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A Spanish Piece <=SEP=> "A Spanish Piece" is a short track from Pink Floyd's More album, running for just a minute and four seconds. It is the first Pink Floyd song to be credited solely to guitarist David Gilmour.

Acoustic bass guitar <=SEP=> The acoustic bass guitar (also called ABG or acoustic bass) is a bass instrument with a hollow wooden body similar to, though usually somewhat larger than a steel-string acoustic guitar.

Air guitar <=SEP=> Air guitar is a form of dance and movement in which the performer pretends to play an imaginary rock or heavy metal-style electric guitar, including riffs, solos, etc. Playing an air guitar usually consists of exaggerated strumming and picking motions and is often coupled with loud singing or lip-synching. Air guitar is generally used in the imaginary simulation of loud electric, or acoustic guitar music.

Al-Andalus Ensemble <=SEP=> Al-Andalus Ensemble is an award-winning husband and wife musical duo that performs contemporary Andalusian music. The ensemble features Tarik Banzi playing oud, ney and darbuka, and Julia Banzi on flamenco guitar.Tarik Banzi was born in Morocco, and Julia, one of the few well-known female flamenco guitarists, is a native of Denver.

Alegrías <=SEP=> Alegrías (Spanish pronunciation: [aleˈɣɾi.as]) is a flamenco palo or musical form, which has a rhythm consisting of 12 beats. It is similar to Soleares. Its beat emphasis is as follows: 1 2 [3] 4 5 [6] 7 [8] 9 [10] 11 [12]. Alegrías originated in Cádiz. Alegrías belongs to the group of palos called Cantiñas and it is usually played in a lively rhythm (120-170 beats per minute).

American Guitar Academy <=SEP=> The American Guitar Academy was founded in The United States in 1991. It opened its first international location in Tokyo, Japan in 2011. It claimed to be the only guitar school in Japan offering classes in multiple languages including Japanese, English, Spanish, French, Italian, and German. American Guitar Academy teaches all styles of acoustic and electric guitar from Jazz, Rock, Blues, Pop, Funk, Classical, Flamenco, Tango, Folk and R&B and more.

Andrei Krylov <=SEP=> Andrei Krylov (born 3 March 1959) is a Russian 7- and 6- string guitarist, composer and poet.  He  studied classical guitar, arrangement and composition in Saint Petersburg and later immigrated to Canada. In the 1980s and 1990s he worked as a guitarist for the Russian State concert company Lenconcert and the Old Petersburg music theater. He has given recitals in Russia, Ukraine, Estonia, USA and Canada. Krylov has recorded and performed for Russian, US and Canadian radio and television.

Andrés Segovia <=SEP=> Andrés Segovia Torres, 1st Marquis of Salobreña (Spanish: [anˈdɾes seˈɣoβja ˈtores]) (21 February 1893 – 2 June 1987), known as Andrés Segovia, was a virtuoso Spanish classical guitarist from Linares, Spain. Regarded as one of the greatest guitarists of all time, he is seen as the grandfather of the classical guitar.

Annette Kruisbrink <=SEP=> Annette Kruisbrink (born 1958 Amsterdam) is a Dutch classical guitarist and composer.

Antonio Mairena <=SEP=> Antonio Cruz García, known as Antonio Mairena (Mairena del Alcor, Seville Province, Spain, 1909 – Seville, 1983) tried to rescue a type of flamenco, which he considered to be pure or authentic. He rescued or recreated a high number of songs that had been almost lost, and also published several books and articles to divulge his views on flamenco and flamenco history.

Apoyando <=SEP=> Apoyando is a method of plucking used in both Classical guitar and Flamenco guitar known in English as 'rest stroke' (a direct translation of 'apoyando' would be "resting").  Rest stroke gets its name because after plucking the string, the finger rests on the adjacent string after it follows through, giving a slightly rounder, often punchier sound (contrasted with tirando).  The apoyando stroke is not intuitive so is rarely used by beginners.

Armik <=SEP=> Armik (born Armik Dashchi) is an Iranian-Armenian flamenco guitarist and composer.  Several of his albums have reached Billboard‍ '​s Top New Age Albums chart.

Avner Strauss <=SEP=> Avner Strauss (Hebrew: אבנר שטראוס‎) (born 1954 in Jerusalem, Israel) is an Israeli music producer, musician,  guitarist singer/songwriter and poet. He has also written books and music for children.

Bibliography of classical guitar <=SEP=> The following is a bibliography of classical guitar related publications.The classical guitar (also called the "Spanish guitar" or "nylon string guitar") is a six-stringed plucked string instrument from the family of instruments called chordophones. The classical guitar is well known for its comprehensive right-hand technique, which allows the soloist to perform complex melodic and polyphonic material, in much the same manner as the piano.

Bulerías <=SEP=> Bulería (Spanish pronunciation: [buleˈɾi.a(s)]; interchangeable with the plural, bulerías) is a fast flamenco rhythm in 12 beats with emphasis in two general forms as follows:1 2 [3] 4 5 [6] 7 [8] 9 [10] 11 [12]or1 2 [3] 4 5 6 [7] [8] 9 [10] 11 [12]It may also be broken down into a measure of 6/8 followed by a measure of 3/4 counted as such:1 [2] 1 2 [3] 4 5 [6] 7 [8] 9  [10] -[12] 1 2 [3] 4 5 [6] 7 [8] 9 [10] 11An interesting counting method has been used by Pepe Romero, in his book Classical Guitar Style and Technique, which is 2 measures of 3/4 time followed by 3 measures of 2/4 time.

