Alhambra 4-P Classical Guitar
Here is the best selling Alhambra.
4 layers of light varnish highlight the solid Red Western Cedar top and a gorgeous one-sided Rosewood laminate on back and side.
The fingerboard is made of gorgeous Ebony!
You notice the Machine heads (aka tuning keys, tuners) are superior quality. They allow you smooth and precise tuning.
Ebony knobs… [...]
Before we publish the book - Guitar Method Op. 59 and 25 Etudes Op. 60 - I will give you some previews and elements to Carcassi's life and guitar technique. But, first, the bio!
Born in Florence, Italy, in 1792 or 1793, Matteo Carcassi started his musical education at an early age on the piano. Nevertheless, [...]
I teach Acoustic and Classical Guitar Lessons at Fort Worth Academy of Fine Arts.
3901 S Hulen St
Fort Worth, TX 76109-3321
(682) 553-1028
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The pride of being a guitar teacher is to listen to those wonderful and talented guitar students of mine.
What a reward!
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The guitar lessons are always a nurturing environment that [...]
Hey Folks!
That is like the question I get all the time:
- Philippe, what strings do you put on your guitar?
and, I know when I look in your eyes that you guys had… and maybe still have if you did not read this article yet, the same issue(s) I had. Finding the right strings!
Honestly, if you [...]
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Now you can buy my CD’s in MP3 format directly from my website.
Click on the link to listen to all the tracks and download the ones you want or the complete album for $9.99.
Le Chant d’Ossanha
Summer … Sea et Nature are omnipresent in my work. This chant (song) tells us an early morning walk, the [...]
Read the rest of this entry »There is another run, in the Yngwie Malsteem’s fashion, at the very end of Smells Like Teen Spirit. Because I play the top string, I will use a thumb, ring finger, middle and pointer to play it. If you did not practice your tremolo exercises, and this technique is based on it, well, you better [...]
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Today, the subject is:
How to play fast with no hassle. I do not believe in a 3 hours warm-up to be able to play. Neither in a 10 hours daily practice. You have many things to do to enjoy your life, why staying in your bedroom practicing the guitar for hours and hours when, [...]
Villa Lobos: From Rio to Hollywood, history of a passionate.
Most of the students coming to a master class will play a Villa Lobos’ prelude or etude. Sharing with them this passion for the Brazilian composer, I decided to work on an instructional DVD.
First question: What do I have to say about him? Classical is [...]
Howdy,
with the help of Nick Kinkade – great bluesman and Panda savior – I wrote:
Everything You Want to Know About the Blues.
It is very intricate to write a blues, I mean A BLUES, a good, a real one and a lot of people are asking me about “how to write a blues”:
3 chords [...]
