Mandolin orchestras from Japan are known for playing arrangements of music from computer games. I have recently discovered this great example, a version of Battle at the Big Bridge / Clash on the Big Bridge from Final Fantasy V played by the mandolin orchestra of the Yamagata Higashi High School: Clash on the Big Mandolin […]
Recently I have attended the concert of the mandolin orchestra Kollnau-Gutach. This concert was dedicated to compositions by Johann Sebastian Bach. The program included the 3rd movement of the Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 played by a guitar quartet. The slogan used for this concert was: Bach – And Now!? (Bach – Und Jetzt!?) After the
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I have recently discovered several videos with the famous study in B minor as a duet. I have not found out who made the arrangements for a duet, and I have not found the sheet music for this version. It is interesting to listen to this arrangement of the study which uses the study as
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I had planned for some time to write about the Japanese guitarist Kaori Muraji. Now I have just discovered four playlists with hundres of great videos played by Kaori Muraji and I have started listening to this fantastic guitar player from Japan. You can find a short biography on her official website: Kaori Muraji is
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A great concert by the Canadian duo Fire & Smoke is available on the CBC concerts on demand site. The duo is composed of Claire Morrison and Daniel Péloquin-Hopfner. The speciality of this duo are the songs in two languages, English and French. Daniel accompanies the songs with the guitar, but he uses the banjo
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I have recently found a picture of the Lumineers on the tumblr site – the trio with mandolin, cello and guitar made me curious. This folk-rock and Americana band was founded more than 10 years ago, but during the last year it became so popular that it even got two Grammy nominations for 2013. Their
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The American acoustic guitar is certainly the most important instruments in Folk, Country, Bluegrass and Americana music. Although the mandolin and the banjo were very popular for some time in history the guitar has made the race. If you are interested how the American guitar became what it is today and who were the builders
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This is a great video about the construction of a classical guitar: Classical guitar making. My 24th guitar build Highlights from making my classical guitar featuring the builder playing the finished instrument. www.booneguitars.com The back and sides of this guitar are Indian rosewood. The top is western red cedar. The neck is Spanish cedar. Fret
Some time ago I have discovered the videos by the Duo Maple, a duo with mandolin and guitar from Japan. The duo occasionally adds other players with instruments like the Japanese instruments shamisen and shakuhachi, a second guitar, an accordeon or even a bagpipe to its program. Yoko Eto (mandolin) and Shinji Nordtor (guitar, mandola)
Stepan Rak has composed a Rumba for four guitars. This Rumba is very popular and is played often by guitar quartets and also bigger guitar ensembles. After I had discovered this rumba I have found many more videos with this piece. Stepan Rak is a composer, teacher and guitar player from Prague. The guitars are
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