The Other Pillow has a light, pop-music sound, and should appeal to a variety of listeners. The feel is straight, not swung, and alternates between half-time in the first section, and easy samba in the second. The harmonies are extensively major key, with much use of fully extended chords, suspended sounds, modal shifts, and temporary key centers. The ensemble is often split, with two guitars in octaves, then sixths, stating the melody, and the other three guitars providing melodic and rhythmic accompaniment. The solo space is structured so that Guitars 1 and 2 both have changes and the top line of the background figures.Written for 5 guitars plus bass and drums.
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After seeing the Beatles lip-sync Hey Jude on The Ed Sullivan Show, KEVIN BRUNKHORST begged enough to get his first guitar for Christmas at age 9. Later, he took clarinet lessons and played in the school concert band. After high school, he attended the Uiversity of North Texas where he studied jazz guitar with Jack Petersen and earned a Bachelor of Music in Composition in 1987. He then worked for eight years in the music industry. In 2001, went back to the University of North Texas. He spent two years in the famous One O'Clock Lab Band which recorded two of his charts. He also directed the L-5 Electric Guitar Ensemble. Upon earning a Master of Music in Jazz Studies in 2004 from UNT, Kevin was hired by St. Francis Xavier University in Antigonish, Nova Scotia where he teaches jazz guitar, arranging, composition and music technology as well as directing two guitar ensembles.
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