Fernando Perez - World Music Guitar

This piece is a Tasnif for medium level players.
It has microtones on A and E. They are also quarter tones, so it means you will need to place the extra frets half way between two normal frets. By extra…

The only issue we need to solve when playing Persian music on a guitar is how to play microtonal notes. 
Since my intention i always to keep everything as close as possible to the standard guitar, hence making it available…

Let's try the first part of  MAQAM HIJAZ TAQSIM  “Homage to Munir Bashir”
 

The Maqam Hijaz family is one of the most commonly used flavours in Arabic music. In fact, the jins Hijaz is the first type of tetrachord any…

When playing Arabic Maqam music on a standard guitar we need to figure out how to play microtonal notes. The easiest and without any economic cost method is the use of fretlets. 


Fretlets or Tastini are short frets added to…

When learning steel guitar we often face the question about choosing one guitar tuning. 
We keep wondering what is the best tuning. And there are much information out there convincing us what is the best for what. One of the…

Many guitarists have questions about playing with fingerpicks versus using bare fingers.
Both ways are fine and unique. They offer different sound colors. I personally like to often use fingerpicks but depending on the nature of the music I go…

Fretless guitar is the most ideal type of guitar if you want to learn what we call Maqam music on a guitar. This music system known as Maqam in the Arab countries, Makam in Turkey or even Magam for Kurdish…

In this article we are going to learn a little bit of West African music played on guitar.
The music from this part of Africa is played by the Jalis, also known as griots, although between you and me…

Turkish music is one of those styles that opens up an amazing new world for the guitarist. 
Rhythms in this type of music are very unique and intriguing. So are their melodies and approach to what we would never…

Among the different styles of music to be found in the Balkans the music of Bulgaria is one of the most challenging to play on guitar. If one desires to become a master of odd rhythms on guitar here…