Monthly Archives: November 2007
C open tuning for guitar
Over a 25 years years I’ve experimented with a lot of open tunings. originally I was inspired to do this after hearing John Martyn, John Renbourn, Stefan Grossman and then a few years after that, Michael Hedges, Pierre Bensusan, Alex … Continue reading
Filed under Acoustic Guitar, acousticguitar, MUSIC, open tuning
A beautiful guitar piece
If you like classical / nylon string guitar and are interested in hearing a beautiful, delicate piece of music, check out the link below it’s by a guitar player called Per Olov Kindgren. The site belongs to a British Classical … Continue reading
Filed under Classical Guitar
What makes a great guitarist?
How to be a great guitarist, not just a good one. What is it that makes guitarists stand out from the rest? I think the music that I find most meaningless is music that sounds like everyone else. My approach … Continue reading
Filed under acoustic, Acoustic Guitar, MUSIC
Blues and Country Guitar Scales
Blues and Country Guitar Scales are easy to play. I have written a number of them in normal tuning. You will find them at http://www.the-guitarplayer.com they are in a printable format Acrobat Reader .pdf and are free to download. There … Continue reading
Filed under acoustic, Acoustic Guitar, acousticguitar
Who is greatest guitarist?
If you ask most guitar players, ‘who is the greatest guitarist ever’, most will bring up the names of people like Django, Wes Montgomery, Segovia, Hendrix, Hedges, Atkins, Satriani, Martino, Yepes….the list goes on and on. An argument could go for … Continue reading
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How to be a good guitarist
How to be a good guitarist? A HELPFUL TIP There are a lot of pieces to that puzzle. This is a major one. What I’ve noticed over the years is that the players that have played with a lot of … Continue reading
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Acoustic guitar albums collection
Every acoustic guitar player has albums that really impacted on them. I thought I’d list a few of mine. These are my personal, INSTRUMENTAL from my ‘can’t live without them’ collection. I haven’t included my favourites with vocals or albums … Continue reading
Filed under acoustic, Acoustic Guitar, acousticguitar, MUSIC
