Russian guitarist Anton Baranov plays Carillon by Italian composer/guitarist Benvenuto Terzi (1892-1980). Cute piece, rather silly really but looks like a good etude for left hand slurs and right hand harmonics and certainly the effect is of interest. You might recognize…
Chia-Wei Lin Plays Marek Pasieczny’s The Tango Impressions: Tribute to the Art of Astor Piazzolla (2008). This comes via Marek Pasieczny’s YouTube. You can get the score from his website. Wild piece, some interesting moments along with plenty of showy Piazzolla lines.…
A full video lesson tutorial for Etude No. 1 by Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887-1959) for classical guitar. I go through 4 main ideas, the right hand fingering, left hand fingering, how to navigate from chord to chord, and differences between editions.…
Ravel & Debussy: Music for Two Guitarsby ChromaDuo (Rob MacDonald Tracy Anne Smith)Website: chromaduo.comLabel: NaxosProducers: Norbert Kraft & Bonnie SilverListen to Samples: chromaduo.com/sounds Buy the Album via Amazon: Ravel & Dubussy by ChromaDuo Naxos Promo Blurb: “This album is the first to present…
I know Halloween is over but of equal terror check out this lute-icrous video of a lute army. Arrangement by Gian Luca Lastraioli for European Lute Orchestra of several sources, in particular: Julio Cesare Barbetta (II firstly libro di will intavolatura of…
The passing of Roland Dyens last week was not just a loss to the guitar scene, but also, to the world. Anyone who had met Dyens knows that beyond his fantastic playing the guy had a personality that could make…