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Essay On The Norton Concert

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In the movie, The Seville Concert created by John Williams, who he himself is part of the movie, including Andrés Segovia, both great guitarist and composers. The movie focuses on John williams how he came to be with his talents as a guitarist, the aspect of learning how to play the guitar and the role.
At a young age, John was introduced to guitar around the age of 4 by his father, who was a Jazz player and a teacher. His mother, who very much liked Jazz clubs met John 's father. As he began to grow up, until his teen years, he met Andrés Segovia, one of the most amazing guitarist in the world, and he got advice from him. At the time around 1966, people were inspired by Segovia, and once came on BBC TV and he said “I seen the future of the guitar." He was right! There was a future for many people who got inspired by him, that includes John Williams.
When John appeared with his guitar playing a song called “Cordoba” by Isaac Albeniz, he states “it 's different when the young is playing especially when there romantics involved and it 's a certain feeling …show more content…

If one wants to learn how to play the guitar, one must know how it is built and used. John visits a man named Greg who is one of the most amazing guitar makers of all time, and he explains the old tradition sound board, and which traditionally is more different than the classical, flamenco and newer ones. He also points out the way the strings are made, some that are made of a certain plastic some metal. John also explains how each of the songs that he plays is connected or represented to a place. For example, “Waltz No 3 by Augustin Barrios Mangore, the song sounds like a romantic song and it feels like you 're cruising by a city or in a boat. As for the song “Tropic by Peter Sculthrope,” you can imagine the landscapes of Australia, the mountains, the trees and the nature around it, rivers and much more. Songs like these make you feel as you were there in the moment, or in other cases, make you want to

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