{"id":12637,"date":"2019-04-03T14:42:21","date_gmt":"2019-04-03T21:42:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/classicalguitarmagazine.com\/?p=12637"},"modified":"2019-04-03T14:44:12","modified_gmt":"2019-04-03T21:44:12","slug":"music-to-play-enjoy-derek-hasteds-highly-melodic-captivation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/classicalguitarmagazine.com\/music-to-play-enjoy-derek-hasteds-highly-melodic-captivation\/","title":{"rendered":"Music to Play: Enjoy Derek Hasted\u2019s Highly Melodic \u2018Captivation\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
This \u2018Music to Play\u2019 originally appeared in\u00a0<\/em>Classical Guitar\u2019s Spring 2019\u00a0issue.\u00a0<\/em><\/a><\/h6>\n

Click here to download a PDF of \u201cCaptivation\u201d<\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

UK\u2013based guitarist, composer, teacher, and <\/i>CG scribe Derek Hasted started teaching guitar at age 15, later earning a master\u2019s degree from Peterhouse Cambridge and a teaching diploma from the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music. He founded the Guitar Workshop and also formed and leads what is now called the Hampshire Guitar Orchestra, for whom he has contributed many arrangements. We asked him write a few words about this issue\u2019s piece, and what he\u2019s been up to lately.<\/i><\/p>\n

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The realization that I\u2019ve been teaching for half a century stopped me in my tracks for a moment to consider where my career has taken me. It\u2019s given me a keen interest in ensemble guitar and a particular passion for teaching adults, many of whom missed out on music as children. My oldest student is 93 and drives over for a lesson every two weeks\u2014he started just 18 months ago and is doing astonishingly well. Every year I run a student concert, two ensemble concerts, and a number of other events too. Audience sizes have varied between a dozen and an astonishing 1,250. Life has been good.<\/p>\n

Captivation<\/i> is part of a four-movement suite called Celebration<\/i> that I wrote for intermediate players to perform in concert. With their skills still developing, learners can\u2019t tackle the \u201cfamous\u201d pieces that an audience might know, and this means that they need a piece that has first-time appeal. Captivation<\/i> has straightforward harmonies and a strong and memorable melody line. The rondo structure means there is less to learn and helps the piece sound familiar to a listener. The occasional foray into 6\/8 time gives the rhythm a cheeky lift and keeps the audience attentive. I\u2019ve tuned the bottom string down to D to add extra depth to the sound without extra complexity, and much of the music is built from familiar shapes that are robust and clean-sounding. Much of the music is fingered, and the shifts aren\u2019t complex.<\/p>\n

The overall mood is joyful. An audience won\u2019t know this piece, so feel free to \u201cmake it yours\u201d by choosing dynamics, tone, and tempo changes that work for you. The open D makes for a big sound, so don\u2019t be timid!\u00a0(In the video above that’s New Zealand guitarist and composer Bruce Paine<\/a> playing the piece.)<\/span><\/p>\n

For lots of valuable guitar info, go to derek-hasted.co.uk<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

Guidelines for submitting pieces for \u201cMusic to Play\u201d can be found here.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This \u2018Music to Play\u2019 originally appeared in\u00a0Classical Guitar\u2019s Spring 2019\u00a0issue.\u00a0 Click here to download a PDF of \u201cCaptivation\u201d UK\u2013based guitarist, composer, teacher, and CG scribe Derek Hasted started teaching guitar at age 15, later earning a master\u2019s degree from Peterhouse Cambridge and a teaching diploma from the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music. He founded the Guitar Workshop and also formed and leads what is now called the Hampshire Guitar Orchestra, for whom he has contributed many arrangements. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":12639,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[5],"tags":[46],"class_list":["post-12637","post","type-post","status-publish","format-video","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-stories","tag-musictoplay","post_format-post-format-video"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/classicalguitarmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Derek-hasted-captivation.jpg?fit=900%2C564&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/classicalguitarmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12637","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/classicalguitarmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/classicalguitarmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/classicalguitarmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/classicalguitarmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12637"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/classicalguitarmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12637\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/classicalguitarmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12639"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/classicalguitarmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12637"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/classicalguitarmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12637"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/classicalguitarmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12637"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}