At 3:10, the clouds part again with the feel-good finale, 'Bravoto Fantasia,' an uptempo number revolving around a D-A-C-G chord progression interspersed with intricate leads played at breakneck speeds. The gradual slow-down at the end creates a smooth transition into the third piece, 'Rhapsody Italia,' at 2:34 which really feels like a sarabande вЂ“ the mood shifts noticeably as the key changes to A minor there's an air of melancholy as a tremolo-picked melody reminiscent of flamenco master AndrГ©s Segovia echoes in the distance. The second movement, 'Guitars of the Exotic Isle,' begins fifty seconds in and even though it's slightly slower than the first, it maintains a lively atmosphere with hand drums and frequent chord changes, that like the first movement, revolve around the key of D. The brief 'Viva La Danzarina' kicks things off energetically with dual arpeggios and fast, staccato runs backed with hand claps and castanets. 'Fantasia Suite for Two Guitars' вЂ“ before reading further, see if you can figure out where each of the four movements begins and ends.ДЄl Di Meola's flamenco-styled 'Fantasia Suite for Two Guitars' follows this traditional suite format quite closely, consisting of four movements with distinct tempos and characters. The sarabande, named after a stately three-count dance originating from Spain, slows things down before the gigue вЂ“ derived from the British jig вЂ“ livens up the tempo again and brings the suite to a close. The allemande starts off the suite with a moderate walking tempo, followed by the upbeat courante (which literally means 'running'). Each of the traditional ordered four movements вЂ“ allemande, courante, sarabande, and gigue вЂ“ has its own tempo and character associated with a particular dance. In its earliest days, the music in dance suites were primarily dance music for European royal courts, but then developed into a standardized concert format in 17th-century France.

The suite in Western classical music came into its own in the Baroque period it's a collection of four or more thematically- and tonally-linked pieces or movements in a specific sequence. His 1978 album Casino blends the latter three styles into something truly unique and modern for its time, a highlight of which is the classically structured, all-acoustic 'Fantasia Suite for Two Guitars.'

guitarist Al Di Meola is one such player, who was inspired to play by Elvis Presley, The Beatles, and The Ventures to pick up the guitar at the tender age of eight, only to quickly move onto jazz standards, and eventually jazz fusion, flamenco, and Mediterranean music. It's not everyday that you come across a guitarist whose virtuosity expands equally across many genres, while also transitioning effortlessly between acoustic and electric guitar.

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