Fusako plays "Largo" from Concerto R 93 by A. Vivaldi
Fusako plays Largo from Concerto R 93 by A. Vivaldi (1678 – 1741) accompanied by her teacher Carl. Well done, Fusako! The Baroque...
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The American Guitar Academy
Mar 21, 20211 min read
Ritsuka & Giovanni's Renaissance duet
Ritsuka plays "Il Bianco Fiore", by Cesare Negri (c.1535-c.1605), accompanied by her teacher Giovanni on the Renaissance lute. Great job,...
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The American Guitar Academy
Mar 14, 20211 min read
Momo & Carl play "A Mi Manera" (My Way)
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...
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The American Guitar Academy
Mar 7, 20211 min read
Hanako plays Day Tripper (the Beatles)
Here's Hanako playing "Day Tripper" by the Beatles during one of her lessons with Hiroshi. The Beatles released the original song in 1965...
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The American Guitar Academy
Mar 6, 20211 min read
Happy Birthday, Wes Montgomery!
Jazz guitar legend Wes Montgomery was born on this day, March 6th, 1923. Montgomery is celebrated as one of the most influential jazz...
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The American Guitar Academy
Feb 4, 20211 min read
Telemann on Telecasters
Hiroshi & Carl play canon TWV 40:118 by the German Baroque composer Georg Philipp Telemann (1681 – 1767) on their Fender Telecaster...
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The American Guitar Academy
Jan 25, 20211 min read
Bossa Nova Classic "Desafinado" Performed by Rebeca, Giovanni and Aaron
Happy Birthday to the legendary Brazilian composer Antônio Carlos Jobim, revered in Brazil and considered to be the father of bossa nova....
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The American Guitar Academy
Jan 1, 20211 min read
Happy New Year!
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!...
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The American Guitar Academy
Dec 27, 20201 min read
Happy Birthday, Guthrie Govan!
Many happy returns to Guthrie Govan who turns 49 today. Born in England, Govan is in many ways the guitarists' guitarist. This is perhaps...
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The American Guitar Academy
Dec 25, 20201 min read
Happy Christmas!
Giovanni & Carl play "Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer". Wishing everyone a very happy Christmas and a great holiday! We look forward to...
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The American Guitar Academy
Dec 24, 20201 min read
Loucas & Alessia play "Jingle Bells"
Loucas and Alessia have been enjoying learning the ukulele and are really looking forward to Christmas! They're playing together really...
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The American Guitar Academy
Dec 15, 20201 min read
Hiroshi & Carl play "Milonga"
This beautiful milonga was originally written for solo guitar by the Argentinian guitarist and composer Jorge Cardoso. Later, an extra...
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The American Guitar Academy
Dec 15, 20201 min read
Former Bass Student Jacky's Great Band!
We're always excited to hear news from former students of The American Guitar Academy. Jacky used to take bass guitar lessons at our...
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The American Guitar Academy
Dec 14, 20201 min read
Francisca & Aaron play "Hopelessly Devoted to You"
This beautiful song was written for the film version of the musical Grease and was sung by Olivia Newton-John. Here Francisca plays an...
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The American Guitar Academy
Dec 13, 20201 min read
Giovanni totally nails X Japan's "Rusty Nail"
X Japan guitarist Hideto Matsumoto (known simply as "Hide") would have been 56 today. He was one of Japan's original rock guitar gods...
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The American Guitar Academy
Dec 13, 20201 min read
Momo & Carl play Paco de Lucía
Paco de Lucía (1947 - 2014) was certainly one of the greatest guitarists of all time. As well having a phenomenal technique, he also had...
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The American Guitar Academy
Dec 3, 20201 min read
"Hey Juo"!
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...
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The American Guitar Academy
Dec 1, 20201 min read
TAGA Student Yuji plays "The Chicken"
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...
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The American Guitar Academy
Nov 16, 20201 min read
TAGA Student Madeline Plays and Sings "Ver o Mar"
Here is Madeline performing "Ver o Mar" by the Brazilian guitarist and singer João Erbetta. She worked out the guitar part in her lessons...
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The American Guitar Academy
Nov 14, 20201 min read
Aaron Plays Flamenco Guitar
Within the world of music, flamenco is a unique and endlessly fascinating tradition. In particular, the rhythms used in flamenco are...
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