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Video Clips of Famous Guitarists
Watch and listen to famous guitarists playing
a variety of styles. Click on the guitarists below
to view the video in a seperate window.
Gypsy Swing:
Django
Reinhardt plays with violinist Stephane Grappelli
- notice he's only playing with 2 fingers of his left hand!
Flamenco:
Paco
de Lucia ,
flamenco master, plays a "Solea," one of the fundamental flamenco forms.
Flamenco/Rumba:
Paco de Lucia performs
his famous rumba "Entre dos Aguas" in this video from 1976.
Juan Martin performs
his original rumba "La Feria" on a television show.
Jazz:
Wes Montgomery, the
Jazz legend, performs "Blues in F" (with
only his thumb, of course!).
Brazilian Jazz:
Charlie Byrd plays a chord melody version of Antontio
Carlos Jobim's "Corcovado."
Antonio Carlos Jobim performs “The Girl from Ipanema” with Frank Sinatra.
Classical Guitar:
Andres Segovia in a
1956 performance of Bach's "Suite Nº VI" violoncello
solo.
John Williams and Julian Bream playing Manuel de Falla's "Spanish Dance no. 1."
Rock Guitar:
Jimi Hendrix plays
Purple Haze.
Andy Summers of The Police demonstrates his use of guitar effects for famous
Police songs like "Every Breath You Take" and "Walking on the
Moon" in this clip from 1987.
Fingerstyle/Country Guitar:
Merle Travis demonstrates
his pioneering style of fingerpicking guitar with these short old video clips.
Chet Atkins plays "Galloping
on the Guitar."
Junior
Brown performs the classic "Sugarfoot Rag."
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