Review: iv: american electric guitars by Giacomo Fiore
Check out this new release from Giacomo Fiore titled, iv: american electric guitars. You can listen to samples on his website. This is the second album of electric guitar compositions I’ve…
Gohar Vardanyan plays Córdoba by Albéniz
Gohar Vardanyan plays Córdoba from Cantos de España, Op. 232 by Spanish pianist and composer Isaac Albéniz (1860-1909). Another great video from Gohar Vardanyan with this classic work which was…
Drew Henderson plays Capriccio no. 2 by Legnani
Drew Henderson plays Capriccio no. 2 by Luigi Legnani on his brand new Sigurdson Guitar. Drew has a really amazing balance of sweet tone but with plenty of clarity. He…
Kids Plays Brouwer & Pernambuco
I wish I could find the name of these kids but assume the YouTube channel is either a parent or teacher. Anyway, I was quite surprised that they were able…
Aniello Desiderio Plays Fantaisie Dramatique Op.31 by Coste
Aniello Desiderio plays Napoleon Coste – Fantaisie Dramatique ‘Le Depart’, Op.31, via GITAROMANIA – IX International Festival and Competition in memoriam Łukasz Pietrzak 15-16 February 2013 in Jelenia Góra –…
Lágrima by Tárrega for Classical Guitar
Lágrima, Preludio by Francisco Tárrega (1852–1909). PDF sheet music and video for classical guitar. Comes with both a notation edition with left hand fingering and a separate tab edition. The level…
Jeseok Bang plays Fandango by Rodrigo
Fourteen year old guitarist Jeseok Bang plays Fandango by Joaquín Rodrigo on a 2003 Bernd Holzgruber via the Siccas Guitar on their YouTube. For a youth player he has an…
Ben Johnston: Ruminations (with John Schneider)
Microfest Records, 2014Produced by John SchneiderAlbum Notes via Microfest Buy or listen to samples via Amazon:Ben Johnston: Ruminations I was very excited to receive this new release filled with excellent performances and…
Nigel North plays Fantasie by Albert de Rippe
Nigel North plays Fantasie by Albert de Rippe (Alberto da Ripa) (c. 1500–1551) via the Lute Society of America YouTube channel. Albert de Rippe was an Italian lutenist and composer who…
Articulation in Music
The other day I posted a video regarding articulation and phrasing with Graham Fitch and received a number of questions as to the exact meaning of articulation in music. The previous post…
Michael Kolk plays Round Midnight by Thelonious Monk
The spectacular Canadian guitarist Michael Kolk plays the Thelonious Monk classic Round Midnight, arranged by Roland Dyens. Recorded live in concert at Spirit of Life Lutheran Church, Vancouver BC, July 12,…
Phrasing in music: what is a musical phrase?
Let’s start with a definition from the Oxford’s Music Dictionary: phrase. Short section of music of a musical composition into which the music, whether vocal or instrumental, seems naturally to…