Reels
Instrumentation – flute & steel-string guitar
Duration – c.3’52”
Written in Brighton 2004
First performed by Lee Westwood (guitar) and Philippe Barnes (flute) downstairs at The Globe Pub, Brighton, 2006
A collection of melodies for DADGAD guitar, strongly inspired by the compositions and arrangements of traditional Irish music by the guitarist Pierre Bensusan, who was enormously influential on my own guitar style. The flute part was composed shortly afterwards.