Mirage

I designed this cover for one of my brother’s classical guitar compositions – ‘Mirage’. As he puts it:

The piece begins with a slow, spacious and improvisatory introduction, which uses a mixture of Arabic scales that imitate the small inflections and embellishments of Arabian singers. This then leads into a dance-like movement, where the instrument is used to imitate the sound of sitar playing, with two strings playing the melody in unison (preferably slightly out of tune!). From then on, the piece morphs into something entirely different, with the material becoming increasingly contemporary and Western

I tried to communicate this blending of styles he was trying to achieve, perhaps a little clumsily! It was pretty tricky a) to get the Arabic text running in the correct direction; and b) getting the blend between both words just right so that both could be read.

There’s no recording of him playing this one unfortunately, but this is his shop where you can purchase all of his scores.