Sight Reading on the Classical Guitar – Part 3
Sight Reading on the Classical Guitar by Simon Powis Part 3 The benefits of good sight-reading The guitar community has survived, even flourished, in the last decades, and it has done so without a...
Category: Articles
Sight Reading on the Classical Guitar – Part 2
Sight Reading on the Classical Guitar by Simon Powis Part 2 Why does the problem exist? Difficulties of the instrument “To be objective about it, I would say the guitar is more difficult than...
Sight Reading on the Classical Guitar – Part 1
Sight Reading on the Classical Guitar Introduction “Reading facility is not simply a useful additional skill for a musician to have. It is, in sense, necessary for full membership to the musical community.”[1] Sight...
Money and the Musician – CD sales
Creating a full length CD is a very intensive undertaking. Microphones, audio engineers, hours upon hours of editing, album art work, replication, and remembering to thank your mother in the liner notes. In the...
The top five topics that set off classical guitar flame wars on the internet
A ‘flame war’ for those of you who are unfamiliar, is a heated discussion that can easily devolve into childish mud-slinging. The anonymity of the internet has made flame wars all too common and...
The London Guitar Studio
When I was studying at the Royal Academy of Music I supported myself by page turning and ushering at the Wigmore Hall. The favourite part of every shift, however, was walking down after the...
Cordoba Guitar Festival
This year marked the 30th anniversary for the Festival de la Guitarra de Cordoba. With more than 30 performances over a range of styles, classes in a variety of genres and multiple performance venues,...
Let off some steam!
O.K. the gloves are coming off and I am going to let myself rant for a little while. I had a slightly annoying week and I would like to share that annoyance in a...
Making the most of a bad situation
As I settle in for my 5 hour train ride from Washington D.C. to New Haven I am thinking about the performance last night. It was not a soul crushing disaster, but it was...
Getting your guitar on the plane as carry on luggage
I believe I am not alone when I say, I am in love with my guitar. The bond between guitar and guitarist is forged by hundreds of hours spent together in a passionate discourse....
