Several months ago, I came across an arrangement of the theme from the film Schindler’s List, the 1993 American epic film about Oskar Schindler, a German businessman who saved the lives of more than a thousand Polish-Jewish refugees during the Holocaust by employing them in his factories. The arrangement is by the renowned Australian guitarist, John Williams.
I was intrigued by the dropped G & C tuning as well as the Spanish flavor of the transcription and thought I’d give it a try on my new Alhambra 5c cw directly into Logic with the Fishman Prefix pickup system onboard. If I were to record it again, I would probably add a condenser mic near the sound hole to provide it a bit more “live” touch to the the overall sound.
The Alhambra, which is handmade in Spain, features a solid cedar top, laminated rosewood back & sides, ebony fingerboard, mahogany neck, wood inlay rosette, wood bindings, gold tuners, lacquer finish. The icon on my oratory table is a replica of Christ the Pantocrator from the School of Moscow, 16th century. I’m sure St. Augustine would not mind if I adapted his famous quote to read, “He who plays a stringed instrument prays twice.”
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Just wanted to tell you that play very well and I enjoyed listening to it.
This is great Dad! I love it.
So beautiful Dad. What a lovely piece.
I enjoyed this very much; thank you for posting it.