I hope you enjoy my LIVE performance of the John Lennon classic – “Imagine” fingerstyle guitar version.
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“Ain’t Nobody” (Chaka Khan) – LIVE | Fingerstyle Guitar
I hope you enjoy this LIVE fingerstyle guitar version of the Chaka Khan classic – “Ain’t Nobody.”
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I hope you enjoy this fingerstyle guitar version of the Fats Waller classic – “Ain’t Misbehavin.”
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I hope you enjoy my LIVE performance in Vienna. This is the fingerstyle guitar version of the Stevie Wonder classic – “Superstition.”
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Greetings from Amtrak. Current location – Syracuse NY, in the dining car!
Recently I re-read a short book I bought in my college years called “Basic Principles in Piano Playing” by Josef Levine. Levine was one of the great pianists and conductors of the 20th century.
Whenever I feel that it’s time to focus on playing and improve, I play Bach – sometimes on guitar, sometimes on piano.
Bach is pretty unforgiving…he wrote what he wrote, and the player has to find a solution. It’s not based on “comfy” positions on an instrument. It presents lots of technical challenges.
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