Six Brothers In Harmony

Every one of my five brothers and I strive to create harmony. Our lives are lived in parallel yet at times we work alone. Other times we play well together - unity and coexistence is our goal. A chord can bring us together into a rich and soulful harmony. We often seek concord in parallel so no one is left alone; expressive music is our end goal, a desire shared by six brothers. Django Reinhardt, who often played alone, had mastery over all us brothers, as do Los Romeros playing together, creating a family of classical harmony. Andrés Segovia with his ambitious goal, worked with composer Rodrigo in parallel. Great rock guitarists with their goal of playing fantastic music in parallel: Lennon, McCartney, and Harrison playing together; the Eagles soaring in amazing harmony; Clapton; Jimmy Page; the Allman Brothers; or Hendrix playing incendiary solos alone. Bring your friends, sisters and brothers to a concert - don't come alone! You'll meet people who have parallel interests to your own. Dance together as music plays. Our common goal should be brotherhood and world harmony! Each string of a guitar, alone can make a melody. But harmony exists only by functioning in parallel, cooperatively. Let this be our goal: for human beings to work together, recognizing that we are all brothers. My brothers and I aren't alone. In parallel lives, our main goal is to work together, making harmony. [Sestina] // A sestina is a non-rhyming poem consisting of six six-line stanzas and a three-line envoy. The last word of each line in stanza 1 is repeated in all of the following stanzas. The envoy contains all six repeating words. To emphasize the theme of "Six Relatives", I have also made each line exactly 6 words. Additionally, I began stanzas 1-6 with the letters of the six guitar strings: E, A, D, G, B, E. One final note: the "ambitious goal" of Andrés Segovia and Joaquín Rodrigo was to make the guitar a respected instrument in the classical repertoire. They succeeded!// Written 16 Nov 2020