As a guitarbuilder it is an advantage if you can control and understand what is creating the character of the tone. To approach this vast jungle of variables that controls the tone in a guitar, I built two guitars and in one, guitar 2, reduced the thickness of soundboard, back and sides. The purpose was to compare the guitars and establish if there was a significant difference and what it was, in the guitars ability to produce sound. The thought was also to try the thesis: loud but short, long but moderate tone. Also if a lighter built guitar has an advantage in producing a loud but short ton and vice versa. The instruments has been examined by five guitarist, one guitarbuilder and a professor in Speech, music and hearing at KTH in Stockholm. The relative obvious conclusion is that guitar 2 is a bit louder and has a clearer base and treble but the more part of the guitarists fancied guitar 1 better. This one has got more mass fore the tone to stay alive with. A lot of guitarists wish is to get louder instruments but if you ad one thing and are forced to lose another the guitarist will not be happy anyway. To provision the musician one ought to leave the bodymass alone and see to that the instrument responds sufficiently fast. Clear is also that the lack of a large number referenceguitars limits the results. One further conclusion is that the test: loud but short, long but moderate tone is correct. This thesis is directly bound to the two tested guitars.

<p>As a guitarbuilder it is an advantage if you can control and understand what is creating the character of the tone. To approach this vast jungle of variables that controls the tone in a guitar, I built two guitars and in one, guitar 2, reduced the thickness of soundboard, back and sides.</p><p>The purpose was to compare the guitars and establish if there was a significant difference and what it was, in the guitars ability to produce sound. The thought was also to try the thesis: loud but short, long but moderate tone. Also if a lighter built guitar has an advantage in producing a loud but short ton and vice versa.</p><p>The instruments has been examined by five guitarist, one guitarbuilder and a professor in Speech, music and hearing at KTH in Stockholm.</p><p>The relative obvious conclusion is that guitar 2 is a bit louder and has a clearer base and treble but the more part of the guitarists fancied guitar 1 better. This one has got more mass fore the tone to stay alive with. A lot of guitarists wish is to get louder instruments but if you ad one thing and are forced to lose another the guitarist will not be happy anyway. To provision the musician one ought to leave the bodymass alone and see to that the instrument responds sufficiently fast. Clear is also that the lack of a large number referenceguitars limits the results.</p><p>One further conclusion is that the test: loud but short, long but moderate tone is correct. This thesis is directly bound to the two tested guitars.</p>

Denna skriftliga reflektion inom konstnärligt examensarbete består av en analys av J.S. Bachs Chaccone i d-moll från den andra violinpartitan (BWV 1004). Stycket är skrivet för oackompanjerad violin och i studien utforskas hur man utför en transkription till klassisk gitarr. Texten innehåller viss bakgrund till Bachs troliga livssituation vid styckets tillkomst. Även min interpretation och mitt framförande av stycket redovisas. I studien illustreras många av de aspekter som måste tas i beaktande när man tar sig an ett sådant här stort och komplext verk.

Syftet med föreliggande konstnärliga examensarbete var att analysera och interpretera den kubanska kompositören Leo Brouwers neoromantiska Sonata (1990) för klassisk gitarr. Det utfördes metodiskt genom en musikanalys av storform, sonatform, harmonik, musikaliska citat, dansanta begrepp och sammanställning av en motivkatalog. Studiens resultat indikerar att Brouwer tillämpade sonatform samt inkorporerade citat från Beethoven, Scriabin, Padre Soler och Bernardo Pasquini. Sonaten är komponerad idiomatiskt för gitarr men involverar ändå vissa speltekniska utmaningar för gitarristen. Det har bearbetats genom egna fingersättningar för att på bästa sätt gestalta fraseringar med tillämpning av bland annat karaktär av legato och speltekniska aspekter som campanella. Studien har resulterat i en utvecklad förmåga att tillämpa en äldre musikform för att bära ett modernare tonspråk genom instudering och analys av Leo Brouwers Sonata.

