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Mickey Baker, Guitarist, Is Dead at 87 – Complete Course in Jazz Guitar

Mickey Baker, who was an influential guitarist, has died at the age of 87 in France. He has played in many recordings and influenced many younger guitarists. He has also published some widely used instruction books for jazz guitar: Mickey Baker’s Complete Course in Jazz Guitar: Book 1 (Ashley Publications) Mickey Baker’s Complete Course in […]

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Frédéric Chopin – The Master of the Nocturnes – Chopin on Guitar and Mandolin

Some time ago I have discovered a beautiful piece for piano in a web radio program. I was immediately fascinated by this music and found out that is was the Nocturne No. 21 by Frédéric Chopin. I had to search for more videos of this piece, and so I discovered also the Nocturne No. 20

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The Sabionari Guitar and the Tuscan Violin – Two Beautiful Instruments made by Antonius Stradivari

The instruments built by Antionio Stradivari are world famous. Most of those instruments are found today in museums or collections, others are played by some of the best musicians today. Today I would like to present two of Stradivaris instruments – the Sabionari guitar and the Tuscan violin. The Sabionari Guitar The guitar name Sabionari

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Bert Weedon – The Guitar Sound of the Sixties – Play in a Day

On April 20, 2012 Bert Weedon has passed away. Weedon was a very influetial guitarist in Great Britain, his instructional book Play in a Day has served many important guitarists including Paul McCarney and Eric Clapton to learn to play their instrument. Wikipedia: Herbert Maurice William ‘Bert’ Weedon, OBE (10 May 1920 – 20 April 2012)

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The Invention of the Electric Guitar – Great Online Feature of the Lemelson Center

Electric guitars were first used during the 1930s, today an electric guitar can be found in almost every rock band. A great online feature about the invention of the electric guitar can be found at the site of the Lemelson Center: Sometimes, but typically it is a far more complex process. Amplifying the sound of

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Talentos – The Brazilian Guitarist Rogério Caetano – With Luís Barcelos (Bandolim) and Amoy Ribas (Percussion)

Three videos with the guitarist Rogério Caetano from Brazil from the Talentos series of the Brazilian TV. Rogério Caetano is one of the younger Brazilian guitarists, he has played together with Hamilton de Holanda. In those videos he plays with Luís Barcelos (bandolim) and Amoy Ribas (percussion) Enjoy the videos with Rogério Caetano! Talentos –

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Sheet Music for Mandolin and Guitar in the Library of Congress – Part 1

In the Library of Congress you can find sheet music for mandolin and guitar. This includes many arrangements of marches by John Philip Sousa for mandolin and guitar, 2 mandolins and guitar or mandolin and piano. There are also severals other pieces from the period around 1900. In this post I have compiled the first

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A Concert with Sebastiao Tapajos – A Great Guitar Player from Brazil

Sebastiao Tapajos is a guitarist from Brazil who played frequently in Germany too. I am sure that I have attended one of his concerts in the 70s in Freiburg. An interesting fact that I have found in a blog about Sebastiao Tapajos is that he played a concert as a repetition of one of his

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Bill Frisell – Concert at the NPR – Bill Frisell Trio On JazzSet – Tiny Desk Concert 2012

One year ago the guitarist Bill Frisell has recorded a one hour concert with the NPR. I had written about this in my German blog www.gezupftes.de, but I have just found that I did not make an English version for this blog. Now I have just found a new Tiny Desk Concert with three Beatles

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Famous Ragtime Guitar Solos * Ton van Bergeyk * Produced by Stefan Grossman

When I searched for pieces by Abe Holzmann I have found a video of a ragtime guitar solo by Ton van Bergeyk – Smokey Mokes. This piece is contained in the collection Famous Guitar Ragtime Solos that has been produced in the 1970s by Stefan Grossman. The complete Album is available at youtube – you

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