Fingerstyle Guitar Magazine #19 with CD - John Hammond - Blues Driven

The Blues: John Hammond warms up to a fingerstyle blues spectacular; Paul Yandell; Catfish Keith; A Flat Top for your Blues; Features: David Russell -Classical Virtuosity; Jeff Linsky - Contemporary jazz on the fly; Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar; Master Workshops: Laurence Juber, Hungry blues; Paul Musso, Jazz Blues, Steven Eckels, New beginners' series; Stefan Grossman, Ragged and dirty blues; more

#19 Fingerstyle Guitar Magazine Back-Issue with CD available at www.GuitarPulp.com

Fingerstyle Guitar Magazine #11 - Christopher Parkening - of gift and discipline

Features: Christopher Parkening - of gift and discipline; Jacques Stotzem - building bridges; Eric Tingstad - The art of six-string orchestration; D.R. Auten - Reflections of the source; Guitar Maker Series - Featuring Don Gallagher and Del Langejans; Columns: Overcoming Performance Anxiety; Fingerstyle Improvisation and Composition; On Holding the Guitar; Master Workshops: Alan de Mause - Playing Jazz Piano on Guitar; David Stevenson - Classical Guitar for Beginners; Pat Kirtley - Learning to play in EADEAE tuning; more

#11 Fingerstyle Guitar Magazine Back-Issue with CD available at www.GuitarPulp.com

Fingerstyle Guitar Magazine #4 - Phil Keaggy with complete transcription to "The Castle's Call / Pilgrim's Flight"

Features: String Fever; Phil Keaggy; Pat Donohue; The New Classical Guitar; Columns: Arturo - "The Enhancer Thing"; Rick Rubin - Nuts, Saddles and intonation; Marjorie Mirkin - The Rip Van Winkle Guitarist; Master Workshops: Tim Sparks - Global Guitar - Multi-Cultural Ideas; Joe Miller - Introduction to Ragtime Guitar; Rick Ruskin - When less is more; Duck Baker - Exploring Modal Harmony; Charles David Alexander - Orange Blossom Special part 2; Rick Foster - On Tablature versus standard notation; Mark Hanson - Red, White & Blue Rag; more

#4 Fingerstyle Guitar Magazine Back-Issue with CD available at www.GuitarPulp.com

1986 The Phenomenal Dobro of Jerry Douglas

Features: The Phenomenal Dobro of Jerry Douglas; 10 Tips for buying your first classical guitar; Irish Mandolin Workshop; Larry Sparks and the flatpicking tradition; High tech meets acoustic music; The Unconventional guitar of James Emery; Frets visits J.R. Zeidler; Workshops: Chet Atkins - take two for "Honolulu Blue"; Mike Marshall - "Cherokee" - chord soloing for mandolinists; more

1986 June Frets Acoustic String Instruments Magazine Back-Issue available at www.GuitarPulp.com

Brian Jeffery - Historian, Music Editor, Fernando Sor's Biographer

"Brian Jeffery is a 40-year-old British guitarist, lutenist, musicologist, editor, and publisher who is among the handful of scholars today working to fill some of the long-standing musicological gaps in the history of the guitar. One of his most recent projects, for example, is a full-length biography of the early 19th century Spanish composer / guitarist Fernando Sor. The book, "Fernando Sor, Composer And Guitarist"..."

Included with the article is the sheet music to Fernando Sor's "El Que Quisiera Amando"

1979 Brian Jeffery Fernando Sor Biographer 6-Page Article available at www.GuitarPulp.com

1983 Charlie Daniels - Grammy winning rebel fiddler

Features: Charlie Daniels - Grammy winning rebel fiddler; Inside Studio "A"; Chris Hillman; Richie Havens; Cutaways of the '80s; Christopher Parkening; Workshops: Ed Schilling - Miking instruments; Dan Crary - Escaping up the neck - a getaway to new solo licks; Earl Scruggs - Picking with punch - finding "pop" in your playing; Roger H. Siminoff - Wait for the tone - hearing through the notes; more

1983 October Frets Acoustic String Instruments Magazine Back-Issue available at www.GuitarPulp.com

1986 Chet Atkins - 5 Keys to better playing

Chet Atkins -5 Keys to better playing; Birth of the Chet Atkins Style; Saving Bill Monroe's 1923 F-5 Mandolin - restorer Charlie Derrington; Classical Magic for Fingerpickers - master guitarist John Knowles demystifies classical techniques and offers tips on how you can use them to polish your own playing; Marty Cutler - Banjo Test Pilot; John Blake made a choice; Reviews: Martin J-65 guitar; more

1986 February Frets Guitar Magazine Back-Issue available at www.GuitarPulp.com

1986 Transcription Tips - Getting licks off records

Transcription Tips - Getting licks off records; Merle Watson Remembered; Blues Mandolin; Percussive Bass Workshop; Willie Dixon - Blues Bass legend; Tony Rice & Bela Fleck vs. "Muleskinner Blues"; The restless II-V Chords; Chubby Wise Fiddle Style; Review: Goodall KOA Concert Grand Guitar; Workshops: Christopher Parkening - a tone color exploration "Les Barricades Mysterieuses"; Mike Seeger - a lesson in melodic autoharp playing; more

