One of my youth asked if he could come visit with a friend. This youth, named Jorge, has a passion for playing the guitar. Unfortunately he lacks the gifting as I have worked with him for over a year and not seen any improvement- something about the rhythm seems to elude him. However, the other day during Jorge's visit when my back was turned, I heard complicated finger picking and commented on how Jorge's skills had improved! I continued to work with my back turned when an awkward silence caused me to turn my head. Jorge laughed as I realized it wasn't him but his friend, Luis Benitez, strumming my guitar. Here's a sample of the song he was playing: Carreta Guy.
Friday, June 26, 2009
Carreta Guy
My guitar was graced to be touched by skilled fingers the other day. Yes, normally my Paraguayan made classical guitar is subjected to coarse strumming with a hard pick- not the suave finger picking that it was made for. 'Carreta Guy' pronounced ka-rre-tah gwu, is a well known traditional Paraguayan song that means 'under the ox cart'. Don't ask us what is happening under the ox cart- the song doesn't say... because it doesn't have any words. Maybe it's better that we don't know. Anyway, it's a beautiful song. One of my youth asked if he could come visit with a friend. This youth, named Jorge, has a passion for playing the guitar. Unfortunately he lacks the gifting as I have worked with him for over a year and not seen any improvement- something about the rhythm seems to elude him. However, the other day during Jorge's visit when my back was turned, I heard complicated finger picking and commented on how Jorge's skills had improved! I continued to work with my back turned when an awkward silence caused me to turn my head. Jorge laughed as I realized it wasn't him but his friend, Luis Benitez, strumming my guitar. Here's a sample of the song he was playing: Carreta Guy.
One of my youth asked if he could come visit with a friend. This youth, named Jorge, has a passion for playing the guitar. Unfortunately he lacks the gifting as I have worked with him for over a year and not seen any improvement- something about the rhythm seems to elude him. However, the other day during Jorge's visit when my back was turned, I heard complicated finger picking and commented on how Jorge's skills had improved! I continued to work with my back turned when an awkward silence caused me to turn my head. Jorge laughed as I realized it wasn't him but his friend, Luis Benitez, strumming my guitar. Here's a sample of the song he was playing: Carreta Guy.
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Dan, please tell Luis that Jennifer the guitar player from America said that the song she heard was enchanting and beautiful!
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