Figuring out Fingerstyle Guitar
Fri, 09/23/2016 - 5:59pm
What is fingerstyle?
You may have heard the term fingerstyle used synonymously with fingerpicking, but the two are really quite a bit different. Fingerpicking generally involves moving between the thumb on the bass notes and the fingers on treble notes, and builing around patterns for your fingers. These recognizable patterns can be applied to many different kinds of music and sound great.
Fingerstyle guitar blends bass and treble together, with your fingers and thumb working all of the strings together. Watch fingerstyle guitarist Martin Taylor playing "They Can't Take That Away from Me" in the above video. You can hear bass and treble notes together, with the thumb and the fingers moving across the instrument rather than following distinct patterns.
Night of Jazz Guitar - Germany & Ireland
Thu, 09/15/2016 - 2:38am
Topics: guitar, Martin Taylor
For any students living in Germany or Ireland I will be playing 6 shows next week with 'Night of Jazz Guitar' alongside Ulf Wakenius, Andreas Dombert & Paolo Morelo. (Tour dates listed below...)
Martin Taylor & Ulf Wakenius in Scotland
Sun, 09/11/2016 - 11:41am
Topics: guitar, Martin Taylor
Martin was joined by the amazing Swedish jazz guitarist Ulf Wakenius for two shows at the Islay Jazz Festival.
Martin and Ulf have been working together as a duo quite regularly over the past few years in Europe, Scandinavia, and Asia and plan more shows in 2017.
Ulf toured with Oscar Peterson for 10 years and has also worked with jazz greats Herbie Hancock and Pat Metheny.
Check out Ulf's website at www.ulfwakenius.net
Louis Stewart (1944-2016)
Wed, 08/24/2016 - 4:42am
It is with sadness that we hear of the passing of the great Irish jazz guitarist Louis Stewart.
Louis first came to prominance in the 1960's as a member of the Tubby Hayes Quintet, before joining Ronnie Scott's band and playing regularly at Ronnie's club in London.
In the early 70's he toured Europe with the Benny Goodman Orchestra and also played on several George Shearing albums.
In the mid 80's he toured as a guitar duo with Martin Taylor and they recorded an album together called Acoustic Duets. (Here's a link). His association with Martin Taylor led to him touring alongside Martin with the legendary Stephane Grappelli for one UK tour in 1986.
Louis worked ocassionally in Norway with Norwegian jazz musicians, but laterly rarely strayed too far from his beloved Ireland where he played a regular jazz gig once a week in a Dublin pub.
He was a truly great jazz guitarist who never fully received the recognition his talent deserved, but fortunately his catalogue of recordings will ensure that his music lives on.
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