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	Acoustic Fingerstyle Guitar Page
		You are also invite to read the essays "American Fingerstyle Guitar" by John Schroeter and "The Guitar Place" by Will Schmid to understand why Fingerstyle Guitar is growing in popularity.
		There is an extensive collection of Frequently Asked Guitar Questions and a Fingerstyle Guitar Forum where you are invited to post your comments or questions.
		American fingerstyle guitar is commonly played on steel string acoustic guitars with 6 or 12 strings.
	www.acousticfingerstyle.com /index.html (493 words)

	Fingerstyle guitar - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Fingerstyle guitar is the musical methodology of playing the guitar by plucking the strings directly with the fingertips, fingernails, or picks attached to individual digits, as opposed to flatpicking (picking individual notes with a single plectrum called a flatpick) or strumming all the strings of the instrument in chords.
		American primitive guitar or American Primitivism is a subset of fingerstyle guitar.
		American primitive guitar can be characterized by the use of folk music or folk-like material, driving alternating-bass fingerpicking with a good deal of repetitious ostinato patterns, and the use of alternative tunings (scordatura) such as open D, open G, drop D and open C.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/American_fingerstyle_guitar (1491 words)

	Phil Heywood
		Phil Heywood is a fingerstyle guitarist with a bluesy swing and a bucketful of whatever it is that helps a performer turn an instrumental piece into an arresting lyrical narrative.
		He is the 1986 National Fingerpicking Champion, and the winner of the 1987 American Fingerstyle Guitar Festival Competition, an event judged by some of the top players in this field.
		Both in his original pieces and in his choice of covers, there is an increasing sense of an overview and of homage to a lineage of inspiring players who have sprung from native soil.
	www.musicoutfitters.com /artists/heywood.htm (359 words)

	Acoustic Fingerstyle Guitar Page
		Music arranged for American fingerstyle playing can include chords, arpeggios and other elements such as artificial harmonics, hammering on and pulling off with the fretting hand, using the body of the guitar percussively, and many other techniques.
		American primitive guitar can be characterized by the use of folk music or folk-like material, driving alternating-bass fingerpicking with a good deal of repetitious ostinato patterns, and the use of alternative tunings (scordatura) such as open D and drop D
		Browse the Fingerstyle Guitar Selection or the Guitar Tab selection at Sheet Music Plus for the latest hits and your favorite classics.
	www.acousticfingerstyle.com (493 words)

	Welcome to the Historic Mabel Tainter Theater (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The term “fingerstyle” applies to any music on a stringed instrument that is not played with a plectrum (pick).
		American fingerstyle includes elements of blues, jazz, ragtime, country, and gospel, and is commonly played on a steel-string acoustic guitar.
		Heywood is a former National Fingerpicking Champion (1986) and winner of the American Fingerstyle Guitar Competition (1987), and Sparks adapted Tchaikovsky's “Nutcracker Suite” to the guitar, earning the Fingerstyle Guitar Championship (1993).
	www.mabeltainter.com /sparksheywood.htm (1182 words)

	Minnesota Guitar Society Concerts (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Since then they have carried out their activity reproposing the musical language of the classic and romantic periods using original instruments and philological methods.They are artistic directors of the “Ensemble Ottocento”, an Italian orchestra specialising in 19th century music performed on authentic instruments.
		Classical Guitar Magazine writes, "The Katona Twins, Peter and Zoltan Katona are two musicians moving at full tilt and their recordings and performances are essential listening for followers of the contemporary classical guitar scene."
		Keenly aware of the importance of creating a new body of work for the guitar, Gilbert Biberian has stimulated much original composition and along with his own works he has enriched the repertoire of the instrument for all time.
	www.mnguitar.org /concerts2005.htm (658 words)

	Richard Gillmann's Fingerpicking Guitar Page
		The thumb of the picking hand (right hand for a right handed guitarist) is used to pick the bass notes on the lower strings, while at the same time the index, middle and other fingers pick out the melody on the treble strings.
		The guitar is commonly used to accompany singing; fingerpicking is a way to approach it as a solo instrument.
		The smaller, less bassy, OM or 000 size guitar has a wider fretboard than a D-28 and is easier to play sitting down.
	nwfolk.com /fsg.html (523 words)

