… containing links to some impressive playing, unusual looking guitars and techniques:
Frank Gambale legendary hero of Sweep picking:
Demonstrating Scale Sweeping/Economy Picking
Lesson on added Maj 2 arpeggio (features Blues solo)
Advising young players to Learn The Blues
Frank Gambale & Bunny Brunel – Little Wing live (Hendrix classic)
Soloing alongside high powered bassist and drummer
with Ric Fierabracci selling d’Addarrio stainless steel strings
With Jeff Berlin & Vinnie Colaiuta (hi-energy)
Frankly Speaking (live) – quite a rocky riff
frantic solo alongside the biggest drumkit on Earth
Double Helix – bluesy feature with great use of reverb
Solo: Jamaica Stopover Toledo The Reluctant Bride Veldt
with Oregon featuring Trilok Gurtu on percussion: Oregon (live)
Drifting – featuring some great percussive techniques
Into The Ocean – played on a bizarre and beautiful guitar
Dracula & Friends Part 1 (by Don Ross)
Naissance – very confident and percussive playing
Scratch – featuring a fiesta of hammer-ons and pull-offs
Spiritual Groove – featuring (right hand) artificial harmonics
Michael, Michael, Michael – Ewan McIntosh and I saw Don Ross play this live a few years ago – very funky
Never Got To Pernambuco – up-tempo piece with Brazilian feel
Afraid To Dance – although he doesn’t seem to be in the film
Loaded, Leather Moonroof – can’t help wondering what this is about
Jesse Helms’ Night in Havana – Cuban feel
Erik Mongrain
PercusionFa – unusual sitting position – impressive fingertapping
Dometude – a frenzy of slurs on a 10-string guitar
Egberto Gismonti
Dança Das Cabeças (an extremely energetic performance by this idiosyncratic, Brazilian player/composer.)
Paulo Martelli
Loro by Egberto Gismonti
Untitled – rhythms, melodies & harmonies of Uzbekistan
The Flight Over 7/8ths – another TV apperance in a studio of understated decor
Jashuatree
Koyunbaba by Carlo Domeniconi (influenced by the composer’s years spent in Turkey)
Antonio Forcione Quartet
Roland Dyens:
Invocación y Danza by Joaquin Rodrigo
Sonata (2nd movement) by Mario Castelnuovo Tedesco
Sonata (4th movement) by Mario Castelnuovo Tedesco
En Los Trigales by Joaquin Rodrgio
Tonadillo and Tango by Emilio Pujol
Denis Azabagic
La Catedral by Agustín Barrios Mangoré
Carlos Rubén Gómez
Flight of the Bumblebee – this is a very strange film – not sure if he’s enjoying it or not
Los Angeles Guitar Quartet (playing in the Dundee Guitar Festival this summer)
Aragonaise (from Bizet’s Carmen)
John Williams
Asturias by Isáac Albeniz (filmed in a very nice location)
Fugue from Violin Sonata BWV 1001 by J. S.Bach
Gerardo Nuñez (flamenco legend and verteran of Dundee Guitar Festival 2005)
Jucal – lively group piece
Libertango by Astor Piazzolla (the music starts after 1’20”)
Assad Brothers
Tango Suite by Astor Piazzolla – near telepathic playing from these two Brazilian brothers (notice they are playing ensemble music by memory – quite unusual)
Party Piece (four hands on one guitar from these veterans of the Dundee Guitar Festival 2004)
Tango No. 1 by Astor Piazzolla
Guitar solo – a man who enjoys his work
Surfing With The Alien – another good time tune
Improve your Spanish and guitar techniques with Achokarlos:
Picking Exercises (although this is mainly about the left hand)
Sweep Picking Part 1 Sweep Picking Part 2
Peo Kindgren
This very fine Swedish player (resident in Denmark) has many recordings on YouTube. In addition to expressive playing, the sound quality of the recordings is as good as I’ve heard on any website.
Air from Bach’s Orchestral Suite No 3
Bach’s Prelude BWV 998 (from Prelude, Fugue & Allegro)
Bach’s Prelude BWV 1007 (origianlly for cello)
Toccata by Michelangelo Galilei
Peo Kindgren plays his own Prelude XII
Sakura by Yuquihiro Yocoh
John Dowland’s Lachrymae Antique Pavane
Prelude from Suite Antiguo by Guido Santorsola (1904-1994)
Verano Porteno by Astor Piazzolla
Vals Venezolano No 2 by Antonio Lauro
Tanz by Alfred Uhl (1909-1993)
Capricho Arabe by Francisco Tárrega
Dowland’s Sir John Smith His Almain
Torija by Federico Moreno Tórroba
Arroyos de la Alhambra by Angel Barrios (1882-1964)
Gareth Pearson (a young finger-style guitarist from Wales – blues/country)
Blue Smoke by Merle Travis
Jerry’s Breakdown (duo with the great Tommy Emmanuel)
Cannonball Rag (trio with Matt Thomas and Gary Dawson)
I have seen another few you might be interested in by a french guitarist called Eric Mongrain.
These are a few of his pieces:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aUQzXQhAgvw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AbndgwfG22k
He has few others which I’m sure you’ll be able to find for yourself.
Hope You Enjoy!
Enjoyed the links – particularly Peo Kindgren. Will these videos help learners?