Hi, /mu/, newcomer here
I play guitar, mostly fingerstyle classical stuff (I play a wide range, but that is my favorite)
I signed up to volunteer with a hospice, where the elderly and the dying go to live out the rest of their life in comfort, and I go in and play guitar for them. I've been volunteering for about a month now, and my limited repertoire is mostly depleted.
I was just hoping you all could point me to some soothing classical guitar pieces. Simple ones preferred, so that I'll be able to play them within a month, but I'll also accept more complex ones as well to learn for long term.
I appreciate you guys, thanks. I had one patient who spends most of the day asleep, and is usually unresponsive. I like to talk to them as if they're awake though, it seems more dignified. I asked him if he liked the music, and he opened his eyes and whispered "yes". He is usually cooped up in his room all day, and when I left he had fallen asleep with a smile on his face. That's why I do this.
Just to be clear, I'm looking for music like Satie's Gymnopedie and Carulli's Andantino in G
https:/www.youtube.com/watch?v=MbJsL1g2HLM
>I was just hoping you all could point me to some soothing classical guitar pieces.
John Fahey and a lot of other American Primitive Guitar artists offer what you're asking for.
Here's Fahey's "Poor Boy Long Ways From Home", along with a tab.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9oiYazSkeds
http://www.johnfahey.com/TabPoorBoyLWFH.htm
>>63496551
Thanks, friend, I'll look into this. Can't listen to it right now, because I'm at the university library and I forgot to bring my headphones like a dolt, but I'll save any links and start learning them after work
Also, Make America Great Again
That's a great thing to do, Anon.
Try out this album. If you find it fitting, you should try out his other music.
https://dannypaulgrody.bandcamp.com/album/furniture-music
I also strongly suggest you check out Bibio. Some of what you'll find is dancey with beats, and that's not the material I mean. He also has beautiful guitar arrangements like this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5rHicd3iAE
Keep it up.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8We0FVflGaU
>>63496733
Thanks for the link!
>>63496668
Thanks, man, I appreciate it. I'll definitely look up Grod, and Bibio too. It doesn't necessarily have to be classical music, many patients have varied tastes, it's just there's something about fingerstyle guitar that seems to help the best.
bump for noble thread
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IW3MM102rro
sorry, not a link to the original recording as my national loyalities monopoly is making YouTube block a lot of music
it's Penguin Cafe Orchestra - The Sound of Someone You Love Who's Going Away and It Doesn't Matter
>>63499283
Seriously amazing piece right here.
Waltz for Zizi, beautiful guitar work as any classical
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qbip5oZVL94
>>63496492
Don't have anything to contribute, but good on ya mate
>>63496551
>>63499283
Great suggestions.
Steve Howe has some great solo stuff. Here's a performance of him playing Clap and Mood for a Day. This was in the early 90s when he first started transitioning into a skeleton.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1ZmIFR4Sc0
Also OP, what you're doing is awesome.
cheers
there isn't a single meme in this thread
>>63496733
+1
That's really sweet anon.
I don't have any suggestions but seriously good on you.
>>63496492
Just keep playing the same shit over and over again. They're all senile, they won't remember what you played last time.
A hip hip hurra for OP please, someone join me
HIP HIP...
HURRA
