought9757]

@@maHaTma86 you are welcome indeed, Christian.

[@Selford]

Buena interpretación, la guitarra le da un aire interesante, que tipo de guitarra es?, parece una como de las clásicas de antaño, pero nunca las había visto de 7 cuerdas

[@unwrought9757]

Sí, esta es una guitarra muy vieja. Es un instrumento anónimo que estaba hecha en Chequia hacia 1830. Muchas gracias de sus palabras!

[@Itsyoboyjy]

Excellent again. I would be interested in maybe a video where you go over your process of creating these compositions. I’m sure it’s really natural to you!

[@unwrought9757]

I don’t think I could manage that. The idea comes to me usually while whistling to myself somewhere on the way, not very often with the guitar. And then I must work a bit, since I hear it in my mind, but usually only in rough outline, not very clear, a bit hazily. Sometimes the whole piece is a matter of minutes, sometimes it takes days or I find myself at least temporarily unable to finish it. There are tunes I have been struggling with for years. There are keys that I don’t like too much and thus almost do not use them - such as E major and e minor - while some others are very precious to me, such as D major or B minor. Sometimes I begin with an idea, a tune, sometimes I just impose a certain task upon myself, such as the key, number of bars or a style…

[@Itsyoboyjy]

@@unwrought9757 cool. Sounds like you have a natural process that doesn’t need to be formalized. Thanks for the info.

[@unwrought9757]

@@Itsyoboyjy you are welcome. I have never studied music, so I cannot really formalise what I do. It would nevertheless certainly help me to be able to do that, as I feel that for example the form is not ready yet, it needs to be completed with another part, a key change or something like that.

[@Itsyoboyjy]

@@unwrought9757 I also have no music training aside from private lessons all through college. That was almost 11 years ago. I agree entirely that more education would have helped, and I somewhat regret not having pursued it when I was younger. That said, I think even amateurs like you or me can do things that professionals cannot do. It takes both talent and discipline to become a good musician, and not all professionals are the most talented artists. I’m somewhat glad I never went to music school where I might have lost passion in music or my identity in music interpretation. Having played by myself, for myself, I feel like what I play is truly me. Maybe you feel something similar. It’s awesome to connect with you. Thanks for sharing your brilliant compositions.

[@unwrought9757]

@@Itsyoboyjy that is well put. I would say approximately the same. I studied photography, not music. I cannot say I have ever regretted that. I was a songwriter, I played folk-music and afterwards was a member of Jewish-music band for several years. Then I became a ragtime guitarist- and finally was given this 19th century guitar… one day I realised that one is continuously forced to do compromises in his own life. There is hardly anything you can really do within fairly narrow limits of duty, relationships, health or even the law. But alas - there is music, where one could or more precisely must be free and must live and breathe freely and on his own, otherwise it’s somehow not a real music. One might not become a virtuoso, yet there are countless virtuoso players that are boring to listen to. But one must truly pursue his own inner song as to say. And I’m pretty sure that the fact we haven’t gone through the mill of professional education allows us to do things that others cannot. Those things might not be better or worse, but just different, which is good I think.

[@AndrejMudray]

Když Bůh naděloval hudební vlohy, zaspal jsem, ale u těch, co nezaspali je třeba to ocenit. A ještě si to umět sám zkomponovat...Vždy si Vás rád poslechnu. Homer

[@unwrought9757]

Děkuju, opravdu.