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Alessio Monti understands the noise factor of the guitar very well. When I say noise I mean percussion, backtones, different intonations-headstock pitches, preparations and other either hand or material type of modifications of the guitar. He's a color man.
He's also ambidextrous. He cross functions hands in too many ways to describe... More >>
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 The octatonic scale is a hybrid scale that differs from symmetrical scales like the chromatic, whole tone and diminished.
Symmetrical scale depend on one interval, chromatic--half step, whole tone-whole step and diminished-minor third... More >>
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Short Takes --
Ribbecke Halfling Guitar, Vox Virage, Pawar Guitar will soon be producing their legendary three-coil pickup...Oasis Humidifier now makes classical guitar strings... More >> |
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Corona Guitar Quartet CD --
Corona Guitar Quartet CD--Works of Bach, Ravel, Morley, Allison, Shen and Piazzola...
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 Latin Landscapes Jose Lezcano is the featured guitarist/composer reviewed by the unstoppable John Bent... More >> |
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 Erdem Helvacioglu, from Turkey, hardly performs the guitar on his New Albion release, Altered Realities. The power is in... More >> |
The Amazon
In the late 1960s guitar makers began to see restrictions on the importation of Brazilian rosewood in The United States, Europe and Asia. This was the preferred wood for the backs and sides of both classical guitars and steel strings.
Over the years since, luthiers still search this wood out...More >>
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