Rubio’s ‘Seis Segundos’ – Expressive Contemporary Guitar Piece

Description

Roberto Rubio, Seis segundos

for narrator (in Spanish) and percussion

Instrumentation: 5 crotales, 2 bongos (high and low), 4 toms (high, medium high, medium low, low), 1 bass drum

Six seconds

Only six seconds separate you from eternity

     Six seconds of a sleepy flight

You stop to observe the horizon and the humid rooftops

     You remember the snacks offered by your mother

          the distant slaps of a spectral father.

The song of a sea and the caress of the snow

     The taste of a naive kiss and the smell of young breasts

          The look of your children, the smile on their faces

               A bitter drink and the shadow of distant women.

The completed, the incomplete

     Loneliness written on the walls

          Forgotten inhabitants, ancient alleys

               and death lurking in its unannounced visits.

You stop to observe the light of the last landscape

     only six seconds separate you from the eternal

          Six seconds of a sleepy flight

               Six seconds… four… one…

Duration: c. 6’30”

• Product: PDF or Print on Demand
• Length: 16 pages
• Level: Advanced
• ISMN  979-0-706846-18-7
• Order Number: BE-251118

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