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Listen to these instrumentals played in a up-to-date syncopated style on an acoustic guitar. The technique is strictly fingerstyle and the tunes are all well known , ie “The Entertainer”, “Apache”, “Georgia On My Mind” but you will have never heard Mozart’s “Alla Turka” or “Girl From Iponema” played as Ragtime.  Maybe you didn’t imagine “Ghost Riders in the Sky” or “Over the Rainbow” (made trendy again by Eva Cassidy) could be played chords and all by a solo guitar, or “California Dreaming” complete with the middle eight. When you think of solo guitarist then perhaps “Cavatina” (Deer Hunter theme) or “Andante”(Tales of the Riverbank theme) come to mind but you will probably have heard these on a nylon strung Spanish Guitar. I have found that tunes like this and other classical pieces (including “The Seasons” made famous by Nigel Kennedy on the violin) sparkle in a more authentic way on proper metal strings. Click on the example videos to see me in action
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