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Guitar Structure No. 2 - By David J. Svensson

It is a pleasure to introduce the 2nd part of the GUITAR STRUCTURES series; a work of variations, with some core elements re-appearing multiple times, but evolved and differently combined, a gradual weaving of ideas...

The 1st Structure took only a few days to produce, whereas the 2nd required almost two years. The recordings were initiated in May 2015, with a shorter track in mind.

But that didn't happen; the nature of the new material was different. The piece seemed to have it's own will, claiming it's right to exist as a very long, complexely arranged instrumental. A bit like a classical Toccata, with many little related sections flowing into eachother.

Even the Sun has it's spots; very few pieces (if any) are totally perfect and the attentive listener might surely find unpolished details [or even dislike the whole thing!]. These spots (an occasionally raw sound, some slightly out-of-timing notes, a crude transition?) will only too well reflect the struggle I had with pressing home this beast, this mathematical monster. How to end this guitar circus with some dignity was my problem for a long time...

Endless attempts failed, one after another... "Kill your darlings" they say, and boy, I did. Very many recorded parts were excluded, deleted, slaughtered, with some considerable frustration :) Rest in piece...

No suitable final, no ending bars making justice to my vision? An unfortunate destiny for this large project, totally ruining it...

So, with the bulk of the work completed in early 2016, I kept hoping for a way out of this labyrinth ...

But one day recently, to my joy and pure luck, I strumbled across what I wanted. It seemed to stick, things came together. Releasing the tension, letting this long journey come to rest. Some new hope again, the 'Structure Project' still alive, after all... ?

When closing in to the end of this piece, sense my struggle with it... Living on the edge! ;)

Listening to the full piece now fills me with joy, and I hope some others will enjoy it too.

//DS March 2017

ps. Despite the trouble described above, it is likely that another part will follow. A shorter one... ;)

ps2. Artcover by DS, with the bottom guitar being the one played on this track. A Yamaha NTX700, wonderfully playable with its rather physical sound, the lower strings sometimes ringing as a cello...