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He is known for his loose, right-hand guitar technique, which arose out of his mandolin technique. Also well known is his devotion to 12-fret guitars, including Martin 00s, 000s, D18s, D28s, and Gibsons, like his 1929 12-fret Nick Lucas special.
The 1960s led to born within the compass of Segovia two European competitions that marked the history of guitar and which remains active until today, i.e. 1967 - International Guitar Competition "Francisco Tárrega" in Benicàssim, Spain and 1968 - Competition "Premio Città di Alessandria" in Alessandria, Italy, which in 1995 would be renamed ...
This guitar was originally supplied to Mr. Autry at a cost of $210.00, including $10.00 extra for the pearl head and bridge inlay. [6] 56394: 1934 [E] Made for Jackie "Kid" Moore, 12 fret model with solid headstock featuring "torch" inlay. Presently in Hank Risan's Museum of Modern Instruments (MOMI) collection. [7]
The JoAnn Falletta International Guitar Concerto Competition is a competition for classical guitarists from all over the world. [1] The competition was launched in 2004 by PBS member stations WNED-FM, WNED-TV and the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra (BPO). It was named in honor of the BPO's music director, JoAnn Falletta.
Gallén has participated in over twenty international guitar competitions, having won five first prize awards including: the 32nd Markneukirchen International Instrumental Competition [18] (1997), the 14th Andrés Segovia International Classical Guitar Competition (1998), where he also got a Special Prize, the Fourth Alhambra International Guitar Competition [19] (1998), the 33rd Francisco ...
[citation needed] In keeping with Bechtel's request, Martin modified the shape of their 12-fret 000-size instrument, lowering the waist and giving the upper bout more acute curves to cause the neck joint to fall at the 14th fret rather than the 12th. Fourteen-fret guitars were designed to play with a pick and replace banjos in jazz orchestras.
An acoustic 12-string guitar hand-crafted in 1977. A twelve-string guitar (or 12-string guitar) is a steel-string guitar with 12 strings in six courses, which produces a thicker, more ringing tone than a standard six-string guitar. Typically, the strings of the lower four courses are tuned in octaves, with those of the upper two courses tuned ...
To date, there have been 22 winners, the youngest being 12-year-old Peter Moore. [4] In 2014, the BBC Young Musician Jazz Award was introduced; [5] Alexander Bone, a saxophonist, was the inaugural winner. [6] As a result of the success of the competition, the Eurovision Young Musicians competition was initiated in 1982. [1]