Denna konstnärliga examensuppsats handlar om första satsen till Mauro Giulianis (17811829) Sonata Brilliante Op.15. Syftet med studien var att utforska olika sätt att väcka liv i musik. Tillvägagångssättet var improvisation inom musiken i fråga. Läsaren kan också ta del av information om ex. Mauro Giuliani, ornamentik och improvisationspraxis under klassicismen. I studien förekommer också en analys utav satsens storform och utav delarna. Här redovisas också några av mina improvisationer, konstnärliga val och lösningar. / <p>Examensrepetoar: </p><p>Mauro Giuliani - Sonata brilliante Allegro spiritoso </p><p>Enrique Granados - La maja de goya</p><p>Johann Kaspar Mertz - Schubert'sche Lieder <em>Ständschen </em></p><p>J.K. Mertz - Bardenklänge <em>Lied ohne Worte</em></p><p>Benjamin Britten - Nocturnal after John Dowland for guitar</p>

I denna studie går jag igenom min analys och förklarar relevanta delar av min konstnärliga samt tekniska tolkning av Hans Werner Henzes Drei Tentos. I inledningen ger jag en bild av min egen bakgrund och min ingång till detta verk. Huvudsyftet med studien är att analysera verket och att kunna komma fram till direkta och konkreta direktiv till den konstnärliga interpretationen. För att göra detta använder jag mig av partitur- och notationsprogrammet Sibelius (7.5) samt ordbehandlingsprogrammet Word (2011). Studien ger svar på en del frågor men lämnar också öppna trådar som kan besvaras genom mer ingående studier av kompositörens egen bakgrund och om hela verket ”Kammermusik 1958”.

In this study, the habits of classical guitarists regarding ergonomics when applying a cushion of air, the so-called Dynair, is explored. The aim is to examine how classical guitarists are influenced by practicing with the Dynair. For six months, nine participants used a cushion of air to sit on when they were practicing. Through video analysis and semi-structured interviews, it is examined how the participants were affected ergonomically by the use of the Dynair. The conclusion is that the participants became more sedentary, yet more activated in the core muscles and lower back. The results indicate a slight trend that the participants developed a more upright posture and experienced upper back relaxation. After taking part in the study, the participants became more aware of ergonomics and playing positions. / I studien utforskas klassiska gitarristers sittställning avseende ergonomi vid tillämpning av balansdyna. Syftet är att undersöka hur klassiska gitarrister påverkas av att öva när de sitter på en balansdyna. Nio deltagare har under sex månaders tid använt en dyna med luft, s.k. Dynair, att sitta på när de övat. Genom videoanalys och semistrukturerade intervjuer utforskas hur deltagarnas ergonomi påverkas av att använda balansdynan. Studiens slutsats är att deltagarna blir mer stillasittande men samtidigt mer aktiverade i coremuskulatur och nedre rygg. Resultaten visar en svag tendens till att deltagarna får en mer upprätt hållning och upplever avslappning i övre rygg. Efter studien hade deltagarna blivit mer medvetna om sin ergonomi och sin sittställning.

<p>During my studies to become a guitar builder at Carl Malmsten CTD, I have found an interest in the construction of the classical guitar. I am fascinated by the simplicity of its construction. A simplicity that becomes more complex when you start to study it in detail.</p><p>In my final thesis I will not try to explain this complexity. The subject is to investigate two different principles regarding its construction. I would like to find out if the sayings concerning one of the principles will yield a guitar with greater ability to produce volume and projection.</p><p>At a close distance the difference between the guitar’s volumes is not to speak of, but a significant difference can be seen regarding one of the guitars ability to project its sound. In their nearness tonal aspects becomes in some extent legible. Even if the two guitar’s character of sound is alike subtle tonal differences exists.</p><p>The existing differences between the two principles of construction are regarding the two guitars that I have built. The subject for the examination is to conclude the guitar’s ability to project their sound nearby compared to at a distance.</p>

