Acoustic Guitar Fingerstyle Arrangement – Gypsy Rover TAB and Notation What a lot of beginner guitarists don’t realise is many of the better guitar players have done is work on arrangements of tunes to help develop their playing and ear. It’s not just about learning a few solos, playing a few blues or pentatonic scales [...]
Entries from April 2009
April 23, 2009
Loren – Acoustic Guitar Player Part 3
Here’s Part 3 of my series on Acoustic Guitar Players Loren is an Australian musician who comes from Western Australia and now lives on the beauty NSW North Coast. He plays an acoustic style that falls into the category of Roots these days, to me that means acoustic, not overly commercial with a flavour of [...]
April 22, 2009
Micheal Hedges Youtube – Harp Guitar
I’m surprised how many guitar players there are who have never heard of Michael Hedges, the brilliant innovative guitar player / composer who died in 1997. Many of the new players such as Andy McKee and all the other acoustic tappers and open tuners were inspired byMichael Hedges. On this Acoustic Youtube Guitar Video he [...]
April 16, 2009
Pierre Bensusan Youtube Guitar Tutorial
Here is a very interesting Video of an Acoustic Guitar arrangement of the traditional Irish tune Shi Bhig Shi Mhor in DADGAD tuning, played by Pierre Bensusan. This arrangement is an improvisation around the original tune. The last couple of minutes of the video has a split screen of right and left hand which will [...]
April 4, 2009
Pierre Bensusan Australian Tour – Stuns Audience with Breathtaking Brilliance
Some people had waited twenty five years to see Pierre Bensusan; others had heard a great guitar master was in town, and strangely enough there were those who just happened to turn up to the local venue for a night out. Regardless what was the driving force of them being there, by the end of [...]
April 2, 2009
Gypsy Guitar Youtube
Regardless of what style of guitar you like, it would be very hard to deny the brilliance and beauty displayed in this Guitar Video on Youtube by Stochelo Rosenberg and Romane. They have taken aspects of what Django started and built it into their own unique style. It’s taken from an album called Gipsy Guitar [...]
