Cristina Galietto Plays The Whistling Spider by Assad

Classical guitarist Cristina Galietto performs The Whistling Spider by Sergio Assad (b.1952). This comes via Knobloch Strings and their YouTube channel. The piece was dedicated to Galietto and this is the premiere video. Wonderful performance by Galietto with so many fun articulation and zippy characters to all the playful motifs. I have no idea what is creating the squeaky whistling in what looks like unpressed glissando sometimes with a stop. It must be unique to the strings. Ha, a mystery, a trick!

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Bradford Werner is a classical guitarist and publisher from Victoria, BC, Canada. He originally created this site for his students at the Victoria Conservatory of Music but now shares content with guitarists worldwide. Curating guitar content helps students absorb the culture, ideas, and technique of the classical guitar. Bradford also has a YouTube channel with over 100,000 subscribers and 14 million views. He taught classical guitar at the Victoria Conservatory for 16 years and has freelanced in Greater Victoria for 25 years. See more at his personal website.

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