Mneme (2023)
for solo guitar
7 min
Human memory is the ability to recall past experiences and connect them to current events, These are traces of stimuli that are engraved in different parts of the human body by neural organization and a part of this stimulus can be awakened again in a future event, thereby giving the new event the same tendency.
When the strings of a guitar touch the fretboard as they are struck, a softer auxiliary sound is produced that corresponds to the struck note. This dual sound is called a “bi-tone”. The frequency of the auxiliary or secondary sound is determined by the distance between the striking point and the headstock. During the playing process, we pay more attention to the sound between the striking point and the fretboard. However, this secondary sound becomes a “memory” within the guitar. The guitar is aware of the sound it produces and it is also a part of the guitar’s unique tone.