Cante flamenco <=SEP=> The cante flamenco (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈkante flaˈmeŋko]), meaning "flamenco song", is one of the three main components  of flamenco, along with toque (playing the guitar) and baile (dance). Because the dancer is front and center in a flamenco performance, foreigners often assume the dance is the most important aspect of the art form - but in fact, it is the cante which is the heart and soul of the genre.

Capo <=SEP=> A capo (/ˈkeɪ.poʊ/ or /ˈkæ.poʊ/; short for capo d'astro, capo tasto or capotasto [kapoˈtasto], Italian for "head of fretboard"; Spanish,  capodastro [ka.po'ðas.tɾo]) is a device used on the neck of a stringed (typically fretted) instrument to shorten the playable length of the strings, hence raising the pitch. It is frequently used on guitars, mandolins, and banjos. The word derives from the Italian "capotasto" which means the "nut" of a stringed instrument.

Carlos Montoya <=SEP=> Carlos García Montoya (13 December 1903 – 3 March 1993) was a prominent Flamenco guitarist and a founder of the modern-day popular Flamenco style of music.His unique style and successful career, despite all odds, have left a great legacy for modern day Flamenco. It is because of his pioneering work in popular Flamenco music that other great modern groups such as the Gipsy Kings have taken hold in all parts of the world. A few of his video recordings can still be found on YouTube.

Carlos Villalobos <=SEP=> Carlos Jonathan Villalobos, Jr. (aka CJ Villa) (Born Jan 28, 1975) is an American composer, studio musician, recording engineer, and multi-instrumentalist who writes and produces original music for rock and pop artists and composes modern orchestral music for trailers, television shows and films.

Cedrela odorata <=SEP=> Cedrela odorata is a commercially important species of tree in the chinaberry family, Meliaceae, commonly known as Spanish cedar or Cuban cedar.

Chris Freeman (Australian musician) <=SEP=> Christopher James "Chris" Freeman (c. 1950–1992) was an Australian multi-instrumentalist and teacher who specialised in six-string and 12-string guitar for classical and flamenco music. At the age of 17 he severed the fingertip of his left hand middle finger in a car accident. It was replaced by a silver cap, which gave him the nickname "Silver Finger". He released three solo albums, Thesilger (1976), Shifting Sands... Night & Day (1978) and Best of Chris Freeman (1991).

Classical guitar <=SEP=> The classical guitar (also called the Spanish guitar, or less specifically, the nylon-string guitar) is the member of the guitar family used in classical music.

Classical guitar magazines <=SEP=> This article lists classical guitar related media works (magazines, blogs and online radio stations).

Classical guitar making <=SEP=> A person who is specialized in the making of stringed instruments such as guitars, lutes and violins is called a luthier.

Classical guitar repertoire <=SEP=> This article is a history of the classical guitar repertoire. For a longer list of compositions and composers who wrote for the classical guitar see List of composers for the classical guitar and List of compositions for guitar.To a greater extent than most other instruments and ensembles, it is difficult to compose music for the guitar without either proficiency in the instrument or close collaboration with a guitarist.

Classical guitar technique <=SEP=> Classical guitar is perhaps the most advanced way for one to play a guitar. The right hand is developed in such a way that it can sustain two, three, and four voice harmonies while also paying special attention to tone production. The Fingers (i) index, (m) middle, and (a) ring are generally used to play the melody, while (p) thumb accompanies in the bass register adding harmony, and produces a comparable texture and effect to that of the piano.

Concierto de Aranjuez (Paco de Lucía album) <=SEP=> Concierto de Aranjuez is a 1991 album by Paco de Lucía. The first 3 tracks are his interpretation of Joaquín Rodrigo's Concierto de Aranjuez while tracks 4-6 are his interpretation of Isaac Albéniz's Iberia.

Concurso de Cante Jondo <=SEP=> El Concurso del Cante Jondo (Contest of the Deep Song) was a well-known celebration of the art of flamenco, its music, song, and dance, held in Granada, Andalusia on Corpus Christi, the 13th and 14 June 1922.

Contemporary classical guitar <=SEP=> This article details Contemporary classical guitar instruments, technique, and repertoire.

Czech Guitar Duo <=SEP=> Czech Guitar Duo was established by Jana Bierhanzlová and  Petr  Bierhanzl in 1975 at the Prague Conservatory. They play both classical guitar music and flamenco. They have given over three thousand live performances, and released three recordings on CD and DVD, as well as numerous radio and TV recordings. Czech Guitar Duo is the longest playing ensemble of their kind on the Czech concert scene.

Dave Dunlop <=SEP=> John David “Dave” Dunlop (born September 18, 1965 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada is a guitarist, composer, producer, recording engineer, and vocalist. Dunlop was a member, writer, guitarist, and back-up singer in Canadian rock band The Full Nine (Disney’s Mammoth Records).

David Rubio <=SEP=> David Rubio (born David Joseph Spinks; 1934 - 21 October 2000) was an English maker of stringed musical instruments. His creations included guitars, lutes, harpsichords, theorbos, vihuelas, citterns, panduras, and finally also violins, violas and cellos. His instruments were prized during his lifetime by many fine musicians, including the English lutenist and guitarist Julian Bream.

Domingo Esteso <=SEP=> Domingo Esteso (1882–1937) was a luthier who trained under Manuel Ramírez.  His nephews, Faustino, Mariano and Julio Conde inherited his workshop and changed the name to Conde Hermanos. Nowadays, the family tradition established by Domingo Esteso is being continued at their workshops in central Madrid by Felipe Conde at 4 Arrieta St., Mariano Conde at 1 Amnistia St.

