In the Ascension Day, on Friday 11 May, the Ensemble Festival will take place in a very new style. This year there will be not only one ensemble but not less than five ensembles will be formed! A festival for guitarists of all levels, so also for guitar teachers! Divided over five ensembles, that day […]
“Something grooves in music, whenever you feel the drive to move” A definition of Groove is: The balance between slowing down and accelerating while the tempo remains the same (= Timekeeping). A condition for this is a so-called “broad pulse”: Not everyone has to play in exactly the same place in the beat. One person […]
As usual Edsart Udo de Haes will give his Flamenco lessons. Half the year Edsart plays in Spain, where he’s described as the foreigner who can play like a countryman. Last season he performed at the North sea Jazz Festival, at the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, at the Bimhuis and in Germany, Switzerland, Spain, Costa Rica, […]
At the Twents Gitaarfestival, there will be two workshops for beginners and advanced guitarists. In the workshop for the beginners, the basics oft he fingerstyle genre will be taught. The participants will try out several grooves, picking rhythms and right hand techniques (such as tabbing, and using the thumb-pick). In the workshop for the advanced […]
The Kings of Cool: Harmony Guitars lecture/demonstration by Raymond Nijenhuis Roots & Blues guitarist Raymond Nijenhuis gives a lecture on the history of the brand Harmony (1892-1975), the largest American guitar producer of the 20th century, and the role it played in the development of popular music in general, and the Blues in particular. The […]