	American Fingerstyle Guitar
		Just as the modern classical guitar was refined in the inspired hands of the Spanish, the modern acoustic steel-string guitar is a distinctly American contribution.
		Fingerstyle guitarists are unique among musicians in their ability to simultaneously and independently express every musical thought with all the dynamics of a symphony (strong words but try to get a vibrato on a piano).
		Rapping the body of the guitar, they extract percussive accents as though it were a drum.
	www.acousticfingerstyle.com /schroeter.htm (393 words)

	Acoustic Guitar Central: Artist Gear Picks
		Both guitars are strung with D'Addario lights and fitted with undersaddle Fishman pickups, and her preamp/DI of choice is an L.R. Baggs Para Acoustic DI.
		Simpson describes his other road guitar, a Traugott model BK (www.traugottguitars.com), as "a complete thoroughbred, modern American fingerstyle guitar." Both guitars are equipped with Highlander pickups (www.highlanderpickups.com), which Simpson runs through Highlander's Pro Acoustic Mix DI (PAMDI).
		Additionally, Tippin Guitars (www.tippinguitar.com) has recently introduced a Martin Simpson signature model, which is a variation on a cutaway 000-size 12-fret guitar.
	www.acousticguitar.com /issues/ag135/gear135.html (1064 words)

	Unofficial Leo Kottke Web Site. Interviews & Reviews: Frets (May/86) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Just glancing at the title American Fingerstyle Guitar Festival, one might get the impression that this even was restricted in its musical scope.
		What sometimes appears to be guitar mayhem is well thought out, and believe it or not, Hedges writes his seemingly spontaneous lines out in standard notation (often on multiple staffs).
		This was the first American Fingerstyle Guitar Festival, the debut of what is planned as a semi- annual event.
	www.guitarmusic.org /guitarmusic/kottke/gfm861.html (923 words)

	Fingerstyle Guitar Recommended Collections
		Begins at the Easy Intermediate level (should have some basics e.g., 1st position guitar chords) where the student learns to pick out syncopated melodies, and leads to the playing of more advanced traditional and contemporary pieces and techniques by the end of the 12 tape series.
		Guitar With Tablature, and CD Mark Hanson captures the magic and joy of Oz in contemporary acoustic guitar settings.
		Each arrangement is done in the classic early "americana" guitar tradition of ragtime and blues with lots of alternating thumb and classic blues phrases.
	www.sheetmusic1.com /guitar.fingerstyle.html (1133 words)

	Harmony Central - Guitar Resources
		And don't miss the FREE interactive guitar lessons brought to you in conjunction with Riff Interactive.
		Links to guitar and amp manufacturers, effects manufacturers, companies that make guitar related softwareprograms, places that sell accessories and parts, and commercially available lessons, instructional videos, and tablature.
		Guitars, Wood, and Tone - A discussion of how the types of wood a guitar is made from affects its tone.
	harmony-central.com /Guitar (1713 words)

	1000+ Great Guitar Sites on the Web: GUITAR SITES
		The Association of Fingerstyle Guitarists is dedicated to the preservation of the art of playing the guitar in Fingerstyle or Thumb Style and to the people that play in that fashion.
		The Asian Fingerstyle Guitar Association (AFGA) was initiated in 1995 by Philippine guitarist Richard Alcoy with close consultation with Dr. Mark Pritcher, president of the Chet Atkins Appreciation Society(CAAS).
		Lahav's guitar compositions are inspired from the Israeli and the middle east essence.
	www.guitarsite.com /guitar.htm (2286 words)

