MX Guitar Duo Play Mertz

ByBradford Werner
2020

Oman Kaminsky & Robbin Blanco play Am grabe der Geliebten by Johann Kaspar Mertz (1806-1856). This comes via Kaminsky’s YouTube channel. I’ve always loved these duets for guitar and terz guitar (a terz can be imitated by placing a capo at 3rd position). Much more convenient if you have a terz though. I’m assuming that Blanco is playing the guitar that Kaminsky was playing in last week’s feature, a Jan Tulacek, after J. G. Shertzer. Also that Kaminsky is on a terz. Nice strong accents and tight formation of the duo and sweet exchanges of melodic material.

Bradford Werner

Bradford Werner is a classical guitarist and music publisher from Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. He originally created this site for his students at the Victoria Conservatory of Music but now shares content worldwide. Curating guitar content helps students absorb the culture, musical ideas, and technique of the classical guitar. Bradford also has a YouTube channel with over 94,000 subscribers and 13 million views. He taught classical guitar at the Victoria Conservatory of Music for 16 years and freelanced in Greater Victoria for 20 years and now dedicates much of his time curating content online and helping connect the classical guitar community. See more at his personal website.