Chris Despopoulos

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United States

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Amateur musician residing in New York City. I finally have a nice Baroque guitar by Carlos Gonzalez. The instrument has a simple appearance, plays very well, and I believe the sound is superb.

I was introduced to the joys of playing Baroque music at la Semana de Musica Antigua, held annually in Gijon, Spain.

I'm a rank amateur, but I like to play and I like to share my music (for what it's worth). In that vein, I'm posting recordings as I manage to make them (between work, family, and other necessities of life).

For the Sanz pieces, I'm using no bordones -- as suggested by the illustrious G. Sanz, and strongly seconded by a number of people on this site. It's a learning experience for me, which is a good thing. So far, very few pieces of his present me with insurmountable difficulties in having the G (Sol) as the lowest course. I'm sure a better musician would find no insurmountable problems.

I also have a mandore, which is a tiny 5-string lute that's sometimes considered a precursor to the mandolin. I'm working on the tablatures by Francois de Chancy.

You can hear a few recordings that I posted on my web site.

Website:

http://cudspan.net/baroque/

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