ETUDE April 1930 volume XLVIII number 4 page 252, 300 The Romance of the Guitar Based upon an Interview with the Great Spanish Guitarist ANDRÉS SEGOVIA Secured for The Etude By SOPHOCLES PAPAS “The Guitar is a Miniature Orchestra in Itself.”BEETHOVEN Editor’s NoteThis is one of the most interesting and Read more
ETUDE May 1930 volume XLVIII number 5 page 317-318, 367 The Romance of the Guitar By ANDRÉS SEGOVIA Based Upon Notes Prepared by PAPAS SOLPECLES [sic] This article may be read independently of the first part which appeared in the special Spanish issue last month The story of the guitar Read more
ETUDE June 1930 volume XLVIII number 6 page 398, 452 The Romance of the Guitar By ANDRÉS SEGOVIA Sor, Master of the Guitar “THREE OF the 16th century Spanish guitarists whose works are now extant are Luis Milan, Gaspar Sanz and Miguel de Fuenllana. At the end of the 18th Read more
ETUDE December 1937 volume LV number 12 page 831 The Classic Guitar By George C. Krick OF ALL THE FRETTED instruments, the guitar may well boast of the most ancient and romantic history. To give a complete historic outline of this beautiful instrument is somewhat beyond the scope of this Read more
ETUDE January 1938 volume LVI number 1 page 61, 64 The Plectrum Guitar By George C. Krick OUR NEW DEPARTMENT of Fretted Instruments came into THE ETUDE last month on “gum shoes.” We had made no special announcement of it: but, nevertheless, a large number of our readers have expressed Read more
ETUDE November 1937 volume LV number 11 page 756 Fun With Fretted Instruments “It’s fun to listen but more fun to play.” By George C. Krick REGARDLESS of the ease with which one can listen to musical programs of every description, there comes a time when most of us have Read more
ETUDE July 1930 volume XLVIII number 7 page 472 The Romance of the Guitar Based on an Interview with ANDRÉS SEGOVIA By Sophocles Papas Folk Tune Variations “IN ALL PARTS of Spain we find the guitar just as we find the castanets, but not all the people are equally musical Read more
ETUDE May 1938 volume LVI number 5 page 347 Preparing a Concert Program By George C. Krick IN A LETTER recently received from one signing himself “Guitarist,” a subject was brought up, that should be of interest to every player of a fretted instrument. We quote the principal portion of Read more
ETUDE June 1938 volume LVI number 6 page 410, 420 The Tremolo on Fretted Instruments By George C. Krick THE INSTRUMENTS played with a plectrum – mandolin, banjo and modern guitar – have one characteristic feature in common, the tremolo. This is produced by a rapid, alternating down and up Read more
ETUDE February 1938 volume LVI number 2 page 127-128 The Mandolin By George C. Krick ITALY THE LAND of sunshine and romance has given to the world this instrument, that has made friends and admirers of all those within its hearing. According to reliable records it was in 1879, when Read more