Dos guitarras flamencas en América Latina <=SEP=> Dos guitarras flamencas en América Latina (Two Flamenco Guitars in Latin America) is the second of four collaboration albums by Paco de Lucía and Ramón de Algeciras.

Early classical guitar recordings <=SEP=> This article regards Early classical guitar recordings.

Eddie Freeman (musician) <=SEP=> Eddie Freeman (November 10, 1909 – November 23, 1987) was a  noted English jazz musician of the first half of the 20th century and a transcriber and teacher of flamenco guitar music in the latter half. Born Edward F. Freeman in London, England, the jazz guitarist and flamenco enthusiast spent time pursuing his music career in England, Spain, and the United States, eventually moving to Dallas, Texas, where he lived with his family until his death in 1987.

Edgar Cruz <=SEP=> Edgar Cruz is an independent classical and fingerstyle guitarist from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Having recorded over a sixteen CDs in styles ranging from classical to flamenco to pop to jazz, Cruz is perhaps best known for his fingerstyle arrangement of Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody". Additionally, Cruz was featured in an OETA (Oklahoma's PBS affiliate) documentary entitled "Spanish Blood - The Guitar of Edgar Cruz".

Eduardo Niebla <=SEP=> Eduardo Niebla is a Spanish guitarist. Besides his work with jazz and Spanish flamenco guitar, he has collaborated with trance group Juno Reactor and early in his career played in Spanish progressive rock band Atila, and the Franco-British progressive rock band Mother Gong.

Edward Stephenson (musician) <=SEP=> Edward "Ed" Stephenson (Stefanyshyn) (born 12 August 1976 in Toronto, Canada) is a classical/nuevo flamenco guitarist who has toured throughout North America since he was sixteen. He is also the founder of the Paco Pand and the North Carolina Guitar Quartet.

Eleven-string alto guitar <=SEP=> The eleven-string alto guitar or altgitarr is an extended-range classical guitar developed by Swedish luthier Georg Bolin in the 1960s.Original Bolin instruments are now rare and valuable. The Bolin alto guitar most often has eleven strings, but Bolin also made a thirteen-string version.The 11-string alto guitar is a multi-string classical guitar, which generally refers to classical guitars with more than six strings.

Eliot Fisk <=SEP=> Eliot Fisk (born August 10, 1954 in Philadelphia) is an American classical guitarist and pedagogue.

Emre Sabuncuoğlu <=SEP=> Emre Sabuncuoglu (Turkish: [ˈemre sabundʒuˈoːɫu]) is a Turkish classical guitarist, arranger, composer and mathematician. He is on the faculty of the Los Angeles Guitar Academy.

Enrique Morente <=SEP=> Enrique Morente Cotelo (25 December 1942 – 13 December 2010), known as Enrique Morente, was a flamenco singer and a controversial figure within the world of contemporary flamenco. After his orthodox beginnings, he plunged into experimentalism, writing new melodies for cante (flamenco singing) and jamming with musicians of all styles, without renouncing his roots in traditional flamenco singing, which he kept on cultivating.

Falseta <=SEP=> A Falseta is part of Flamenco music. They are usually short melodies played by the guitarist(s) in between sung verses, or to accompany dancers. In a guitar solo, the artists play already created falsetas or improvise new falsetas which are then put together to form the whole piece. A falseta can be roughly comparable to an improvised lick in jazz or blues music.

Fernando Egozcue <=SEP=> Fernando Egozcue (Buenos Aires, 1959)  is an Argentinian guitarist and composer.

Flamenco <=SEP=> Flamenco (Spanish pronunciation: [flaˈmeŋko]) is a genre of music and dance native to the southern Spanish regions of Andalusia, Extremadura and Murcia. It includes cante (singing), toque (guitar playing), baile (dance) and jaleo, which refers to the vocalizations and rhythmic sounds of palmas (handclapping) and pitos (finger snapping). First mentioned in literature in 1774, the genre is thought to have grown out of Andalusian music and dance styles.

Flamenco guitar <=SEP=> A flamenco guitar is a guitar similar to a classical acoustic guitar but with thinner tops and less internal bracing. It is used in toque, the guitar-playing part of the art of flamenco.

Flamenco rock <=SEP=> Flamenco rock or Andalusian rock is a rock music subgenre that emerged from (but is not limited to) the Spanish region of Andalusia throughout the late 1960s and early 1970s. There were some precedents like the Rock encounter album by Sabicas with Joe Beck, the rock band Smash or even the American band Carmen. However, Triana was recognized as a pioneer of the genre since their music focuses on the fusion of the progressive rock and flamenco.

Flamencology <=SEP=> Flamencology, from the Spanish word Flamencología, is an academic discipline pertaining to the Flamenco arts. It combines research, documentation, and other techniques to achieve the diffusion and preservation of the art.

Fosforito <=SEP=> Antonio Fernández Díaz known as Fosforito, (b. Puente Genil, Córdoba Province, 1932) is a flamenco singer and winner of the fifth Golden Key of flamenco singing.  Only five of these have been awarded since the award's inception in 1862.  Its previous winners were Tomás "El Nitri," Manuel Vallejo, Antonio Mairena, and Camarón de la Isla (posthumous).

Francisco Tárrega <=SEP=> Francisco de Asís Tárrega y Eixea (21 November 1852 – 15 December 1909) was a Spanish composer and classical guitarist of the Romantic period.

