Tommy Emmanuel & Martin Taylor Asia 2013 Tour
Wed, 08/28/2013 - 11:56am
Venues for the Tommy Emmanuel and Martin Taylor Asia 2013 tour dates have been announced!
Oct 13 - Beijing, China
Tango Live House
Oct 14 - Taiyuan, China
Academy of Music Concert Hall at Shanxi University
Oct 15 - Shanghai, China
Mao Live House
Oct 17 - Guangzhou, China
Xinghai Consvervatory of Music
Oct 18 - Hong Kong
Queen Elizabeth Stadium*
*(on sale NOW or Tommy Emmanuel & Martin Taylor, Concert HK 2013 )
New in Martin's Coffee Breaks: Guitar Setup
Tue, 07/30/2013 - 12:25pm
Greetings, we got a new video up in Martin's Coffee Breaks section: it's an in-depth look at guitar setup. They get into adjusting the truss rod and action on your guitar without damaging it, as well as other useful tips on guitar setup.
This was filmed in at luthier Jim Cunninham's workshop in Annapolis, Maryland who has worked on Martin's guitars in the past. Click on the image to jump right in!
Martin Taylor Awards Scholarship to Guitarist Sean Connolly
Thu, 07/25/2013 - 12:15pm
We're proud to welcome aboard jazz guitarist Sean Connolly, who is the latest recipient of the Martin Taylor Guitar Academy Scholarship. Sean started playing guitar when he was 12 and soon was sharing the stage with world renowned guitarists including Martin Taylor. A student of guitarist Jerry Topinka, Sean is also part of the New Jersey Performing Arts Center's "Jazz for Teens" program. Check out the video of Sean playing below, he's pretty amazing. Congrats on the scholarship Sean, and welcome to ArtistWorks! Here's what Martin had to say:
"I'm really happy to have just awarded a Martin Taylor Guitar Academy Scholarship to a young jazz guitarist from New Jersey called Sean Connolly. The last guitarist to receive an MTGA Scholarship was Andreas Varady. Andreas was recently signed to the Quincy Jones Agency and is now enjoying a successful career touring the world. I'm sure Sean is also destined for great things in the future." - Martin Taylor
Fingerstyle Guitar Lessons with Martin Taylor: Harmonics
Tue, 07/09/2013 - 2:45pm
In this sample video from Martin Taylor's online guitar lessons we'll get into a topic that Martin also mentions in his guitar lesson about tuning: harmonics. Martin talks in-depth here about playing harmonics and also covers sound waves, arpeggios, and how to combine natural and false harmonics.
Harmonics come from basic physics by modifying sound waves. Plucking a guitar string naturally oscillates at not one, but several frequencies (which are known as partials). Since the guitar string is long and thin, many of the partials are multiples of the frequencies which are called harmonics. These sounds made by long, thin oscillators are considered musically pleasing and are also fun to play. So let’s get started!
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