The Music Thread.

[Mack The Knife]

Quite often.

Infact that is what I was listening to and then came across this -

[Skyman]

Positively delicious....

[Mack The Knife]

Didn't much care for it when I heard it again.

[Grumpy]

Flamenco doesn`t do it for me.
I had a line drawing of Andre Segovia on my bedroom wall when in my teens but can`t say I`m any more `into` classical guitar now than I was then. The catalogue of music dedicated to the classical guitar is mostly limited to Villa-Lobos ( or so it might seem anyway ) - the rest are transcriptions which work better with the original instruments I think.

[Mack The Knife]

the rest are transcriptions which work better with the original instruments I think.

Like Paco de Lucia? He does use a classical guitar though.

BTW, which guitar came first - the classical with it's nylon strings or the acoustic with the metal strings? I'd imagine it was the latter.

[Grumpy]

Steel strings are a comparitively modern innovation - and so are nylon strings. I don`t know exactly when steel strings were invented but it was probably early in the 20th Century because they were in common use by the 1920s. The first nylon/nylon and bronze strings were developed just after WWII.
Gut strings preceded nylon strings by centuries ......
The gut strung classical guitar was in existence a LONG time before steel strung guitars.

[Mack The Knife]

I have played with gut strung racquets but I have never heard a gut strung guitar or any other gut strung string instrument, for that matter.

It could give caterwauling a whole new meaning....

[Grumpy]

lol. Well, there was no choice until after WWII. You can still buy gut strings for classical guitars but they`re expensive.
A lot of violinists still use gut strings - especially for older material to achieve an `authentic` sound. Modern violin/viola/cello strings are made of stranded synthetic material mixed with fine metal strands.
Gut strings are not made of `cat gut` by the way .... and never have been. They`re made of sheep or cattle gut.
NEVER use steel strings on a classical guitar because you`ll wreck it. The bracing is just not suited to steel strings.

[Mack The Knife]

NEVER use steel strings on a classical guitar because you`ll wreck it. The bracing is just not suited to steel strings.

Thanks for that bit of info.

[Skyman]

Or vice versa.The problem is many people can play well but few have musical genius.SRV is one man who made an effort not to play a song the same way twice.

Anyone like blues?

[Grumpy]

Blues ?
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[Grumpy]

Another Joe Bonamassa track.
Although listed as `Mountain Time` this is actually two tracks run together - the first is called `INDIA`!
It changes to `Mountain Time @ 3:02
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[Grumpy]

Might as well play a third:
`Happier Times`:
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[Skyman]

More on the likes of

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[Mack The Knife]

Oh yeah! Give us another, Grumpy.

I'm gone fishin'