Tommy Emmanuel
Tommy Emmanuel (born May 31, 1955) is an Australian virtuoso guitarist,
best known for his fine art of "fingerpicking", which is akin to
the way a pianist plays the piano, using all ten fingers. He is considered
by some as the greatest fingerpicker in the world today. Emmanuel is a committed
Christian since beating substance abuse two decades ago. Tommy has a great
instructional book out called Tommy Emmanuel Solo Guitar Style
Eric Loy
Eric Loy is a Ohio guitarist that does some of the greatest arrangements
of TV and popular music that your will ever hear. His technical skill is outstanding.
The breadth and depth of his knowledge as a guitarist is impressive. He does
everything from Bach to Chet Atkins. The "Fishing Hole" and "Linus
and Lucy" are examples of two great arrangements of popular music that
Eric has done.
Clarelynn Rose
Clarelynn Rose has a sound all of her own. She uses unusual tunings to
produce acoustic finger style guitar music that will remind you of the last
time that you were in the great outdoors. Her music is very relaxing and peaceful
yet still invigorating at the same time. Clarelynn Rose makes some of the
most enjoyable music that you will ever hear. There are a lot of great guitar
players out there; however, Clarelynn makes music that is good for the soul.
Frederick Noad
Frederick Noad passed away on September 13, 2001. The world of music
has lost a great champion and friend. An extraordinarily gifted man, Fred
Noad was a master teacher, an accomplished performer on both classical and
flamenco guitar, a scholar, composer, arranger, transcriber, software developer,
publisher, and, of course, authorFrederick Noad Frederick Noad has written
two books that are very helpful for the aspiring guitarist. Solo Guitar Playing
One and Solo Guitar Playing two are both are a great guide to becoming a better
Classical Guitarist. Each of the previously mentioned books comes with a CD
containing all of the songs in the book. For more information on Frederick
Noad take a look at his home page at Frederick Noad Classical Guitar Homepage
Andreas Segovia
Andrés Segovia, Marques de Salobreña (February 21, 1893 – June 3, 1987)
was a Spanish classical guitarist born in Linares, Spain who is considered
to be the father of the modern classical guitar movement by most modern scholars.
Segovia claimed that he rescued the guitar from the hands of flamenco gypsies,
and built up a classical repertoire to give it a place in concert halls.