In October, 1958 FZ entered Lancaster's Antelope Valley Junior College. On December 22 he had written a 12-tone serial exercise, called Waltz For Guitar.
The sheet music was published in the Guitar Player Presents Zappa! special from 1992
Frank Zappa, Guitar Player 1992, p 65-72
Listen to Waltz for guitar. Played by John Elenius.
The sheet music was published in the Guitar Player Presents Zappa! special from 1992
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"This is a 12-tone crab canon written when I was 18. There's actually another version for two guitars, so it's a double crab canon. I don't know where it is though. I'd been doing 12-tone music for quite some time before I did this, but it was the first time I'd tried to write something for the guitar. I couldn't play it, and I never got to hear it until I got the Synclavier. And because it's printed on the Synclavier, that also means I got to push the button and listen to it. It's kind of short and boring."
Frank Zappa, Guitar Player 1992, p 65-72
Listen to Waltz for guitar. Played by John Elenius.
Waltz For Guitar-1958
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A version to listen here : https://soundcloud.com/alexandre-gerard/frank-zappa-waltz-1
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