Frederick Noad <=SEP=> Frederick McNeill Noad (August 8, 1929 – September 13, 2001) was a classical guitar performer, educator, and an original founder of the Guitar Foundation of America.Noad was famed for his popular instructional television  show, Guitar with Frederick Noad which was originally televised on PBS in the mid-1960s, resyndicated in color in the early 1980s, and continues to be broadcast today.

GP Hall <=SEP=> Graham Peter Hall, generally known as GP Hall (born 15 July 1943, Hampton Hill, London, UK)is an English guitarist, composer and improviser fusing and mixing both traditional and avant-garde styles. He is also known for having invented the musical genre known as 'Industrial Sound Sculptures'.

Gaye Delorme <=SEP=> Gaye James Delorme (March 20, 1947 – June 24, 2011) was a Canadian songwriter, composer and guitar player.

Gerhard Graf-Martinez <=SEP=> Gerhard Graf-Martinez (born 1952 in Schorndorf, Baden-Württemberg) is a German Jewish Flamenco guitarist, author and composer. In 1982, he founded the Flamenco-Jazz trio “Modo Nuevo”. Being a member of the “Peña Flamenca Sierra Blanca Marbella”, he hosted the “Curso Internacional De La Guitarra Flamenca” in Marbella (Málaga) between 1984 and 1987. From 1987 to 1989, he performed as a duo together with a Jewish singer.

Gerundino Fernández <=SEP=> Gerundino Miguel Fernández García (1931–2006) was a Spanish luthier, considered one of the world's greatest makers of flamenco guitars.

Glossary of flamenco terms <=SEP=> This is a glossary of terms that relate to flamenco arts.

Grisha Goryachev <=SEP=> Grigory "Grisha" Goryachev (Russian: Гриша Горячев) (born December 29, 1977 in St. Petersburg) is a Russian virtuoso flamenco and classical guitarist now living in the United States. A master of both flamenco and classical guitar, he is one of the world's few guitarists to continue the traditions of solo flamenco in concert performances. He is heavily influenced by Paco de Lucía and Sabicas.

Guitar <=SEP=> The guitar is a popular musical instrument classified as a string instrument with anywhere from 4 to 18 strings, usually having 6. The sound is projected either acoustically or through electrical amplification (for an acoustic guitar or an electric guitar, respectively).  It is typically played by strumming or plucking the strings with the right hand while fretting (or pressing against the fret) the strings with the left hand.

Guitar pick <=SEP=> A guitar pick (American English) is a plectrum used for guitars. Picks are generally made of one uniform material—such as some kind of plastic (nylon, Delrin, celluloid), rubber, felt, tortoiseshell, wood, metal, glass, tagua, or stone.

Guitar synthesizer <=SEP=> A guitar synthesizer (also guitar synth, alternatively guitar-synthesizer, guitar-synth, guitar/synthesizer, guitar/synth, g-synth or synth guitar) is any one of a number of musical instrument systems that allow a guitar player to play synthesizer sound.

Guitares au Palais <=SEP=> The Guitares au Palais is an annual guitar-oriented music festival in the Palace of the Kings of Majorca in Perpignan, Pyrénées-Orientales, France, which began in 2004. The festival focuses on folk, gypsy music, jazz, and flamenco. On the third day there is an additional program with a focus on indie rock related artists. The festival is for free.The festival is held in the last weekend of August in the Palace and the gardens.

Herb David <=SEP=> Herb David (born April 12, 1931) is the American owner of the Herb David Guitar Studio in Ann Arbor, Michigan which opened on April 1962, and closed its doors in 2015. Over the years, Herb has worked on hundreds of instruments, including the instruments of Eric Clapton, John Lennon, Bob Seger and many more. In addition, he is also well respected for his craftsmanship of guitars, banjos, mandolins and other stringed instruments.

Hermanos Conde <=SEP=> Hermanos Conde (Conde Brothers) are world-famous luthiers, makers of classical and flamenco guitars.

History of the classical guitar <=SEP=> The evolution of classical guitars began with the influences of the vihuela and gittern in the sixteenth century and ended with the modern classical guitar in the mid nineteenth century.

International classical guitar competitions <=SEP=> Although competitions are not the only way to establish oneself as a talented musician, they can serve various beneficial purposes. Namely, they allow young artists to promote themselves and gain exposure. Furthermore, they increase public awareness of the arts and the Classical Guitar itself. Some competitions also have newly composed "set" pieces which serve to increase the repertoire of the instrument.

Itaiguara Brandão <=SEP=> Itaiguara Mariano Brandão (born October 31, 1968) is a New York City-based recording artist and bassist/guitarist.

Ivan Tucakov <=SEP=> Ivan Tucakov (born in 1978 in Belgrade) is a world music composer, guitarist, producer and promoter currently living in Vancouver, Canada.

Ivor Mairants <=SEP=> Ivor Mairants (b. 18 July 1908 c.20 February 1998) was a jazz and classical guitarist, teacher and composer.With his wife Lily in 1958 he created Ivor Mairants Musicentre, a specialist guitar store in London that was the first of its kind in the country and is still among the foremost of its kind in the UK.

Johannes Linstead <=SEP=> Johannes Linstead (also records under the name Sevaji) is an award-winning Canadian guitarist and instrumentalist who fuses virtuoso Spanish-style guitar with Afro-Cuban, Middle Eastern, and Latin American percussion and instrumentation.

Juan Miguel Carmona <=SEP=> Juan Miguel Carmona (Granada, 1960) is a guitar maker specialized in Classical and Flamenco guitars.

