Preludio Triston by Maximo Diego Pujol

Preludio Triston by Maximo Diego Pujol, one of his five preludios, is a very lyrical and beautiful guitar piece. Maximo Diego Pujol is an Argentinian guitarist and composer, and most of his compositions are for solo guitar or guitar ensembles. He has a background in both classical guitar and rock and roll. I started learning this piece fairly early on in my journey on the guitar, probably in my sophomore year in college. That would make it sometime in 2004-2005. -My grandmother became very ill around the time I started learning the piece, and I remember playing parts of it for her. She passed away before hearing it finished. Suffice to say I have an ample emotional wellspring to draw on for the "melancholy" prelude. I think about her when I play it, and she would have enjoyed how it turned out. She always supported my music and loved listening to me play. It is a difficult piece to master just like all five of the preludios, and I am still working on perfecting the strident middle "B" section. I really love the artificial harmonics that echo the main melody at the very end. This was the first piece where I ever encountered that particular technique and it blew my mind! So many cool sounds are possible out of one instrument. Why I love the guitar. It was quite challenging at first to play artificial harmonics as the melody and not overpower them with the harmony/bass notes. -If you enjoyed this video, please like, subscribe, and hit the notification...