| Acoustic guitar solos make up a slice of a musical | | | | scene. The guitar has been an accompaniment for |
| genre that has all but vanished from popular music - | | | | singers and dancers for many years but solo guitarists |
| instrumentals. By instrumentals I mean music that is | | | | have only been making their presence felt since the |
| composed and played by a human using musical | | | | mid-twentieth century. The early Flamenco guitar |
| instruments rather than techno instrumentals that may | | | | players like Ramon Montoya produced music that |
| not be composed and played in the traditional way. Not | | | | would probably hold little interest for a modern |
| that there's anything wrong with that. I just thought it | | | | non-Spanish audience but you will find video clips by |
| might be useful for some guitar players to take a quick | | | | masters of the 1950's and '60' like Sabicas and Diego |
| look at the part the acoustic guitar has played in | | | | Del Gastor as well as modern virtuoso guitarists like |
| instrumental music. After all the acoustic guitar is the | | | | Paco De Lucia, Serranito, Paco Pena and Vincente |
| instrument that is always ready for us to pick up and | | | | Amigo. |
| express our feelings on. Plus it has the added | | | | We all like to listen and explore the sounds of our |
| advantage in that it does not disturb our family and | | | | guitars and the folk music boom of the nineteen sixties |
| neighbors too much. | | | | was a breeding ground for many new guitarists who |
| The classical guitar is the original guitar in the form | | | | loved to experiment with acoustic guitar instrumental |
| that is familiar to us. The electric guitar, the steel string | | | | solos. Possibly the most popular guitar solo from this |
| acoustic, the resonator guitars all descended from the | | | | genre was "Anji" by am extremely influential guitarist |
| nylon string classical guitar. Classical guitar as a genre | | | | named Davy Graham. This piece was recorded by |
| is simply classical music played on the guitar. It can get | | | | Paul Simon on an early Simon And Garfunkel album |
| quite sophisticated and technically demanding but there | | | | and Davy Graham's "She moved thru' the Bizarre/Blue |
| are simple classical guitar pieces available on the net in | | | | Raga" was heavily adapted (or adopted) by Jimmy |
| musical notation or tabs that any guitar player with a | | | | Page for the Led Zeppelin number, "White Summer". |
| basic fingerstyle technique could find very rewarding to | | | | Graham was responsible for the popularization of the |
| play. Estudio in C by Dionisio Aguado and Gavotte En | | | | DADGAD guitar tuning which introduced guitar players |
| Rondeau - Lute Suite No 4 in E by J.S. Bach are two | | | | to the possibilities of playing bass accompaniment on |
| examples that I have seen in tab form. | | | | open strings while improvising or composing tunes on |
| If you are interested in listening to classical guitar music, | | | | the treble strings. |
| John Williams and Julian Bream both have clips on | | | | Well, I hope I the names I have given you will help you |
| YouTube and other video sites but do not restrict | | | | to find acoustic guitar solos and soloists you have |
| yourself to well-known names - there are many great | | | | never heard before. Remember if you any music you |
| acoustic instrumental clips by amateur guitarists. | | | | see played on one of the video sites is probably |
| You might be surprised to know that Flamenco guitar | | | | available somewhere in guitar tabs so do not be afraid |
| as a solo instrument is a fairly new arrival on the music | | | | to go hunting for them. |