1986 January Frets Guitar Magazine Back-Issue available at www.GuitarPulp.com

1987 Frets: Mike Marshall & Darol Anger of The Montreux Band

Cover: Mike Marshall (with John Monteleone mandocello) & Darol Anger (with Jay Ifshin fiddle). Features: Mike Marshall & Darol Anger of The Montreux Band; How Mike & Darol make music; Nashville Bluegrass Band; How to buy a violin; John Prine; How To: Saddle Pickup Installation; Guitar Reviews: Artesano Model 20 Classical Guitar; Takamine EF-25S Acoustic/Electric Guitar; more

1987 July Frets Guitar Magazine Back-Issue available at www.GuitarPulp.com

1988 Sharon Isbin, Classical Guitarist - Secrets of her success

Features: Sharon Isbin - Beyond Classical Guitar; Sharon Isbin Music -is it classical or is it Travis-style?; The Guitars of Preston Reed; Edgar Meyer is "Out There"; Fingerstyle technical exercise from Preston Reed; Workshops: George Gruhn -evolution of the F-4 Mandolin; John Renbourn - DADGAD; David Grisman - Duo Style Mandolin; Alan Munde - art of the jazz waltz; Byron Berline -you deserve a break today; Guest Martin Simpson - frailing banjo revisited; Dan Crary - Bugle calls for flatpickers; Jas Obrecht - The minstrel of the Appalachians - Bascom Lamar Lunsford; more

1988 October Frets Guitar Magazine Back-Issue available at www.GuitarPulp.com

Mel Bay's Classic Guitar Method Volume 1

This Method has been created for the fulfillment of a great need. That need is a simple direct approach to good classic guitar playing. Although the author has been established as a modern guitar stylist, he has been associated with the classic guitar since the age of fourteen when he became a devoted student of the music and methods of Carcassi, Sor, Aguado, Carulli, Tarrega, Mertz and many other classic guitar masters.

ISBN 0-87166-332-5

Mel Bay's Classic Guitar Method Volume 1 available at www.GuitarPulp.com

Classical Guitar for beginners - an easy beginning method with CD

Classical Guitar for beginners - an easy beginning method with CD

A friendly step-by-step approach, Introduces the fundamentals of classical guitar technique, teaches basic music reading, includes lots of enjoyable pieces to play

by Nathaniel Gunod

Written by one of America's leading guitar educators, this book will make getting started on classical guitar joyful and satisfying. Learning to read music will be easy as you play melodies and pieces from the classical guitar repertoire. All the basic techniques are introduced with concise descriptions and clear drawings. Unlike other beginning books for classical guitar, Classical Guitar for Beginners will familiarize you with all of the notes on the guitar, thus providing you with a firm foundation for continuing onward into the challenging and gratifying world of classical guitar. Includes an enhanced CD demonstrating all the examples and for playing along. Use it in your stereo or on your PC.

ISBN 0-7390-0890-0

Classical Guitar for beginners - an easy beginning method - includes CD available at www.GuitarPulp.com

Aaron Shearer Volume 2 Classic Guitar Technique Book

Great book for the beginner to learn classical (or classic) guitar! This is volume 2 of the Aaron Shearer series.

Copyright 1964 by Franco Colombo, Inc

Volume 2 of The Complete Method for Classic Guitar by Aaron Shearer

Aaron Shearer Volume 2 Classic Guitar Technique Book available at www.GuitarPulp.com

Carcassi Classical Guitar Method - Carl Fischer

New Revised Edition, Copyright 1946, Reprinted 1962, 128 Pages, Softcover

Rudiments of Music; Diagram of the Fingerboard of the guitar; Instructions for the guitar; scale showing the notes, and the extent of the first position; the chords; the barrer; arpeggios with three and four fingers; scale of C Major; Scale of G Major; Scale of D Major; Scale of A Major; Scale of E Major; Scale of F Major; Scale of A Minor; Scale of E Minor; Scale of D Minor; The Slur; the Slide; The Appoggiatura; The Gruppeto; The Trill; The Mordente; Muffled Notes; Scale in the 4th position; Scale in the 5th position; Scale in the 7th position; Scale in the 9th position; Double Notes; Scale in Thirds; Scale in Sixths; Scale in Octaves; Scale in Tenths; Scale of B Minor; Scale of F Sharp Minor; Scale of C Sharp Minor; Scale of B Major; Scale of G Sharp Major; Scale of F Sharp Major; Scale of D Sharp Mnor; Scale of B Flat Major; Scale of G Minor; Scale of E Flat Major; Scale of C Minor; Scale of A Flat Major; Scale of F Minor; Scale of D Flat Major; Scale of B Flat Minor; Harmonics; Fifty Exercises Progressing in Difficulty; Agatha Polka; Hermose Polka; Azelia Polka; Hermina Polka; Melody - Rubinstein; Consolation - Mendelssohn; Duets; Songs with guitar accompaniment; glossary

