Fusako plays Largo from Concerto R 93 by A. Vivaldi (1678 – 1741) accompanied by her teacher Carl. Well done, Fusako! The Baroque...

Ritsuka plays "Il Bianco Fiore", by Cesare Negri (c.1535-c.1605), accompanied by her teacher Giovanni on the Renaissance lute. Great job,...

Momo is a big fan of Latin music. Here, she plays a Latin interpretation of Frank Sinatra's signature song "My Way". "My Way" has an...

Here's Hanako playing "Day Tripper" by the Beatles during one of her lessons with Hiroshi. The Beatles released the original song in 1965...

Jazz guitar legend Wes Montgomery was born on this day, March 6th, 1923. Montgomery is celebrated as one of the most influential jazz...

Hiroshi & Carl play canon TWV 40:118 by the German Baroque composer Georg Philipp Telemann (1681 – 1767) on their Fender Telecaster...

Happy Birthday to the legendary Brazilian composer Antônio Carlos Jobim, revered in Brazil and considered to be the father of bossa nova....

Happy New Year from all the teachers and staff at TAGA! We hope that 2021 will be a year of health, happiness and lots of great music!...

Many happy returns to Guthrie Govan who turns 49 today. Born in England, Govan is in many ways the guitarists' guitarist. This is perhaps...

Giovanni & Carl play "Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer". Wishing everyone a very happy Christmas and a great holiday! We look forward to...

Loucas and Alessia have been enjoying learning the ukulele and are really looking forward to Christmas! They're playing together really...

This beautiful milonga was originally written for solo guitar by the Argentinian guitarist and composer Jorge Cardoso. Later, an extra...

We're always excited to hear news from former students of The American Guitar Academy. Jacky used to take bass guitar lessons at our...

This beautiful song was written for the film version of the musical Grease and was sung by Olivia Newton-John. Here Francisca plays an...

X Japan guitarist Hideto Matsumoto (known simply as "Hide") would have been 56 today. He was one of Japan's original rock guitar gods...

Paco de Lucía (1947 - 2014) was certainly one of the greatest guitarists of all time. As well having a phenomenal technique, he also had...

The original song "Hey Joe" was by an American songwriter called Billy Roberts, but it's best known in the version played and recorded by...

First of all, Happy Birthday to Jaco Pastorius who was born on December 1st, 1951. Jaco is widely recognized as having been one of the...

Here is Madeline performing "Ver o Mar" by the Brazilian guitarist and singer João Erbetta. She worked out the guitar part in her lessons...

Within the world of music, flamenco is a unique and endlessly fascinating tradition. In particular, the rhythms used in flamenco are...