Posts Tagged ‘fingerstyle’
Wednesday, September 16th, 2009
Here’s a great video we stumbled across that features UK guitarist Adrian Legg. Legg has been described as “impossible to categorize” and has become well known for his acoustic fingerstyle abilities, alternate tunings and strange looking guitars. Like us, Adrian Legg is a bit of a gear nut and over the years has been involved in the development of Ovation, Vox and Takamine guitars.
In this short video clip we see him demonstrate a song using just an alternate tuning and the guitar’s tuners. Short, but very impressive…
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Tags: Adrian Legg, fingerstyle, guitar video
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Saturday, September 12th, 2009
Never heard of Richard Gilewitz? Neither had we until tuned-in Fretbase reader Yvonne contacted Dave and I and said we have to check this guy out. Well we did, and we were very happy to find a fantastic fingerstyle guitarist.
Richard Gilewitz has a style reminiscent of Leo Kottke and has in fact shared the stage with Leo among other musicians that include Warren Zevon, John Prine, Adrian Legg, Taj Mahal, Steve Morse, Sonny Landreth and The Indigo Girls. This solo performer combines quips and tunes with a little history to deliver a timeless picture of American and European fingerstyle guitar.
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Tags: fingerstyle, John Prine, Richard Gilewitz, warren zevon
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Thursday, March 26th, 2009
After watching the below performance by Kevin Eubanks (Music Director for The Tonight Show), I want to pose a question to the guitar community: Are picks really necessary?
If, with five fingers, fingerstyle guitarists can effectively as fast as or (approximately 2X) faster than someone using a pick…
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Tags: fingerstyle, kevin eubanks, picks, solos
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Tuesday, February 24th, 2009
When playing fingerstyle, the goal is to position your hand so that your fingers can get the G-B-E strings with a stroke that is perpendicular to the floor. Your thumb should be elongated as it hits the bass strings. Some people do this naturally and for others (like this author), this really takes some work. My teacher recently recommended a video of one of the great bossa nova fingerstylists - Joao Gilberto - to show me how it’s really done. The song is awfully good too. See Video.
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Tags: fingerstyle, Gilberto, Video
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Thursday, January 29th, 2009
Today we’ve stumbled upon yet another incredible guitarist we’ve never heard of before (and we’re just gonna assume you’ve never heard him before either). Stefano Barone is shaping up to be another one of those really talented musicians who end up getting discovered through YouTube videos. Full Story with Video.
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Tags: andy mckee, candyrat records, fingerstyle, stefano barone
Posted in Bedroom Rockstars, Guitars, Video | 2 Comments »
Tuesday, August 5th, 2008
If you can’t tell, we’re a little obsessed with strings lately here at Fretbase. Recently, we covered a great set of strings for a dreadnought guitar. But strings aren’t like gas. You can’t use the same kind on all models.
I have been trying to learn more fingerstyle folk lately on a smaller-bodied guitar (a Martin SWOMGT), and that requires some lighter gauge strings. After trying a bunch, I’m going to stick with the D’Addario EJ40 Nylon and Steel Ball End Acoustic Folk Guitar Strings. The silky strings provide a mellow tone for folk guitar and their silky feel seems awfully nice on the fingers.
Which strings do you prefer for fingerstyle folk? Let us know in the comments.
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Tags: Acoustic Guitar, d'addario ej40, D'Addario Strings, ej40, fingerstyle, fingerstyle guitar, folk, guitar
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