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Electric guitar solo (w/wo electronics)

GO [guitar obsession] - Tim Brady 1984/2006 (8 min.)
Yellow, Add Green
- Tim Brady 1984/2006 (6 min.)
As Softly Sounds
- Tim Brady 1984/2006 (3 min.)
...of Julie's Dance... (Inv. #8)
- Tim Brady 1990 (6 min.)
Dead of Winter - Tim Brady 1991 (11 min.)
The Songline - Mvt. 4 - Tim Brady 1991 (4 min.)
Time Lapse Exposure - Tim Brady 1992 (9 min.)
Colourless green ideas sleep furiously - Tim Brady 1993 (8 min.)
Mercury Fountain - Tim Brady 1993 (6 min.)**
Difference Engine #1, #2, #3 - Tim Brady 1995 (14 min.)***
Collapsing Possibility Wave - Tim Brady 1995 (13 min.)***
Cairn / Grungy - Steve Mackey 1994 (10 min.)
Vampyre! - Tristan Murail 1986 (6 min.)
Ipsissumus - Atle Pakusch Gundersen 1996 (11 min.)*
Red Melisma - Tim Brady 2000 (8 min.)
unplugged - Alexander Burton 2002 (10 min.) - with MAX/MSP
Bobby J - Laurence Crane 1999 (7 min.)
Frame 21: Sul A - Tim Brady 2006 (8 min.)
Frame 20: Switch - Tim Brady 2006 (12 min.)

Misfit - Monique Jean 2006 (14 min.) - with MAX/MSP
SOLO for electric guitarist - Martijn Voorlvelt 2006 (12 min.)

Frame 22: O is for Ostinato - Tim Brady 2007 (6 min.)

Frame 19: Trance - Tim Brady 2008 (12 min.)

Frames 7 - 9:  Threefold Scordautra (2010)

#7: Push / #8: Pull / #9: Hold

electric guitar solo - scordatura

Frames 10 - 13: Delay Tactics (2010)

#10: Clouds / #11: Discretion / #12: Pursuit / #13: Slant

electric guitar solso with delay/harmoniser pedal

Frames 14 - 18: Five Colours (2010)

#14: Azure / #15: Sienna / #16: Lava / #17: Harlequin / #18: Tenné

electric guitar solo
Simple Loops in Complex Times (2014) - 15 minutes
Solo electric guitar, looper (with reverse and 1/2 speed functions - TC DittoX2) and digital delay (reverse delay - optional)
The Same River Twice: Symphony #5.SOLO (2014) - 16.5 minutes
Solo electric guitar and FX pedals
60% (2019) - 10 minutes
Solo electric guitar, reverse delay, looper
A Simple Request (2020) - 6 minutes
For solo electric guitar and electronics, or - virtual duo version, as requested by Italian guitarist Sergio Sorrentino
The Virtuosity of Time (2020) - 24 minutes
For solo electric guitar, FX pedals and looper, in 4 movements.
Symphony in 18 Parts for solo electric guitar (2021) - 50 minutes
For solo electric guitar, FX pedals and looper, in 18 movements.

Electric guitar and tape

Symphony in Two Parts - Tim Brady 1989 (16 min.) **
Incertitude pourpre - Alain Thibault 1989 (7 min.)*
Magie noire, sucre blanc - Myke Roy 1989 (11 min.)*
Imaginary Guitars - Tim Brady 1991 (9 min.)**
Physics of Seduction - Invocation #1 - Paul Dolden 1991 (17 min.)*
Roche noire (chronique irlandaise) - René Lussier 1991-92 (11min.)*
O Vos Omnes - Sinan Savaskan 1992 (12 min.)*
Urbis #3 - Alter Ego - Michael Rosas Cobian 1992 (13 min.)*
Mr. Brady's Room - Roger Doyle 1992 (11 min.)*
Guitare Graffiti - Marc Tremblay 1992 (12 min.)*
Trois Pièces Espagnoles - José Manuel Montañés 1993 (11 min.)*
Linear Projection in a Jump Cut World - Tim Brady 1994 (9 min.)***
A Cut Shape, Struggling - Robert Heyes 1994 (9 min.)
Pandemonium Architecture - Tim Brady 1995 (12 min.)***
commissioned by INA-GRM (Fr.)
Dancetracks - Paul Lansky 1994 (18 min.) - commissioned by the Sonic Arts Network (UK)
Minimal Surface - Tim Brady 1995 (5 min.)***
Memory Riot - Tim Brady 1995 (18 min.)***
Fragmenting footprints, Unveiling the dawn - Wende Bartley 1997 (16 min.)*
18 Guitars - Jeremy Peyton Jones 1995 - 97 (15 min.)
Resilient Hope - Michael Kenney 1997 (8 min.)
Kali's Axe - Wes Wraggett 1998 - 2000 (9 min)*
'Scuse Me -Eric Chasalow 1998 (6 min.)*
Red Kryptonite - Peter Hatch 2000 (14 min.)*
Music Box Bell Curves ("Hello Paris!") - Tim Brady 2001 (14 min.)
commissioned by INA-GRM (Fr.)
Sauchiehall Street - Tim Brady 2001 (8 min.)
Le Chant de Baleines - Jean-François Laporte 2002 (12 min.)
Le Cri de Merlin - R. Murray Schafer 1987 (16 min.)
modulos II (1982-I) - alcides lanza 1982 (9 min.)
Strumming (Hommage à John Lennon) - Tim Brady 2006 (11 min.)
Frame 23: Invisibile Quartet - Tim Brady 2006 (11 min.)

