For Guitar No. 1 in D Minor (1989)

Written and Recorded in 1989

This tune was written at the end of 1989. Initially, it was not intended to be a tune for solo classical guitar and had an extended sequence that later provided a basis for writing another tune called Spanish House.
When I focused on completing this material based on the initial ideas, I decided to remove the extended 'Spanish' sequence and added newly written sequence, whose idea came from analysing and practising to play a Steve Hackett composition for Genesis called Horizons.
When it came to the demo recording, I struggled so hard that I had to play the tune countless times until I could capture one live take with making no mistake. In order to enhance the structure of the composition, I used a technique called double tracking for capturing the sound of classical guitar; both were recorded stereo by using a couple of microphones, set in different locations so that they could pick up a wider range of guitar sounds.
The tune was first called A Girl and a Year for a certain reason I can't no longer recall. By the time I first played this tune live in front of the audience next summer, I changed the title accordingly to the manner of Classical music. Though I have written some other pieces of music for solo guitar, there's no sequel composition of this No. 1 -  so far.