<p>In this essay, I want to achieve an accessible and applicable entrance to Alexander Technique as a method for learning to use the body in such a way as to allow emotional expression in music. It is necessary to see the real need of Alexander Technique for the active musician, and therefore important components of music-making will be presented. These components are presented from an Alexander-perspective in order to produce a clear picture of the method of application.The prerequisite for emotional expression in music is musicians and music listeners with the ability to generate, and respond after emotional impressions. Alexander Technique provides an approach to make it easier for musicians, especially guitarists, to express emotions in a performance situation.After years of practice and obtaining musical knowledge and practical skills at the instrument, it is common that muscle tension and ingrained patterns contribute to limited expression. Muscle tensions arising from pressured situations such as auditions, competitions and concerts. Repetitive movements contribute to this, and lays the foundation for an insufficient technique. It is clear that traditional learning methods need to be complemented with an approach that treats body awareness as an essential part of musical performances. The notion that the use of the body affects mental states is now a truism, and one can see an opening towards new approaches that facilitate learning as well as performance of musical works. The emotional expression is in focus here, and this study deals with musical production based on the philosophy that music should be driven by decisions involving emotional expression.</p>

Denna studie syftar till fördjupade kunskaper om hur gitarrlärare ser på vänsterhänthet i relation till instrumentets speltekniska svårigheter och hur de anser sig arbeta med vänsterhänta elever i sin undervisning. I uppsatsen ges en bakgrund om vad vänsterhänthet är, en historisk bakgrund om den klassiska gitarren och dess speltekniska svårigheter samt tidigare forskning om musikundervisning av vänsterhänta. Studien utgår från ett multimodalt designteoretiskt perspektiv och ett empiriskt material bestående av fyra kvalitativa intervjuer. Av studiens resultat framkommer att de deltagande lärarna inte ansåg sig anpassa sin undervisning efter elevernas vänsterhänthet, förutom vid starkare grader av vänsterhänthet då eleverna uppmanades att vända på gitarren. Valet av hur gitarren ska hållas beskrivs sällan överlåtas till den enskilda eleven, utan förefaller istället vanligen bestämmas av läraren. Lärarna menade också att alla elever behöver öva samma tekniker och att samma undervisning därför bör gälla för höger- såväl som vänsterhänta elever. Den högersträngade gitarren utgör norm i undervisningen, vilket lärarnas berättelser om hur de sällan rekommenderade elever att vända på gitarren visar. Utifrån detta resultat diskuteras sedan gitarrundervisning av vänsterhänta. Undervisningen beskrivs inte enbart vara en fråga om att anpassa ett instrument, då hela undervisningens design beskrivs spela roll för elevernas lärande med instrumentet. / The purpose of this study is to gain a deeper knowledge of how guitar teachers view left-handedness with regard to the technical difficulties of the instrument and how they work with left-handed students while teaching. This paper provides some background on what left-handedness is, some historical background on the classical guitar and the technical difficulties of playing it, and an overview of previous work on musical education and left-handed people. The study is based on a multimodal and design theoretical perspective, and an empirical material consisting of four qualitative interviews. The results show that the participating teachers did not, in their own view, adapt their teaching because of left-handed students. The exception was students with a strong degree of left-handedness, who were encouraged to turn the guitar around. However, how the guitar is held was not often described as something left up to the individual student, but rather as something decided by the teacher. The teachers also felt that all students need to practice the same techniques, and that the same instructions therefore should be used for both right-handed and left-handed students. Right-handed guitars are standard in teaching situations, and the fact that the teachers say that they rarely recommend that students turn the guitar around reflects that. The results of the study then form the basis for a discussion on teaching left-handed students. It is not just a question of adapting an instrument; the whole design of the lessons makes a difference when it comes to the student learning the instrument.