Diatonic Scale (Part II)

This F major scale is one of many exercises my maestro Domingo Carbajal taught me. I've reached the conclusion that it's much more important and practical to practice one scale many different ways rather the practicing many different scales only one way. This rule of thumb should be applied to the scales found in music pieces we are learning or practicing. It's a good idea to change the rhythm, dynamics, fingerings, etc. and then work on it as written.

Sergiu Celibidache (1912-1996) on his Philosophy of Music

 

This extraordinary Romanian-born conductor studied in Romania and later in Paris and Berlin, excelling in various disciplines (math, philosophy, piano, composition and conducting). At the age of 33, Sergiu was already conducting the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra til 1952. After he worked with radio orchestras in Stockholm, Stuttgart and Paris. From 1973-75 he was the primary permanent guest conductor of the French Orchestre National and in 1979 he became the director of the Munich Philharmonic, which he made one of the best in the world. Celi was also considered to be an outstanding maestro giving master courses on orchestral conducting in Siena (Accademia Musicale Chigiana), Germany (Mainz University) and at the Curtis Institute in Philadelphia, PA. He had many great students and among them were Regino Sáinz de la Maza, D. Carbajal, D. Barenboim, etc.

BIOGRAPHY

Christian Laremont was born May 6, 1969 in Caracas Venezuela. From early childhood he was deeply responsive to the sounds of both popular Venezuelan instruments (the cuatro, harp and maracas) and folkloric music (Joropo, Calypso, etc.). At the age of four he moved to the U.S. where he lived in Florida and New York. In 1987 he moved to Madrid, Spain where he started and completed his formal music studies at the Conservatorio Superior de Música "Padre Antonio Soler" (El Escorial, Spain) obtaining a B.A. in Guitar Performance (Título Superior de Guitarra) under the supervision of Jose Carlos Baños (semi-finalist in the prestigious International Guitar Contest "Francisco Tárrega") in 2002. His repertoire includes music from the Renaissance, Baroque, Classical and Contemporary time periods. He has attended master classes with Enrique Blanco (Composition), Demetrio Ballesteros (Guitar  Performance), and studied intensely over the course of six years perfecting his technique and musicianship with Domingo Carbajal (disciple of Regino Sainz de la Maza and Sergiu Celibidache). Apart from this, he has a B.A. in Media of Communication (1994) from the Universidad Complutense of Madrid. Christian currently lives in the San Francisco Bay Area where he intends to demonstrate his personal playing style and ability as well as teaching music.The move to California is what inspired him to make a video (recorded by Brian Hallett in Madrid, July 2013) with interpretations from the likes of Luis de Milán,  J.S. Bach, Manuel de Falla, Heitor Villa-Lobos and the Venezuelan Antonio Lauro.