Danse des îles by Florian Lambert

Danse des îles comes to us from another hard-to-find composer, Florian Lambert. With each video, I like to give some biographical information. Therefore, if someone finds their way to this site and has some information other than his birth year (1942), then I and those reading would be greatly appreciative.

Publications of Danse des îles

According to my copy of the Royal Conservatory Guitar Series: Introductory, the song is from La guitare enchanteé. It was apparently published by Les Éditions Doberman-Yppan, but I cannot find it on their website or used online. It is, however, still in the current edition of the Royal Conservatory syllabus.

About The Piece

This piece falls in the Royal Conservatory level of Preparatory (Introductory in 2004). The key remains in A minor throughout. I play it with free strokes but many beginners might find playing with rest strokes more appealing. It includes many small-scale runs that are efficient for learning to play scalar/melodic passages. The fingers and thumb never play together. This works well if you or a student is not yet putting intervals or chords together with the thumb and fingers simultaneously. Also, the tempo here is fairly fast for beginners and is a good chance to work on hand speed and coordination.

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I have two degrees in guitar performance and was privileged to study under Aaron Shearer, Tom Kikta, David Skantar, Ken Karsh, Tim Bedner, and currently Christopher Berg. Outside my editorial work on this blog, I teach full-time across many genres including classical, jazz, blues, rock, funk, and metal.