The Original Guitar Compositions
of Brian Roberts
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Basking in the sound of my amazing 2008 Stephan Connor guitar #138 (Red Opal) while recording 'Of Things Past', a piece I wrote in August, 2011
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Most of my scores are highly fingered. These fingerings are there to enhance or help create particular musical phrasings, articulations, textures, sounds and characters, while taking ease and success of playing into account.
If you would like to listen to a stream of about 55 minutes of the my pieces that I have audio recorded, go to: https://soundcloud.com/brian-roberts-ann-arbor. Or go to my Video and Audio Page. I will gradually add more compositions and recordings as time and inspiration permit. ~Enjoy!~
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These compositions can be downloaded for free as PDFs after viewing
These compositions can be downloaded for free as PDFs after viewing
3 Intermediate Pieces, Spring 2023
3 Intermediate Pieces, Spring 2023
'A Passing Thought' View May 31,2023
'The Peaceful Garden' View June 1, 2023
'To A New Day' View May 25, 2023
'Prelude No. 15 'Tempus Fugit' View
Dedicated to my teacher and mentor,
John Holmquist, (1955-2021)
'Five Lyric Etudes' View July 1, 2021
'Melancholy Lullaby' View June 27, 2021
'Prelude 20' View July 24, 2020
'Prelude 19' View July 11, 2020
'Prelude 18' View July 7, 2020
'Prelude 17' View December 8, 2018
'Prelude 16' View March 9, 2019
'The Emerald Isle' View November 25, 2018
Beautiful Ireland!'The Golden Hall' View November 1, 2018
Of the Vienna Musikverein. I have spent many hours and days listening to the most amazing music in this truly 'golden' hall!'Prelude No. 14' View August 24, 2018
'Prelude No. 13' View August 13, 2018
'Someday' View August 17, 2017
Written in appreciation of my father and my first guitar teacher, Gene Roberts. (1914-2000)'Prelude No. 12' View March 29, 2017
Meditative piece with free flowing arpeggios. (Low G and D tuning)'Prelude No. 11' View March 21, 2017
This low G and D tuning piece has the feeling of the rising and falling of the waves on our Great Lakes, and expresses my deep concern for their continued health and all that lives in them.'Prelude No. 10' View January 29, 2017
This quick 7/8 time piece is designed for someone in their second or third year of study, exploring the agile shifting of meter and syncopation, as well as D tuning and over ringing textures.Click here to listen on my MP3 and Video page
'After The Colors' (Of Autumn) View
'Passacaglia' View
'Soliloquy' View
'The Distant Valley' View
'Canzona for Solo Guitar' View
'By The Source Of The Brook' View
'Nocturne' View
'The Whisper Of The Moon' View
'The Twirl Of The Leaf' View
'Into The Night' View
'Of Things Past' View
Click here to listen on my MP3 and Video page
'Dare To Ask Where The Path Is' View
Based on a melody by Xu Qing Mirror. The beautiful Chinese melody that this fantasia was written on was given to me by one of my young students. My original idea was to arrange it as a simply melody with accompaniment, but it turned into a new composition, as I became inspired by the power of the theme. BTW, the answer to the question is at the bottom of the first page of the score.'Dance Of The Secret Source' for Guitar Quartet
'Dance Of The Secret Source' for Guitar Quartet
*There is a well-known simple guitar piece in it's entirety by Ferdinando Carulli hidden within the background of this piece
Contact me at: brianrobertsguitar@gmail.com
Playing my 1984 spruce Robert Ruck in 2007 (#307). I bought this beautiful guitar new in 1984 and played it for 23 years. I now play on a 2008 cedar Stephan Connor (#138), and a spruce 2015 Toby Rzepka (#31).
Playing my 1984 spruce Robert Ruck in 2007 (#307). I bought this beautiful guitar new in 1984 and played it for 23 years. I now play on a 2008 cedar Stephan Connor (#138), and a spruce 2015 Toby Rzepka (#31).
Here's an example of my music handwriting from 1977. I'm very thankful for music writing software!
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