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
ETUDE July 1938 volume LVI number 7 page 482, 488 The Guitar By George C. Krick ACCORDING TO RELIABLE STATISTICS, the number of guitars sold in this country in 1937 reached the almost unbelievable total of half a million. This, of course, includes all varieties, classic, plectrum and Hawaiian. By Read more
ETUDE September 1938 volume LVI number 9 page 618 A Fresh Start for Teacher and Pupil By George C. Krick AGAIN WE ARE on the threshold of a new season filled with new hopes, aspirations and resolutions. Refreshed after a period of rest and recreation it now behooves us to Read more
ETUDE October 1938 volume LVI number 10 page 694 Franz Schubert, Guitarist By George C. Krick THE LIFE OF FRANZ SCHUBERT has been the subject of many historians and it is not the object of this article to restate what is already known to most music lovers throughout the world, Read more
ETUDE November 1938 volume LVI number 11 page762 Miguel Llobet 1878 – 1938 By George C. Krick THE RECENTLY REPORTED death in Barcelona of Miguel Llobet will come as a great loss to the guitar fraternity. The younger generation of guitarists will be interested to know that in his native Read more
ETUDE December 1938 volume LVI number 12 page 836 Electrical Instruments By George C. Krick DURING THE PAST MONTHS quite a number of letters have been received by this department from readers requesting information regarding the new electrical instruments, and in this article we shall endeavor to give a fairly Read more
ETUDE April 1939 volume LVII number 4 page 280 Luigi Mozzani By George C. Krick WHILE AMERICAN GUITARISTS are accustomed to associate with the classic guitar only such names as Segovia, Llobet, Gomez, Sainz de la Maza, Alfonso and others coming to us from Spain, little is known of Luigi Read more
ETUDE May 1939 volume LVII number 5 page 346 The Care of Instruments By George C. Krick SOME YEARS AGO we were happy in the possession of a fine guitar that had just arrived from abroad. Its tone was superb, the workmanship beautiful. Four months later it was in the Read more
ETUDE February 1939 volume LVII number 2 page 136 The Guitar in Chamber Music By George C. Krick IF YOU SHOULD HAPPEN to visit the “rare book” room in the Congressional Library in Washington, do not fail to pause before the glass case containing some of the greatest musical treasures Read more