This Acoustic Classical Guitar video caught my eye, it is played on a guitar which was built in Paris in 1930.  John Doan is playing a piece by Fernando Sor.  It also made me laugh a little watching John play, he starts out on the middle instrument and through out quite casually plays on both the upper and lower instruments. The piece is not overly complex but requires a little bit of a rethink.

For information about this type of Harp guitar go to Harpolyre

To hear a contemporaryHarp Guitar Player check out this Youtube of Don Alder Harp Guitar Video

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Here is a very nice video of Ana Vidovic, the great young classical guitar player. Pierre Bensusan the DADGAD player based in France introduced to her music some months back.  I thought it would be nice to post about a video played in a more disciplined style for a change.  The tune is Asturias by Albanez.   It was performed at the New York guitar festival in 2006.

Here is an Harmonics lesson by the wonderful guitar player Badi Assad

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Antoine Dufour is one of the new breed of Acoustic Guitar players who play percussively by using techniques such as hammer ons, Guitar Harmonics and open tunings to take his music outside the traditional way of playing.  The difference between Antoine and many of the other players who are attempting this style is on his recordings he focuses on music  and not just flamboyancy.  Michael Hedges, the great (late) American guitar player was one of the founding players in this style on his recordings in the 1980’s.  And these days there are is also Andy McKee and Don Ross who pla in a similar vain.

This tune is called Spiritual Groove.

To hear another Antoine Dufour song, check out Catching the Light

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Many of us have heard two guitar players playing Dueling Banjos; I thought it was quite interesting to see this youtube Acoustic Guitar Video of Edgar Cruz playing a solo version on nylon string guitar.  It’s just under two and a half minutes long.  I feel that it might inspire some other solo guitar players to work out their own versions of the old classic tune.

You might also like to hear Tommy Emmanuel play Classical Gas

Click the following link to hear Tommy Emmanuel Classical Gas

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Every now and then I think it’s important to introduce visitors to this site to acoustic guitar players that they are probably not aware of. Recently I got an email from a player  by the name of Jimmy Robinson who said to check out what he was doing, so I did, and I loved his playing.  His choice of notes and chords on guitar is quite extraordinary,  and  also what surprised also was the texture of his voice, how nicely it sat against his guitar.   In some of his other material I was hearing snippets of Robbie Basho, there’s a little Hedges in there two and mabe some Bruce Cockburn and at the same time a uniqueness. Jimmy is from New Orleans.   I’m grateful for the email and more than happy to share his music with you.

Here’s Jimmy’s website, check him out Jimmy Robinson Site

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Acoustic Guitar Players, singers, bands musicians.  Read the fine print in your recording contracts.  Here’s an example of the guy Damien Leith who won Australian Idol a year or so ago, not realizing what he was getting himself into or basically or getting.  Click the link to read the News Article Damien Leith contract It happens time and time again with musicians thinking they are getting somewhere by signing contracts, only to find out out that what is going to happen is not what they dreamed it was.

Damien Leith

Damien is not your standard pop dancing puppet, he has a very nice voice and plays good solid acoustic guitar.

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This weeks post is a twelve bar Blues in G, it’s reasonably simple and can be played at various tempos.  I have posted it in the past but have now made it available to a broader audience by re-uploading it so it can be accessed more easily, also I have changed the formatting a litlle so it sits nicer on the page.  There are a couple of twists in it,  one at he end of bar 8 so it can move chromatically to the D note in bar 9.  Also at bar 10 it stays on the D chord instead of dropping to the C chord and in the final bar, be ready to play the last four notes or you’ll miss them.

You could do this in a Rockabilly, Country Rock,  Bluegrass or slow Blues style.  It is just a foundation riff to build on.

For other useful guitar educational material, check out my other site The Guitars Net

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Doc Watson is a player who has inspired many acoustic guitar players, and the tune Deep River Blues is one that is part of many acoustic guitarists repertoire.  It’s a great song to build on.  Here’s a Youtube of Doc Watson playing and singing his original version, it’s two and a half minutes of classic Doc complete with guitar break.  It’s one of those songs that when you can play it, it plays automatically.

Here’s another Doc Watson Youtube Video called Black Mountain Rag

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It was 1971 when I first heard Crosby Stills and Nash sing Helplessly Hoping.  This youtube video was recorded in the early 90’s.  Crosby Stills and Nash, set the benchmark for all other acoustic guitar bands with vocal harmonies to be measured by.

To hear another Crosby Stills   Nash on Youtube, go to Wasted on the Way

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Peter Finger is a magnificent acoustic guitar player who I reckon deserves much broader recognition. There are a stack of guitar players out there who are rated very highly and often they are only half the player of guys like Peter. Peter is a European based Guitar Player and if you haven’t heard him maybe it’s time to check him out.  The tune is called Vive La Vie.  This tune reminds me a little of one Pierre Bensusan’s tunes.

Here is another video of Peter Finger at the Guitars dot Net site

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