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Thread #110424   Message #2455094
Posted By: Don Firth
01-Oct-08 - 03:54 PM
Thread Name: England's National Musical-Instrument?
Subject: RE: England's National Musical-Instrument?
". . . having enjoyed the guitar being played in an English style. . . ."   [from WAV's website]

WAV, I have been studying the guitar, its history and its various techniques, I have been playing the instrument since the early 1950s, and I have taught the guitar in both private lessons (classical and folk) and in classes (folk) since the late 1950s.   My life has been inextricably linked with the guitar all these years. I recognize that there are a few distinct regional styles of playing, such as flamenco in Andalusia, Mexican folk styles (making use of some flamenco techniques such as free use of the rasgueado), alternating bass or "finger-picking" styles that developed in the southern U. S. along with blues styles, and, of course, various jazz and pop styles. But I can't recall every hearing any style of guitar playing that I could identify as an "English style."

Can you direct me to any guitarists who play specifically "English style," or any CDs where I may hear this style?

Don Firth