	Guitar lessons for blues, rock, jazz, acoustic, fingerstyle and slide guitar (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Fingerstyle guitar has recently exploded into a renaissance unto itself; fingerstyle techniques are now evident in all styles of music, fingerstyle artists are growing in popularity, fingerstyle festivals and concerts are widely attended, and more players
		This explosion in popularity is credited directly to the more contemporary fingerstyle techniques which fuse techniques, rhythms and harmony from blues, jazz, ragtime, country, funk, flamenco and rock.
		Fingerstyle Fusion is presented across 3 CD-ROMs (Windows and Mac compatible), features 69 video lessons, text overviews, charts, PDF manual, standard notation and Power Tab so you can "see" and "hear" the tab played out.
	truefire.com /fingerstylefusion/fingerstylefusion.html (503 words)

	Classical Guitar Magazines - Classical Guitar Journals - Classical Guitar Reviews
		Guitar Forum is a new journal dedicated to in-depth scholarly work on the classical guitar, its technique and its repertoire.
		Guitar Forum is published by the European Guitar Teachers Association UK, edited by Jonathan Leathwood and refereed by a board comprising Stephen Dodgson, Angelo Gilardino, Stephen Goss, Ricardo Iznaola, Stanley Yates, and Fabio Zanon.
		American Lutherie, the world's foremost lutherie magazine, is the quarterly journal of The Guild of American Luthiers - an organization entirely devoted to stringed instrument making and repair, through a free exchange of information.
	www.guitarsint.com /guitar_journals.cfm (297 words)

	Guitar Nine Records - The Undiscovered
		Maintaining a healthy respect for the blues and American roots music, Hasbrouck's ten original tracks brim with greasy bottleneck and daring fingerstyle guitar work, while the cover tracks, such as Catfish Stephenson's "Bluebird", offer keening vocals and rich toned playing.
		In 1981, John immersed himself in the art of the fingerstyle guitar, and later he toured over 100,000 miles with a popular reggae/ska band.
		He has studied with world-class players at the American Fingerstyle Guitar Festival, mentored with songster Catfish Stephenson, played innumerable cafes and clubs in Chicago, and in 2001, recorded his debut album, "Ice Cream".
	www.guitar9.com /undiscov50c.html (617 words)

	Minnesota's Finest Pickers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Along with John Fahey and Leo Kottke, he was a pioneer of contemporary fingerstyle guitar in the early 1970s.
		Cam Waters is a critically acclaimed singer, songwriter, and guitarist whose performances consist primarily of his roots-influenced original music, classic rural and ragtime blues, and Delta slide guitar.
		An American fingerpicking champion from Minnesota, his compositions incorporate such diverse influences as jazz, classical, Latin, Greek, and Oriental musical forms.
	www.folkrocks.com /MinnesotasFinest.html (214 words)

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		One of the best examples of the new power-acoustic guitar sound, the latest CD from North Carolina-based Travis Steele Nevels is bursting with incredible flat-picking acoustic guitar work.
		Some may call it unorthodox, but guitar fans will be blown away by just how commanding a steel string acoustic guitar can sound...
		Travis Steele Nevels debut CD is a gem of a recording that emphasizes the piercing tonality of Nevel's unique approach to the acoustic guitar.
	www.freestyleguitar.com /FSG1CD.htm (343 words)

	Leo Kottke: Getting to mouth off
		After all, creating inimitable acoustic steel-string, fingerstyle pieces is what he does best, what he was first known for and a prime motivator in his life.
		Joe was convinced these carved, archtop guitars weren’t worth it—he said they’re just a problem on a pick-up because you’re going to use the pick-up anyhow, so just get a pressed plywood top and put a pick-up in it.
		Andrés Segovia is generally given credit, by virtue of his dedication to a vision of the classical guitar on the modern concert stage and his longevity, for having created the current popularity of the classical guitar.
	www.innerviews.org /inner/kottke2.html (8632 words)

	Fingerstyle Guitar Article Web Page
		The nut of the guitar must be slightly higher (around the thickness of a matchbook cover), so the strings are higher over the fretboard than for regular guitar playing.
		For the best slide tone for your guitar, heavier gauged strings, especially on the top two treble strings, are generally better.
		The difference between playing slide and regular guitar is like the difference between a violin and a ukulele.
	www.catfishkeith.com /fingerstyleguitararticle.htm (1631 words)