Carcassi Classical Guitar Method - Carl Fischer available at www.GuitarPulp.com

1964 Guitar News - Seiko Obara

Contents: Seiko Obara; Ronoel Simoes; Segovia in London; George Zarb, L.L.C.M.; The Guitar Society of Toronto Canada; Rodrigo Riera; Guillermo Fierens; Spiros Thomatos; Antonio Carlow Barbosa Lima; Sukenori Kyomoto; Stepan Urban; Villa-Lobos Festival 1963; Jodacil Damaceno; Homage to Llobet in Argentina; Julian Bream; John Williams; Mario Luisa Anido in Russia; Minneapolis Classic Guitar Society; Concert in Salt Lake City; more

1964 July/August Guitar News Magazine Back-Issue available at www.GuitarPulp.com

1964 Guitar News cover - Maria Portela

Contents: Maria Portela; Recordings at Siena; International Guitar Concours 1964; Poetry and Guitar; Duo Pomponio-Zarate; Kostas Margaritopoulos; Elena Paz Travesi; Wimbledon Music Festival Guitar Contest; Stephen Fentok; Karl Scheit in Yugoslavia; Konrad Ragossnig; Jose Tomas; Oscar Caceres; Soiree at Tewkesbury; Alirio Diaz; Irfanudin Harjono; more

1964 May/June Guitar News Magazine Back-Issue available at www.GuitarPulp.com

1980 Christopher Parkening, Classical Guitar Virtuoso, Master Teacher

Contents: Christopher Parkening -a classical guitar prodigy becomes one of the world's great virtuosos; a visit to the historic C.F. Martin guitar factory; Jody Stecher; Krishna Bhatt; John Jacob Niles; John Hickman; Young Artists; Frets Repair Shop - how to reset guitar necks part 2, removing the neck; more

1980 June Frets Guitar Magazine Back-Issue available at www.GuitarPulp.com

1955 Article by Andres Segovia: Guitar Strings before and after Albert Augustine

Articles: Guitar Strings before and after Albert Augustine by Andres Segovia; Esaias Reusner by Carl S. Miller; Music and the Guitar by Jack Duarte; Humor Your Guitar by Terry Usher; The Guitar, the Teacher and the Beginner by Albert Valdes Blain; Simple Preludes by Jack Duarte; Music: Herzlich thut mich verlangen - Esias Reusner; Suite Number 2 - Esias Reusner; Minueto - Anonimo; Alborada de Fiesta en la Aldea - Emilio Pujol; Allegretto - G.F. Handel; Minuetto - A. Correlli; XVI Century Lute Piece - Unknown composer; Companae Parisienses - Jean Baptiste Besarde; Menuet - Robert de Visee; Aria - Allesandro Scarlatti; Preambulum - Joan Maria de Medicis; Two French Corantos - William Byrd; The Cuckoo - Folksong, arr. Sarah C. Cecil; Air on a Ground Bass - Henry Purcell; Minuet - Henry Purcell; more

1955 Guitar Review #17 Classical Guitar Magazine Back-Issue available at www.GuitarPulp.com





Manner of Holding the Harp Guitar - Illustraton from "New and Improved Method for the Spanish Guitar" by Otto Torp, New York 1834.

1969 Guitar Review article: Ida Presti - by Andres Segovia

Cover: Ida Presti - George Giusti

Articles: Ida Presti by Andres Segovia; Presti in New York; Ida Presti by Henri Dorigny; Ida Presti - In Memoriam - The Athenian Guitar Duo; An Historical Perspective of the Guitar Duo; Rationale of the Guitar-Duo Form - John W. Duarte; The Future of the Guitar Duo - John W. Duarte; Music: Fuga Elegiaca - Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Sans Cesse - John W. Duarte, Epitaph of Seikilos - Bart Jordan; more

1969 May Guitar Review #31 Classical Guitar Magazine Back-Issue available at www.GuitarPulp.com





Vintage 1969 Ad: Andres Segovia, Segovia Espana, Decca Record Album



Ida Presti at La Salle Pleyel, Paris, 28 April 1935, Bobri

1968 Society of the Classic Guitar - a new look at the history of the Classic Guitar

Cover: Dotar Player - V. Bobri

Contents: A Message to Readers - Andres Segovia; A New look at the history of the Classic Guitar; A Gallery of Great Guitars - from the XVI to the XX Century; more

1968 August Guitar Review #30 Classical Guitar Magazine Back-Issue available at www.GuitarPulp.com





Persian dotar pictured on a ceramic plate from Nishapur, Khurassan, Iran, 10th century A.D. Two large tuning pegs and two strings are visible, with the characteristic incurved body. An instrument of ancient lineage in the Transcaucasus and Persia.



Left: Vihuela, c. 1500, Spain; Right: Guitar, five courses, late 16 C., Venice.