100 guitarists - more needed (1 Viewer)

[panckko]

CALL FOR 100 GUITARISTS
Glenn Branca is seeking 80 guitarists and 20 bass players for his upcoming performance
of "Symphony No.13 (Hallucination City)". This performance will be in Dublin on July 15 at
Grand Canal Square sponsored by Note Productions.
There will be two rehearsals on July 13 and 14 from 11:00 to 21:00 on both days. And a
sound check at the performance site on the day of the concert.
It will not be possible to pay so all musicians must volunteer their time, but food and drink
will be supplied at all rehearsals and the performance.
All musicians will need to be able to read standard staff notation.
For more information contact [email protected] and you will be sent a detailed info
sheet.

Thanks for your help,
Reg

 

[ernesto]

want to do this but mantua is on the same weekend. boo.

 

[Flux]

Am thinking of doing this, but haven't read sheet music since grade 2 piano when I was 12 or sumshit. Is it possible to pick it up again quickly for guitar, specifically one that's tuned EEEEEE?

 

[Los Davos]

id love to do this, wished i'd payed more attention in staff notation school.

There's always this

http://www.musictheory.net/trainers/html/id82_en.html

 

[sparse]

man I wish I could do this too....stupid self teaching ideologies!

 

[panckko]

most importantly you would have to know about rests. its not too difficult but would take alot of practice

 

[Flux]

most importantly you would have to know about rests. its not too difficult but would take alot of practice

Cheers. I shall brush up on me rests. Do you have a copy of the score by any chance?

 

[Pantone247]

ditto on the sheet music... I can sort of read but I'd stop every few bars and going...

"EVERY GOOD BOY DESRVES FAGS..."

 

[oh shit]

tab music has created a generation of guitarists who can't work with glenn branca!

 

[Flux]

It doesn't appear to be too difficult judging by this clip, but ya wouldn't want to sign up pretending you knew your stuff and then be found out.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xdLhRB4dJJI

 

[Los Davos]

just turn up locked, be grand. close enuff for jazz, wha?

 

[travispickle]

jaysus don't be letting us down lads! Can none of yiz read music?
Where's Paddy when ye need im.

 

[Pantone247]

to be fair there's a whole month to learn....

 

[Charlie Bucket]

anyone know when the ticket for these gigs are gonna be allocated??

 

[Flux]

That's the attitude Pantone, I've already got the score and am trying to make sense of it. From reading a bit about it here - http://groups.myspace.com/index.cfm...n=62216C47-60B9-469E-BC48669B9A1E155156588734, a lot of people that sign up have a crash course and help each other out beforehand. C'mon lads and lassies, this is going to be great fun.

 

[Lungs]

I'm quite interested in taking part in this. I sent them an e-mail a while ago about it, but the reply I got sort of scared me off, what with the staff notation and the part about "double-strumming and downstroke chording" (whatever they are). I did piano lessons for about ten years, and I've been playing guitar for about 7 years, so I could probably handle it. To the dude above: how did you get hold of the notation? In the e-mail it said to send them your postal address so they could send it to you, but I didn't want to committ to it if it turned out to be too difficult. Could you possibly give us a preview so we can judge just how hard it is? Thanks.

 

[Flux]

Pm'd you.

 

[cpr]

damn being musically inept...i wish i'd studied music now..what good has science ever done me?

 

[hugh]

I just got sent the bass parts ... hmmmmmm ... I wouldn't say it's that hard to play. I can read music but I can't sight-read (i.e. read and play at the same time) so it would mean a lot of "working out" beforehand .... thinking about it ....

Double strumming is just fast , even up and down strumming. No big deal.

 

[skinnerchinner]

circle jerk

look at all of us playing our instruments in tandem