	Jazz Guitar Ring
		The Jazz Guitar Ring consists of sites of interest to players and fans of the jazz and blues guitar and jazz guitar music lovers.
		Guido's jazz guitar pages has transcriptions, practising, tips and tricks, book reviews, guitar and amp maintenance and other tech tips.
		MIDI's of solo fingerstyle jazz and original compositions of multitracked guitar synth.
	t.webring.com /hub?ring=jazzguitar (1139 words)

	American Vintage Guitar
		Vintage Guitar and Amp Collector: since 1985 focusing on clean original 1950's and early 1960's Tele's, Strat's, and Les Pauls, 1930's -40's Martins, 1950's Tweed amps, mid 1960's Black tolex amps, and Traugott acoustics.
		Fingerstyle Steel String Acoustic using Open Tunings, Lead and Harmony Vocals/ Lead and Rhythm Guitar/ Song Writer, classical and fingerstyle guitar.
		Currently lead guitarist and vocals for the "Boomers" classic rock band based in Bethesda, MD, and recording an acoustic fingerstyle guitar CD Performed As:
	www.americanvintageguitar.com /about/about.html (104 words)

	Latin American Jazz for Fingerstyle Guitar
		England's John Zaradin is a gifted performer both in jazz and in the field of classic guitar.
		He is especially knowledgeable in the wide and diverse world of Latin American guitar solo and rhythm styles.
		Each solo is scored in both notation and tablature and reflects the vitality, rhythm, and improvisatory nature of this idiom.
	www.guitarplace.com /ST065.html (77 words)

	William Yelverton - Concert Guitarist - Profile (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		As an authority on the art of guitar transcription, his unprecedented performances and recordings of masterworks by great composers have received wide critical acclaim.
		The MTSU guitar studio is one of the largest and most successful in the midsouth.
		MTSU guitar students have won numerous awards and have gone on to careers in teaching and performing.
	www.mtsu.edu /~yelverto/profile.html (377 words)

	Learn to Play Guitar
		Whether you play bluegrass guitar, blues guitar, folk or fingerstyle guitar we offer guitar lessons covering a variety of styles for the beginner to the advanced guitar player.
		These guitar lessons are taught by some of the best pickers in the business.
		Three-time winner fo the International Bluegrass Association's Guitar Player Of The Year, David Grier is a rising star in the world of the acoustic guitar.
	www.lonehand.com /guitar.htm (1211 words)

	Sheet Music Plus - Encyclopedia of Irish and American Fiddle Tunes for Fingerstyle Guitar
		Students who have already dealt with the American style called fingerpicking or fingerstyle guitar, which is quite distinct from other kinds of guitar playing, will be at an advantage.
		The bulk of the tunes presented are fiddle tunes, with a couple of banjo tunes and several songs as well as tunes originally played on other instruments such as harp, pipes, or accordion.
		Jazz Standards For Fingerstyle Guitar For vocal, guitar...
	www.sheetmusicplus.com /a/item.html?item=4952660&id=70450 (329 words)

	Ben Woolman Music
		As the only graduates of the powerful and unfortunately ephemeral cooperative guitar program between the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and the Wisconsin Conservatory of Music, Dan Schwartz, Benjamin Woolman, Bill Brenckle, Michael Gruber and Matthew Schroeder have rejoined to create a stunning new collection of contemporary compositions for solo acoustic guitar.
		The program, founded by John Stropes, was a truly unique and rigorous course that gave the students the opportunity to work with some of the finest guitarists from around the world including Michael Hedges and Pierre Bensusan.
		Their camraderie never faded and it is not surprising that their reunion has created such an inspired work.
	www.benwoolman.net /musicAmfg.html (325 words)

	CD Baby: DUCK BAKER: Do You Know What It Means To Miss New Orleans
		Hot fingerstyle guitar solos and duos; ragtime, blues, gospel and swing.
		Duck Baker is one of the most highly regarded fingerstyle guitarists of his generation.
		He is unique among jazz guitarists in that his repertoire spans the entire history of the music from ragtime through swing to modern masters like Thelonious Monk and Herbie Nichols to free improvisation.
	www.cdbaby.com /cd/duck3 (679 words)

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