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Jim Redgate — One of the Great Modern Guitar Makers

Jim Redgate — One of the Great Modern Guitar Ma...

When a luthier's instruments are chosen by players like Pepe Romero, Ana Vidović and Sérgio and Odair Assad, you know you are in the presence of something special. Jim Redgate,...

Jim Redgate — One of the Great Modern Guitar Ma...

When a luthier's instruments are chosen by players like Pepe Romero, Ana Vidović and Sérgio and Odair Assad, you know you are in the presence of something special. Jim Redgate,...

Renaissance and Baroque Music on Classical Guitar

Renaissance and Baroque Music on Classical Guitar

The classical guitar is younger than it sounds. The instrument as we know it dates from the nineteenth century — but the music it plays reaches back centuries further, to...

Renaissance and Baroque Music on Classical Guitar

The classical guitar is younger than it sounds. The instrument as we know it dates from the nineteenth century — but the music it plays reaches back centuries further, to...

Flamenco vs Classical Guitar — What's the Difference?

Flamenco vs Classical Guitar — What's the Diffe...

Wood and construction Those goals lead to different building choices. Traditional flamenco guitars are typically built with cypress back and sides (the lighter, brighter "flamenco blanca"), giving that crisp, dry...

Flamenco vs Classical Guitar — What's the Diffe...

Wood and construction Those goals lead to different building choices. Traditional flamenco guitars are typically built with cypress back and sides (the lighter, brighter "flamenco blanca"), giving that crisp, dry...

Tremolo on Classical Guitar — How the Technique Works

Tremolo on Classical Guitar — How the Technique...

The classic pattern: p–a–m–i The standard classical tremolo uses a four-note pattern per beat. The thumb (p) plays the bass note on a lower string; then, on the melody string,...

Tremolo on Classical Guitar — How the Technique...

The classic pattern: p–a–m–i The standard classical tremolo uses a four-note pattern per beat. The thumb (p) plays the bass note on a lower string; then, on the melody string,...

How Much Does a Classical Guitar Cost? A Price Guide

How Much Does a Classical Guitar Cost? A Price ...

"How much does a classical guitar cost?" is a bit like asking how much a car costs: the honest answer is "it depends." Classical guitars span an enormous range, from...

How Much Does a Classical Guitar Cost? A Price ...

"How much does a classical guitar cost?" is a bit like asking how much a car costs: the honest answer is "it depends." Classical guitars span an enormous range, from...

Master Guitar vs Studio Guitar — What's the Difference?

Master Guitar vs Studio Guitar — What's the Dif...

As you climb beyond beginner instruments, you start to meet two terms that can be confusing: master guitar and studio guitar. They are not official categories with fixed definitions, but...

Master Guitar vs Studio Guitar — What's the Dif...

As you climb beyond beginner instruments, you start to meet two terms that can be confusing: master guitar and studio guitar. They are not official categories with fixed definitions, but...

Classical Guitar Scale Length — 650 mm, 640 mm and Short Scales

Classical Guitar Scale Length — 650 mm, 640 mm ...

Two guitars can look almost identical and yet feel completely different to play — and one of the biggest reasons is scale length. It is one of the most important...

Classical Guitar Scale Length — 650 mm, 640 mm ...

Two guitars can look almost identical and yet feel completely different to play — and one of the biggest reasons is scale length. It is one of the most important...

How to Choose a Classical Guitar — The Complete Guide

How to Choose a Classical Guitar — The Complete...

Choosing a classical guitar can feel overwhelming. The prices range from modest to astronomical, the specifications are full of unfamiliar terms, and everyone seems to have an opinion. But the...

How to Choose a Classical Guitar — The Complete...

Choosing a classical guitar can feel overwhelming. The prices range from modest to astronomical, the specifications are full of unfamiliar terms, and everyone seems to have an opinion. But the...

Manuel Ponce — Mexico's Gift to the Classical Guitar

Manuel Ponce — Mexico's Gift to the Classical G...

When Andrés Segovia set out to build a serious modern repertoire for the guitar, he turned to the composers he most admired — and few gave him more than the...

Manuel Ponce — Mexico's Gift to the Classical G...

When Andrés Segovia set out to build a serious modern repertoire for the guitar, he turned to the composers he most admired — and few gave him more than the...

Domenico Scarlatti on Classical Guitar — Baroque Sonatas Reborn

Domenico Scarlatti on Classical Guitar — Baroqu...

Of all the great Baroque composers whose music guitarists have adopted, none feels more naturally at home on the instrument than Domenico Scarlatti (1685–1757). He never wrote a note for...

Domenico Scarlatti on Classical Guitar — Baroqu...

Of all the great Baroque composers whose music guitarists have adopted, none feels more naturally at home on the instrument than Domenico Scarlatti (1685–1757). He never wrote a note for...

Miguel Llobet — The Bridge Between Tárrega and Segovia

Miguel Llobet — The Bridge Between Tárrega and ...

Some musicians matter as much for where they stand in history as for what they wrote, and Miguel Llobet (1878–1938) is one of them. The Catalan virtuoso was the crucial...

Miguel Llobet — The Bridge Between Tárrega and ...

Some musicians matter as much for where they stand in history as for what they wrote, and Miguel Llobet (1878–1938) is one of them. The Catalan virtuoso was the crucial...

Leo Brouwer — The Living Master of the Guitar

Leo Brouwer — The Living Master of the Guitar

If you study the classical guitar today, you will play Leo Brouwer — there is almost no avoiding it, and no reason to want to. Born in Havana in 1939,...

Leo Brouwer — The Living Master of the Guitar

If you study the classical guitar today, you will play Leo Brouwer — there is almost no avoiding it, and no reason to want to. Born in Havana in 1939,...

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