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The classical form of the sonata has a tendency to hide just how many blues and jazz riffs and chords are serving as the foundation. The contrasting middle movement \"Jury Duty\" slowly reveals an appropriately pensive fugue.\n\nThe Prelude and Fugue in F minor represents a fraction of a cycle of 24 Preludes and Fugues for both solo guitar and guitar duet.\n\nThe \"Guitar Sonata #2 in C major\" opens with a sonata Allegro whose first theme is literally a 12-bar blues. The Maestoso offers a slower, lovely-sounding lullaby. The \"Guitar Sonata in G major\", performed on 8-string classical guitar, uses open G tuning. The first movement \"Hobo Spider Blues\" opens with a slide blues variation-form inspired by Muddy Waters and John Lee Hooker, while the second movement \"Ragged and Sor(e)\" changes to a solo rag influenced by music of Fernando Sor. 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