Juan Serrano (Flamenco) <=SEP=> Dr. Juan Serrano is a flamenco guitarist who has played concerts and made recordings throughout the world. He has devoted much of his life to giving concerts and teaching flamenco guitar in the United States.Serrano was born in Córdoba, Spain in 1935. At the age of 9, he studied guitar with his father, Antonio del Lunar, a professional guitarist. Serrano made his professional debut at age 13, and soon earned a reputation throughout Spain and Europe as a gifted musician.

Ketama <=SEP=> Ketama were a Spanish musical group in the New Flamenco tradition. Fusing flamenco with other musical forms (salsa, Brazilian music, reggae, funk, jazz), they created a style that lies somewhere between flamenco and pop salsa. Their music drew as much criticism as praise because purists did not like the change from traditional flamenco, but the group won over the young public. They continued to fuse other music in, and their 2002 album, Dame la Mano, added hip hop and house music.

Lawson Rollins <=SEP=> Lawson Rollins is an award-winning American guitarist and composer from North Carolina noted for his virtuoso fingerstyle technique and melodic compositional skills featured in his recordings.   His music spans a wide range of genres but is generally classed as Latin Jazz and World Music, with elements of Samba, Bossa nova, Middle Eastern music, Classical guitar, Flamenco and Shred guitar added to the mix.

Lenny Breau <=SEP=> Leonard Harold "Lenny" Breau (August 5, 1941 – August 12, 1984) was an American guitarist and music educator. One of the most admired guitarists of his generation in musician's circles in the US, he was known for blending many styles of music including: jazz, country, classical and flamenco guitar.

Leon Koudelak <=SEP=> Leon Koudelak is a Czech classical guitarist.He has toured internationally in most parts of Europe, Asia and the Americas. He inspired the composer  Michael Buchrainer to write guitar music. In addition to his concert career, he co-founded the Liechtenstein Guitar Festival (Ligita), the Asia International Guitar Festival (AIGF) in Bangkok and the Pattaya Classical Guitar Festival.

Lester DeVoe <=SEP=> Lester DeVoe is an American elite flamenco and classical guitar luthier who designs guitars for Latin music. He has been cited as " among the most in-demand flamenco guitar makers alive today". DeVoe guitars have been owned and played by most of the greatest names in the Latin guitar world, including the late Paco de Lucía and Sabicas, Vicente Amigo,  El Viejín, Ottmar Liebert, Amir John Haddad and David Cordoba. Pavel Steidl and Pepe Romero have both played DeVoe classical guitars.

Li Jie (guitar player) <=SEP=> Li Jie (Chinese: 李潔; pinyin: Lǐ Jié; born 1981) is a Chinese classical guitar virtuosa.

List of composers for the classical guitar <=SEP=> The following is a list of composers who have composed original music for the classical guitar. This is a list in alphabetical order. For a list in chronological order see List of composers for the classical guitar (chronological) and for a list by nationality see List of composers for the classical guitar (nationality).

Live in América <=SEP=> Live in América is a live album by Paco de Lucía Sextet, the band formed by famous flamenco guitarist Paco de Lucía.

Machine head <=SEP=> A machine head (also referred to as a tuning machine, tuner, or gear head) is a geared apparatus for tuning stringed musical instruments by adjusting string tension. Machine heads are used on mandolins, guitars, double basses etc., and are usually located on the instrument's headstock.  Non-geared tuning devices that are used on violins, violas, cellos, lutes, older Flamenco guitars, ukuleles etc., are known as friction pegs.

Malagueñas (flamenco style) <=SEP=> Malagueñas (Spanish pronunciation: [malaˈɣeɲas]) is one of the traditional styles of Andalusian music (flamenco), derived from earlier types of fandango from the area of Málaga, classified among the Cantes de Levante. Originally a folk-song type, it became a flamenco style in the 19th century. It is not normally used for dance, as it is generally interpreted with no regular rhythmic pattern, as a "cante libre". It has a very rich melody with virtuous flourishes and use of microtones.

Manolo Caracol <=SEP=> Manuel Ortega Juárez. (July 9, 1909 - February 24, 1973), was a romani flamenco cantaor (singer).Born in Seville, Spain, he was descended from a long line of flamenco artists including Enrique Ortega (father and son) and Curro Dulce, and he was possibly related to El Planeta and El Fillo.

Marc Rizzo <=SEP=> Marc Rizzo (born on August 2, 1977 in Carlstadt, New Jersey, United States) is the lead guitarist of American metal band Soulfly and formerly of Ill Niño. He has featured on six Soulfly albums to date: Prophecy, Dark Ages, Conquer, Omen, Enslaved, Savages, and Archangel. He has also released three solo instrumental albums; Colossal Myopia, The Ultimate Devotion, and Legionnaire.

Marcus Nand <=SEP=> Marcus Nand  (born Merseyside, England) is a guitarist, singer-songwriter, producer, and sound engineer best known for his work with flamenco guitar. After learning rock, blues, and flamenco in Spain in his youth, he has been based in Los Angeles since the 1990s. A past guitarist for Los Angeles metal band Freak of Nature, he later formed the world music and rock band Ziroq with bassist Carmine Rojas. Ziroq's debut album was named "Best Mix: Non-Orchestral" at the 2002 Surround Music Awards.

Mario Escudero <=SEP=> Mario Escudero Valero Jiménez Valverde (October 11, 1928 – November 19, 2004) was one of a handful of Spanish flamenco guitar virtuosos who helped spread flamenco beyond their homeland when they migrated to the United States in the early 1950s.

