Rivalité (MP3 3.4MB)
This track is an Italian accordion tune written in 1953 and features
Bruce Clausen
a talented Vancouver multi-instrumentalist. The lead instrument is Bruce's Cocobolo Laughlin Mandolin.
Bruce also plays guitar on the track.
Um a Zero (WMA 2.25MB)
"Um a Zero", one of the most
famous Choro pieces by the Brazilian composer Pixinguinha. Title means
"One to Nothing" and commemorates a famous soccer match. Played in
concert by
Bruce Clausen
(Laughlin mandolin) and Danny Parker (bass).
Laughlin Guitars
All the samples feature Vancouver composer
Timothy McGuinness
who wrote the music
and played all the instruments, including the two featured here, Tim's
1980 Laughlin 24-fret Large cutaway
steel string, and his 1999
Medium nylon string.
Tim has evolved an unusual guitar style.
He plays with sitar picks
know as
Mizrab
on three fingers for both steel and nylon strings.
He uses an extra-light string guage with an unwound G on the
steel string.
Spruce
This piece (175 KB) was graciously written and recorded by Tim
to feature the Laughlin steel string sound.
That Place Excerpt
(190 KB) Tim's steel string Laughlin is the lead instrument
on this hauntingly beautiful excerpt.
Never Alone Intro
This 104 second piece (1.6 MB) is also an excerpt
from a new piece.
It was recorded with Tim's nylon string Laughlin pictured on the right.
It is recorded pianissimo as an introduction to a much longer
composition.
