I wrote this piece to bring focus to the loss of our clear seasonal divisions of the year. The musical sections are divided into an A - B - A - C format. Each one represents a season with one repeated and one omitted. The order is yours to interpret.
Jeff played the melody with a small stone until it smooths out into an elegant pick style on the last season.
Note the finger style guitar was played on my Kenny Hill classical guitar.
The stone/pick style was played on a David Wren steel string.
A pdf is available if you’re interested.
This week's poem is from my collection Horizon titled Why Is It You Never Sing.
I wrote this for my sister who’s had a difficult journey. Talented and smart with a bad moon always hovering over her. Still, she carries on with elegance.
Fredrick Brooks - Nylon string guitar
Jeff Brackett - Steel string guitar
Produced by Paul LaCappelle, Fredrick Brooks and Jeff Brackett
Recorded and mastered at Quest Recording
<Click here to listen to Three Seasons>
Photo by Neil Newton
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WHY IS IT YOU NEVER SING
Little Sister
Why is it you never sing?
In your garden of a thousand flowers
Or with the rising solstice
Why is it you never sing?
When the full moon shines in your window
Fastened high in the sky
Why is it you never sing?
What stirs your soul?
Is it daybreak
Is this your sweet hour?
Is this the quiver that holds your song?
Where no one sees, no one hears.
Little Sister
Why is it you never sing?
©Fredrick Brooks