Michel Jureidini <=SEP=> Michel Jureidini, a Lebanese guitarist from Beirut, was born in 1975.

Modern classical guitar <=SEP=> See also 20th century classical musicThe modern classical guitar (also known as the Spanish guitar), the immediate forerunner of today's guitars, was developed in the 19th century by Antonio de Torres Jurado, Ignacio Fleta, Hermann Hauser Sr., Robert Bouchet

Music of Spain <=SEP=> The music of Spain has a long history and has played an important role in the development of Western music. It is also the main basis of most Latin American music. Spanish music is often associated with traditional styles such as flamenco and classical guitar. While these forms of music are common in Spain, there are many different traditional music styles and dances across its regions. For example, music from the north-west regions has ancient celtic roots and uses bagpipes.

Nathan Granner <=SEP=> Nathan Granner is an American  tenor who performs in opera and oratorio, as well as more popular genres. He has toured the United States and into Russia and Ireland. He appeared on PBS as a member of Sony Masterworks The American Tenors, a vocal trio created by Frank McNamara. In 2003, their album was No.

New Flamenco <=SEP=> New flamenco (or nuevo flamenco) is synonymous with contemporary flamenco and is a modern derivative of traditional flamenco. It combines flamenco guitar virtuosity with musical fusion. Jazz, rumba, bossa nova, Gypsy, Latin, Middle Eastern, rock, Cuban swing, tango and salsa have all been fused into flamenco by different artists to produce its sound.Traditional flamenco had been displaced in Spain in the 1950s and 1960s by rock-and-roll.

Nishat Khan <=SEP=> Nishat Khan is an Indian sitar player, composer and son of surbahar player Imrat Khan.Khan was born in the mid-1960s in Kolkata. As the son and disciple of Imrat Khan, he is the torchbearer of seven generations and the 400-year old tradition of India’s most renowned musical family. Khan has mastered not only the North Indian classical idiom but also realms as diverse as Gregorian chant, Western classical music, abstract jazz, and Flamenco.

Outline of guitars <=SEP=> The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to guitars:Guitar – plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with either nylon or steel strings. Some modern guitars are made of polycarbonate materials.

Paco Peña <=SEP=> Paco Peña (born 1 June 1942) is a Spanish flamenco composer and guitarist. He is regarded as one of the world's foremost traditional Flamenco players.Born in Córdoba, Spain as Francisco Peña Pérez, Paco Peña began learning to play the guitar from his brother at age 6 and made his first professional appearance at 12. Encouraged by his family, he left home and began performing throughout Spain as part of a government-sponsored folk music and dance program.

Paco de Lucena <=SEP=> Paco de Lucena, born Franscico Diaz Fernandez (1859-1898 in Lucena) was a Spanish guitarist, and one of the most influential flamenco players of the late nineteenth century.He influenced a number of classical and flamenco guitarists, who emerged early in the twentieth century as interest in the guitar revived.Paco de Lucena died when Andrés Segovia was five.

Paco de Lucía <=SEP=> Francisco Gustavo Sánchez Gomes (21 December 1947 – 25 February 2014), known as Paco de Lucía [ˈpako ðe luˈθia], was a Spanish virtuoso flamenco guitarist, composer and producer. A leading proponent of the New Flamenco style, he helped legitimize flamenco among the establishment in Spain, and was one of the first flamenco guitarists to have successfully crossed over into other genres of music such as classical and jazz.

Palo (flamenco) <=SEP=> A palo (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈpalo]) or cante is the name traditionally given in the flamenco environment for the different musical forms that constitute the traditional musical heritage of flamenco. Each palo is characterized by a variety of musical features such as its rhythmic pattern, its mode, its characteristic motifs, or the type of stanza used for the lyrics, and comprises a series of traditional melodies or songs, generally called estilos (styles) in the flamenco jargon.

Pedro Caparros López <=SEP=> Pedro Caparrós López is a Catalan electrical and Flamenco guitarist from Barcelona. He is the one of two guitarists in the Gibraltarian Flamenco Metal band, Breed 77. Caparrós joined the band in 2002, between the releases of their self titled and Cultura albums, further influencing the bands flamenco sounds. He plays a mixture of flamenco guitar and electric guitar creating a unique sound for the band.

Pedro Javier González <=SEP=> Pedro Javier González García (born 1962 in Barcelona) is a Spanish flamenco, jazz, and classical guitarist, composer and music producer. During his career he has recorded 8 albums of music as of 2012, some with their own compositions. He has produced and collaborated with artists such as  El Último de la Fila, Joan Manuel Serrat, Alejandro Sanz, Manolo García and María del Mar Bonet, Victoria de los Ángeles, Angelo Branduardi, etc.

Pepe Marchena <=SEP=> José Tejada Marín (Marchena, Seville Province, Spain, 1903-Seville, December 4, 1976) known as Pepe Marchena, and also as Niño de Marchena in the first years of his career, was a flamenco singer who achieved great success in the ópera flamenca period (1922–1956). Influenced by singers like Antonio Chacón, he carried to the extreme the tendency to a more mellow and ornamented style of flamenco singing.

Pepe Romero <=SEP=> Pepe Romero (born March 8, 1944, in Málaga, Spain) is a world-renowned classical and flamenco guitarist. He is particularly famous for his outstanding technique and colorful musical interpretations on the instrument.

Picados <=SEP=> Picados are the flamenco scales of a guitar (see Flamenco guitar), or a guitar playing technique where the musician plays scale passages by alternating the index and middle fingers. Picado is normally executed apoyando (with rest strokes). It is often used rapidly to play a melody.This technique is similar to that of the rest stroke played in classical guitar. The difference is that technique is of central importance in flamenco while peripheral in classical.

