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The Magic Pony

from Norwegian Wood by Gregg Miner

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Performed on Knutsen Symphony harp guitar.
I consider this my first decent original tune, written on my old Martin 6-string in 1975 at age 20. As I often did at the time, I arranged and recorded a personal demo (and later, better studio version) for “random ensemble” – including the Martin, electric guitar, lute, harp, toy piano, banjo and flute (session player). The trick with this new solo harp guitar version was capturing as much of that ensemble color as I could, rather than simply going back to the basic guitar part. About its creation: The A section (verse) always sounded somewhat “clip-clop” horsey, as you hear it now; the unusual B waltz section sprung from frustration of not knowing what would come next…and then finally just letting whatever happened happen. I immediately understood that it was now indeed about a pony, but as imagined by a child riding a carousel horse…which can of course detach itself to lead them both into fantasy…

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from Norwegian Wood, track released November 25, 2017

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Gregg Miner Los Angeles, California

Gregg Miner is a plucked stringed instrument collector, scholar, recording artist and performer, best known for his work with harp guitars. For more, visit his 3 web sites!

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