"Litmus Distance" is a series of two small pieces for classical guitar, composed by Takashi Yoshimatsu.
One of the composer's debut works, he describes it as a new kind of imagined folk music, portraying of the distance of the bedouins.
The player is instructed to hang a bell on the tuning peg which is used throughout the piece alongside other percussion effects including tambour and Bartok pizzicato.
L and Velvet Waltz, although the composer states that these pieces can be played in any order with any instrument to supplement the guitar.
[1] Yoshimatsu describes the pieces as written in a pseudo-classical style in which the linear guitar rhythms imitate a water-colored scalar.
The score is written using only quavers and semi-quavers and features complicated rhythms and passages which make it difficult for the guitarist to perform.
[13] All pieces were recorded on the album Yoshimatsu : Guitar Works "Tender Toys" and performed by classical guitarist Shin-Ichi Fukuda.
Water Color Scalor was also recorded by Japanese classical guitarist Kaori Muraji on her album "Lumieres".
[14] 4 Little Dream Songs is a series of 4 pieces for solo classical guitar, composed by Takashi Yoshimatsu in 1993.
It was written as a supplement to the composer's Tender Toys works and consists of transcriptions for guitar and harmonica of various melodies which were used in broadcasts and stage plays.
[18] Around the Round Ground is a series of two small pieces for solo classical guitar, composed by Takashi Yoshimatsu in 1997.
[21] Both pieces were recorded on the album Yoshimatsu : Guitar Works "Tender Toys" and performed by classical guitarist Shin-Ichi Fukuda.
Additional albums that influenced the composition were Emerson, Lake & Palmer's Tarkus, Pink Floyd's Atom Heart Mother and Yes'es Fragile.
The duet was recorded on the album "Atom Hearts Club Duo" and performed by classical guitarists Shin-Ichi Fukuda and Eduardo Fernandez.