Polyphonic strumming <=SEP=> Polyphonic strumming is a Nuevo Flamenco and classical guitar technique allowing for two lines of music to be concurrently performed. While all varieties of strumming techniques allow for chord conveyance, only polyphonic strumming enables a simultaneous melody line carried out on the first, second, or both strings. The sounds produced are markedly polyphonic, giving the impression of multiple instrumentation.

Rafael Riqueni <=SEP=> Rafael Riqueni (born 1962 in Seville) is one of Spain's top flamenco guitarists. Accomplished from a very young age, at just fifteen years old he was awarded the Ramón Montoya Prize in the Concurso Nacional (National Competition) in Córdoba.Riqueni has performed extensively as a concert guitarist and has played with people such as Enrique Morente, Anouar Brahem, Al Di Meola, Matías Fray and the Vargas Blues Band. He is also a noted flamenco composer, similar to the style of Albéniz and Turina.

Ramírez Guitars <=SEP=> Ramírez Guitars (Guitarras Ramírez in Spanish) is a Spanish manufacturer of professional, concert-quality classical and flamenco guitars.

Rasgueado <=SEP=> Rasgueado (also called Rageo (spelled so or Rajeo), Rasgueo or Rasgeo in Andalusian dialect and Flamenco jargon, or even occasionally Rasqueado) is a guitar finger strumming technique commonly associated with flamenco guitar music. It is also used in classical and other fingerstyle guitar picking techniques. The rasgueado is executed using the fingers of the strumming hand in rhythmically precise, and often rapid, strumming patterns.

Ricardo Cobo <=SEP=> Ricardo Cobo (born 1962 in Cali, Colombia to Lebanese parents) is a classical guitarist, considered one of the leading guitarists of his generation.  He gave his professional debut with the Orquesta Filarmónica de Bogotá at age seventeen.[1] Cobo was the first Latin American to win the Guitar Foundation of America Solo International Competition (in 1987) according to the foundation's website, and to date, only one other Latin American-born guitarist has won the prestigious award.

Rik Emmett <=SEP=> Richard Gordon "Rik" Emmett (born July 10, 1953 in Toronto) is a vocalist, guitarist, and founding member of the Canadian rock band Triumph. Emmett left Triumph in 1988 to pursue a solo career. His first solo album, Absolutely, was released in 1990 and became a moderate hit across North America thanks to the hits "When a Heart Breaks" and "Saved by Love".

Robin Hill (guitarist) <=SEP=> Robin Hill is a classical guitarist who has been performing worldwide for over 30 years.He has performed with a wide variety of musicians including Luciano Pavarotti, Lesley Garrett, Russell Watson, Jethro Tull and Deep Purple.He is a published author, composer, performer and guitar teacher, and is also one half of the acclaimed Hill/Wiltschinsky Guitar Duo.

Roger Scannura <=SEP=> Roger Scannura is a flamenco guitarist and an exponent of Nuevo Flamenco.

Ronald Radford <=SEP=> Ronald Radford is an American Flamenco guitar player. Born in California, he currently resides in the St. Louis, Missouri area. Radford is a protégé of Carlos Montoya, and studied classical guitar with Andrés Segovia. He is the only person awarded a Fulbright Scholarship to study Flamenco in Spain, where he lived and traveled.His performances have spanned four continents, as well as Carnegie Hall and the Kennedy Center. In addition, he has toured as a music ambassador for the U.S.

Roni Benise <=SEP=> Roni Benise (born 20th century), best known as Benise (pronounced Buh-nes-say),  is an American guitarist who describes his style as "nouveau spanish flamenco."After growing up in Nebraska, Benise moved to Los Angeles, California, to pursue rock stardom.  After hearing flamenco music on the radio, he switched from electric guitar to nylon-stringed classical guitar.He began busking on the street and playing neighborhood theaters and flea markets.

Sabicas <=SEP=> Sabicas (Agustín Castellón Campos) was a Flamenco guitarist, of Romani origin, who was born on 16 March 1912 in Pamplona, Spain and died in 14 April 1990 in New York.

Sebastian Schneider <=SEP=> Sebastian Schneider is a German Argentine guitar player, multi-instrumentalist, singer, composer and musical producer born on July 28, 1982.He is an artist which begins to rise to prominence on the new Argentine and Latin American rock scene.

Shahin Najafi <=SEP=> Shahin Najafi (Persian: شاهین نجفی) (born in 1980 in Bandar-e Anzali, Gilan, Iran) is an Iranian musician, singer and songwriter  currently residing in Germany.Najafi's songs mostly deal with issues such as theocracy, poverty, sexism, censorship, child labor, execution, drug addiction and homophobia. In interviews, he has stated that he strives to use poetic, literary, philosophical and political elements in his music.

Spanish guitar <=SEP=> Spanish guitar may refer to: Classical guitar, a six-stringed guitar with nylon strings Flamenco guitar, similar to a classical guitar "Spanish Guitar" (song), a 2000 song by Toni Braxton "Spanish Guitar", a 1971 song by Gene Clark from his album White Light "Spanish Guitar", a 1978 song by Gary Moore from his album Back on the Streets Duets with Spanish Guitar, a 1958 album by Laurindo Almeida with Salli Terri and Martin Ruderman

Steel-string acoustic guitar <=SEP=> The steel-string acoustic guitar is a modern form of guitar that descends from the classical guitar, but is strung with steel strings for a brighter, louder sound.

