20 22 CONCERT FOR EXPANDED GUITAR
TECHNICAL NOTES
Guitar and Tunings: LAB Guitar (19-string), tuned in 5 different tunings modified live during the performance.
SECTION A: Eb1 Bb1 Eb2 F1 G1 G1 G2 D3 F3 Bb3/A3 E4 D4 F4 Bb4 C5 A4 D5 F5 Bb5
SECTION B-C-D: Eb1 Bb1 Eb2 F1 G1 C2 G2 D3 F3 C4 E4 D4 F4 Bb4 C5 A4 D5 F5 Bb5
SECTION E: Eb1 Bb1 Eb2 F1 G1 B1 G2 D3 F3 A3 E4 D4 F4 Bb4 C5 A4 D5 F5 Bb5
SECTION F: Eb1 Bb1 Eb2 F1 G1 B1 G2 D3 F3 Bb3 E4 D4 F4 Bb4 C5 A4 D5 F5 Bb5
SECTION G: Eb1 Bb1 Eb2 F1 G1 Bb1 G2 D3 F3 Bb3 E4 D4 F4 Bb4 C5 A4 D5 F5 Bb5
The structure is organized in 7 different Sections from A to G of variable lenght.
Pre-recorded Orchestrated sections:
– Music and words from different Radio stations
– Metal and wood percussive sounds
Live recorded Orchestrated sections:
– from the LAB Guitar, sounds obtained by scratching, percussion, bottleneck. Those sounds are recorded by a Loop Machine, manipulated live by altering the signal at half speed, double the speed, reverse.
– In the sections A B D F, an hexaphonic pickup is also used
Total Time 31′ 27″ – Production Pino Forastiere ©2022
20-22 Concert for Expanded Guitar” is a single track lasting 31 minutes and 27 seconds; a musical fluid that blends notes, sounds, noises, and twentieth-century quotations, in an unprecedented texture of contemporary soundscapes.
20-22 is performed and recorded live, with a prepared 19-string guitar and electronics.
