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I'm a doctor for what's its worth. Please everyone, relax. Certainly, there is concern particularly for the high risk elderly and those with complex medical issues but for the vast majority of people, this is really similar to a bad flu which is also high risk in elderly and patients with complicated medical issues (yet people still don't vaccinate for this......). Take the usual precautions by good handwashing/hygeine, avoid large crowds when possible, and look after your loved ones who are higher risk. The hysteria can be worse than the disease itself.

There's a bit of a difference between this sonata and my previous two. For starters, this is probably a more serious attempt at the genre. I've never been a good person to describe my works in non-abstract terms. It is safe to note, though, that various parts of the piece explore septal and quintal harmony as well as a juxtaposition of whole tone tonality amid heavy chromaticism. That said, as I mentioned above, this work definitely seems like a strong development in my overall compositional ability. I'm not sure if there is a bit of maturation occurring or what -I'd be interested in everyone's thoughts! Hope you enjoy!

Welcome back my friend!

The combination of fourths (and the one 3rd) facilitates a very nice and playable instrument. You can play an octave and a half scale without changing the position of your left hand. (If it were tuned in 5ths, given the distance between frets, you'd be hopping all over the place.) You can play 1st, 2nd and 3rd inversion chords easily. In third inversion (with the help of frets) you can play a single chord with one finger! That's why the third. This makes the guitar good for melodies AND accompaniments, AND you can do them both at the same time. Throw in adding a bass line to it and Voila! One man band. (see Joe Pass). The radius of the fingerboard helps here too. Your post is a little strange because I'm hearing someone complain about an instrument he has no familiarity with. Good luck with your studies. You'll see.

well said

It's a simple influenza with a bit of more issues. Only old people or people with diseases as hypertension are most probably to die. The chance that someone healthy or even normal is going to die is 0.5% more or less. Even counting vulnerable people it's still lower than 2.5% mortality rate. Don't panic, that's simply stupid. Wash your hands and try not to expose to the virus (touching with the hands things in public places or contacting people phisically without being able to clean your hands/face)