Frame 24: 57 Ways of Playing Guitar - Tim Brady 2007 (15 min.)

* commissioned by Tim Brady
** commissioned by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, "Two New Hours"
*** part of the series entitled Strange Attractors

Electric guitar and chamber ensemble

"Octet Concerto" - 2018 (22 minutes)
flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano, percussion, electric guitar, drum set
Commissioned by Ensemble Paramirabo

"Désir": concerto for electric guitar + large ensemble - 2016-17 (28 min)
flute, clarinet, bass clarinet, alto and tenor saxophones, piano, electric piano, percussion, 2 violins, viola, cello, double bass
Solo electric guitar with overdrive, delay and harmonizer pedals.


Frame 1: Scatter - Tim Brady 2008 (9 min.)

electric guitar, electronics and voice

Frame 2: In Almost Unison - Tim Brady 2009 (6 minutes)

electric guitar, overdrive pedal and baritone saxophone

Frame 3: Canonic Sequnces - Tim Brady 2006  (9 min)

electric guitar and bass clarinet

Frame 4: Still - Tim Brady 2007 (10 min)

electric guitar and viola

Frame 5: Shadow 2008 (9 min)

electric guitar, delay pedal and trombone

Frame 6: Four Elements - Tim Brady 2007 (14 min)

electric guitar, electronics and percussion

Frame 0 (formerly Frame 1): Resonance - Tim Brady 2002 (11 min.)
electric guitar and electronics, piano

Power Lines - Tim Brady 2001 (18 min.)
electric guitar and electronics, violin, viola and cello

Concerto for Electric Guitar and Amplified Ensemble - Jeremy Peyton Jones 1999 (26 min.)
Electric guitar solo, violin, vla, cello, 2 saxes, trb, perc, piano, 2 electronic keyboards, drums

Waiata Tohutohu - Tim Brady 1997 (20 min.)
Electric guitar, digital electronics and soprano

Escapement - Tim Brady 1997 (16 min.)
Electric guitar (scordatura), percussion, cello and saxophone (or clarinet)

Dance me to the End (of Love) - Tim Brady 1996 (23 min.)
Electric guitar, live electronics and string quartet
Commissioned by the Smith Quartet (London)

Revolutionary Songs - 1993 - 94 (39 min.)
Soprano, electric guitar and electronics, piano, percussion, saxophone, cello and tape

After the Requiem - Gavin Bryars 1990 (16 min.)
Electric guitar, 2 violas and cello

See also: Bradyworks repertoire here

Electric guitar and orchestra

IN PROGRESS: orchestral version is planned
"Desire": concerto for electric guitar + large ensemble
- 2016-17 (28 min)
2.2.2.2/.2.2.0.0/percussion, 2 pianos/ strings
Solo electric guitar with overdrive, delay and harmonizer pedals.


Short Stories/Courts métrages - Tim Brady - 15 minutes (2011 - 2012)
2.2.2.2/.2.2.0.0/2 perc./harp/strings

Solo electric guitar with pedals (delay, harmoniser)
Optional video projection by Nelly-Éve Rajotte
Commissioned by the Orchestre symphonique de Laval


Amplify, Multiply, Remix and Redefine: in memory of Les Paul
- Tim Brady 2009 (35 minutes)

for large electric guitar ensemble (4 - 24 guitars)
electric guitar solo and orchestra

2.2.2.2/2.2.3.0/2 perc./piano/strings

Commissioned by the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra New Music Festival

20 1/4" Jacks - for 20 young electric guitarists
Tim Brady 2002 (30 - 45 min.)
Commissioned by Les Coups de Théâtre international festival

Playing Guitar: Symphony #1 - for electric guitar, sampler (keyboard),

large chamber ensemble and live electronics - Tim Brady 1998-2002 (46 min.)
1.2.1.1/1.1.1.0/pno/perc/strings: 2.1.1.1.
solo electric guitar and sampler (keyboard)
Commissioned by the Nouvel Ensemble Moderne

The Body Electric - concerto for electric guitar and orchestra - Tim Brady 1997 (30 min.) (revised 2008 - 20 min.)
2.2.2.2./2.2.0.0/ pno./ 2 perc./ strings: 6.6.3.3.2 (1 - el.bass) (minimum)
Commissioned by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation for the Esprit Orchestra

LOUD - concerto for electric guitar and orchestra - Tim Brady 1992-93 (19 min.)
2.2.2.2./4.3.3.1./pno./3 perc./strings:10.8.4.4.4. (minimum)
Commissioned by the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra