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5 days ago · This list of guitarists includes notable musicians, known principally for their guitar playing, for whom there is an article in Wikipedia. Those who are known mainly as bass guitarists are listed separately at List of bass guitarists .
May 8, 2024 · Fernando Sor, Catalan Romantic performer, composer, and teacher of guitar known for being among the first to play the guitar as a classical concert instrument and for writing one of the earliest books of guitar-playing methodology. His best-known work included Grand Sonata in C Major, Op. 22 (1808).
6 days ago · This article contains a list of guitar tunings that supplements the article guitar tunings. In particular, this list contains more examples of open and regular tunings, which are discussed in the article on guitar tunings. In addition, this list also notes dropped tunings.
2 days ago · Steven Siro Vai ( / ˈvaɪ /; born June 6, 1960) is an American guitarist, songwriter, and producer. A three-time Grammy Award winner and fifteen-time nominee, [1] Vai started his music career in 1978 at the age of eighteen as a transcriptionist for Frank Zappa, [2] and played in Zappa's band from 1980 to 1983. [1]
May 21, 2024 · The place of the guitar during the 19 th century American music life was to be found within the middle class, specifically among those who could not afford to buy a piano. The first American guitar methods were directed towards nonprofessionals to let them play easy arrangements of popular melodies of the time and to accompany songs.
May 1, 2024 · An acoustic guitar once played by Beatles legends John Lennon and George Harrison has been rediscovered after spending 50 years in an attic in rural England. Soon, the Framus 12-string Hootenanny...
May 12, 2024 · Django Reinhardt (born January 23, 1910, Liberchies, Belgium—died May 16, 1953, Fontainebleau, France) was a guitarist who is generally considered one of the few European jazz musicians of true originality.
