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Earl Klugh — Smooth Jazz on Nylon Strings

Earl Klugh — Smooth Jazz on Nylon Strings

Most jazz guitarists reach for an amplified archtop. Earl Klugh went the other way: he built an entire celebrated career on the warm, woody voice of the nylon-string guitar, played...

Earl Klugh — Smooth Jazz on Nylon Strings

Most jazz guitarists reach for an amplified archtop. Earl Klugh went the other way: he built an entire celebrated career on the warm, woody voice of the nylon-string guitar, played...

Do Classical Guitars Improve with Age?

Do Classical Guitars Improve with Age?

One of the most enduring beliefs about fine instruments is that they get better as they age. With classical guitars there is real truth to it — but also some...

Do Classical Guitars Improve with Age?

One of the most enduring beliefs about fine instruments is that they get better as they age. With classical guitars there is real truth to it — but also some...

Can You Use a Pick on a Classical Guitar?

Can You Use a Pick on a Classical Guitar?

It is one of the most common beginner questions: can you play a classical guitar with a pick (plectrum)? The short answer is yes, you can — but there is...

Can You Use a Pick on a Classical Guitar?

It is one of the most common beginner questions: can you play a classical guitar with a pick (plectrum)? The short answer is yes, you can — but there is...

How to Tune a Classical Guitar

How to Tune a Classical Guitar

Tuning is the very first skill every guitarist needs, and on a classical guitar it is simple once you know the notes. Here is everything a beginner needs to get...

How to Tune a Classical Guitar

Tuning is the very first skill every guitarist needs, and on a classical guitar it is simple once you know the notes. Here is everything a beginner needs to get...

Latin American Classical Guitar Music — A Guide

Latin American Classical Guitar Music — A Guide

If Spain is the guitar's homeland, Latin America is its great second home. Across the twentieth century, composers from Brazil to Argentina poured the rhythms and songs of their countries...

Latin American Classical Guitar Music — A Guide

If Spain is the guitar's homeland, Latin America is its great second home. Across the twentieth century, composers from Brazil to Argentina poured the rhythms and songs of their countries...

Why Are Classical Guitars So Expensive?

Why Are Classical Guitars So Expensive?

A beginner's classical guitar can cost a couple of hundred euros; a master's instrument can cost as much as a car. To anyone outside the world of fine guitars, that...

Why Are Classical Guitars So Expensive?

A beginner's classical guitar can cost a couple of hundred euros; a master's instrument can cost as much as a car. To anyone outside the world of fine guitars, that...

The Hardest Classical Guitar Pieces in the Repertoire

The Hardest Classical Guitar Pieces in the Repe...

Every classical guitarist has a mountain or two they dream of climbing. These are the pieces that separate the advanced player from the professional — works that demand not just...

The Hardest Classical Guitar Pieces in the Repe...

Every classical guitarist has a mountain or two they dream of climbing. These are the pieces that separate the advanced player from the professional — works that demand not just...

The Most Beautiful Classical Guitar Pieces Ever Written

The Most Beautiful Classical Guitar Pieces Ever...

Ask any guitarist for the pieces that first made them fall in love with the instrument, and the same titles come up again and again. These are the melodies that...

The Most Beautiful Classical Guitar Pieces Ever...

Ask any guitarist for the pieces that first made them fall in love with the instrument, and the same titles come up again and again. These are the melodies that...

Napoléon Coste — France's Great Romantic Guitarist

Napoléon Coste — France's Great Romantic Guitarist

While Spain and Italy dominate the story of the early guitar, France had its own great Romantic master: Napoléon Coste (1805–1883). A pupil of the legendary Fernando Sor, he became...

Napoléon Coste — France's Great Romantic Guitarist

While Spain and Italy dominate the story of the early guitar, France had its own great Romantic master: Napoléon Coste (1805–1883). A pupil of the legendary Fernando Sor, he became...

Manuel de Falla and the Guitar — His Homage to Debussy

Manuel de Falla and the Guitar — His Homage to ...

Some works matter far beyond their length. Manuel de Falla (1876–1946), the greatest Spanish composer of his generation, wrote only a single piece for solo guitar — yet that one...

Manuel de Falla and the Guitar — His Homage to ...

Some works matter far beyond their length. Manuel de Falla (1876–1946), the greatest Spanish composer of his generation, wrote only a single piece for solo guitar — yet that one...

Ferdinando Carulli — The Father of the Guitar Method

Ferdinando Carulli — The Father of the Guitar M...

If you have ever opened a beginner's guitar book, you have met the spirit of Ferdinando Carulli (1770–1841). One of the most prolific composers the instrument has ever known, he...

Ferdinando Carulli — The Father of the Guitar M...

If you have ever opened a beginner's guitar book, you have met the spirit of Ferdinando Carulli (1770–1841). One of the most prolific composers the instrument has ever known, he...

Matteo Carcassi — The Studies Every Guitarist Learns

Matteo Carcassi — The Studies Every Guitarist L...

Almost every classical guitarist, somewhere in their journey, plays a study by Matteo Carcassi (1792–1853). His teaching pieces are so woven into how the instrument is learned that his name...

Matteo Carcassi — The Studies Every Guitarist L...

Almost every classical guitarist, somewhere in their journey, plays a study by Matteo Carcassi (1792–1853). His teaching pieces are so woven into how the instrument is learned that his name...

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