As a guitarist and composer I have been influenced by a wide variety of music.
The collection of my pieces Landscapes of Memory very much reflects this.
Hopefully, these will inspire your own exploration of a rich tradition spanning so many different people, places and time. This first of my own compositons is Tengo Sueno which has an underlying habanera rhythm which originated in Cuba and found its way to Europe
and the whole of the American continent in subsequent music and dance styles. The next, Cantilena is mainly in a 6/8 rhythm which is widespread in many folk music traditions By contrast Threadbare Rambling is a contemporary folk piece whilst Escapade is an exploration of modes and time signatures The final piece Freshening Southwesterly has a strong syncopation running through out and a hint of slide guitar
Below are a number of pieces by South American composers whose music has had a great influence on my playing and writing The first, Mazurka Choro is by the Brazilian composer Heitor Villa Lobos, a seminal figure in the development of music of Brazil
who wrote many pieces for guitar drawing on the folk music of his country The next piece Choro-Brasil from the Argentinian composer Héctor Ayala's Serie Americana, this piece having a jazz flavour in parts Staying in Argentina, Máximo Díego Pujol´s piece Préludio Triston is based on the milonga dance form Dilermando Reis, the composer of the next piece, Se Ela Perguntar, was a highly reknowned Brazilian guitarist and composer And this final piece is the highly popular Sons de Carrilhöes by the Brazilian composer Joäo Pernambuco