Steve Howe (musician) <=SEP=> Stephen James "Steve" Howe (born 8 April 1947) is an English musician and songwriter. He is best known as the guitarist in the progressive rock group Yes. He has also been a member of the Syndicats, Bodast, Tomorrow, Asia, and GTR, as well as having released 19 solo albums as of 2010.

Surianne <=SEP=> Surianne Dalmedo, known as Surianne, is a Gibraltarian international singer and songwriter of acoustic Latin/Rock/Flamenco music. Described as "la nina del sur" (Spanish: girl of the South) her music style is derived from a blend of various cultures; Gibraltarian, Spanish, British and North African, inspired by Mediterranean grooves, strongly influenced by the fusion of acoustic guitar sounds and driving percussive rhythms.

Tambour (guitar technique) <=SEP=> Tambour (also called tambor, tamboro or tambora, written in music as tamb.), is a technique used in Flamenco guitar and classical guitar which is designed to emulate the sound of a heartbeat. It is achieved by using a flat part of the hand, usually the side of the outstretched right thumb, or also the edge of the palm below the little finger, and sounding the strings by striking them rapidly just inside the bridge of the guitar.

Ten-string guitar <=SEP=> There are many varieties of ten-string guitar, including: Both electric and acoustic guitars. Instruments used principally for classical, folk and popular music. Both coursed and uncoursed instruments.

Terz guitar <=SEP=> Terz guitar (terz, German: third) refers to either a small sized classical guitar or to the practice of tuning a standard guitar a minor third higher than standard guitar tuning (as though a capo were on the third fret of the guitar). The scale length is generally 530 mm (20.8 inches), though sometimes as long as 560 mm (22 inches). Mauro Giuliani and Caspar Joseph Mertz wrote extensively for the terz guitar as a compliment to the prime (standard) guitar.

Teye <=SEP=> For the Egyptian name see Tiye (disambiguation).Teye (pronounced tie-ya, born 1957 as Teije Wijnterp) is a Dutch guitarist, best known for his flamenco guitar work with the Joe Ely band between 1994 and 2000. After his musical career, Teye began building exclusive handmade guitars.

The Romeros <=SEP=> Los Romeros, The Romero Guitar Quartet, is a guitar quartet, sometimes known as "The Royal Family of the Guitar" — their personnel consists entirely of members of the Romero family.The quartet was founded in 1960 by Celedonio Romero, who grew up in Franco's Spain. All three of his sons, Angel, Celin and Pepe, had made their performing debuts by the time they were seven. In 1957, the Romeros moved to the United States, where they continue to reside.

Thomas Zwijsen <=SEP=> Thomas Zwijsen is a Dutch/Belgian classical acoustic and Heavy Metal guitarist. He is known for his arrangements of Iron Maiden (and a selection of other artists') songs for classical guitar both on YouTube since 2007 and with his 2013 and 2014 albums "Nylon Maiden", "Nylonized" and "Nylon Maiden II".

Tiento <=SEP=> Tiento (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈtjento], Portuguese: Tento [ˈtẽtu]) is a musical genre originating in Spain in the mid-15th century.  It is formally analogous to the fantasia (fantasy), found in England, Germany, and the Low Countries, and also the ricercare, first found in Italy.  The word derives from the Spanish verb tentar (meaning either to touch, to tempt or to attempt), and was originally applied to music for various instruments.

Tirando <=SEP=> Tirando is a method of plucking used in Classical guitar and Flamenco guitar.  Tirando is Spanish for "pulling" (in English, it is also called a "free stroke").

Tommy Kessler <=SEP=> Tommy Kessler is an American guitarist from Springboro, Ohio, currently in the new wave/rock band Blondie.

Val Ramos <=SEP=> Val Ramos (born March 27, 1958, New York City) is a Nuevo Flamenco guitarist.At the early age of 14, Ramos studied Flamenco guitar with Spanish (Malaga) Flamenco master Adonis Puerta in New York City. In 1981, he graduated from Ezra Stiles College at Yale University.

Vicente Amigo <=SEP=> Vicente Amigo Girol (born 25 March 1967) is a Spanish flamenco composer and virtuoso guitarist, born in Guadalcanal, near Seville. He has played as backing guitarist on recordings by flamenco singers El Pele, Camarón de la Isla, Vicente Soto, Luis de Córdoba and the rociero band Salmarina, and he has acted as a producer for Remedios Amaya and José Mercé. His album Ciudad de las Ideas won the 2001 Latin Grammy for the Best Flamenco Album and the 2002 Ondas award for the best Flamenco work.

Viola caipira <=SEP=> The viola caipira (Portuguese for country guitar) is a ten-string, five-course guitar. Unlike most steel-string guitars, its strings are plucked with the fingers of the right hand similarly to the technique used for classical and flamenco guitars, rather than by the use of a plectrum.It is a folk instrument commonly found in Brazil, where it is often simply called viola.

Virtuoso (David Garrett album) <=SEP=> Virtuoso is a 2007 album by violinist David Garrett, released in Europe. Its tracks, listed below, are mostly borrowed from his earlier album, Free:

Willie & Lobo <=SEP=> Willie & Lobo is a musical duo composed of Willie Royal (violin) and Wolfgang "Lobo" Fink (guitar). Their music, characterised as New Flamenco and World Music, is a blend of Gypsy, Latin, Celtic, Flamenco, Middle Eastern, Rock, Jazz, Cuban Swing, Tango and Salsa.The duo has produced 11 albums, mainly on the Narada label.  They have also been included in at least three compilations of Guitar and Flamenco music.