InRock n’ HeavybyAlicia Turner·2d agoI am Grieving the Loss of my Guitar and Means of Making MusicThe above photo is a self portrait, by me, the author. I have been a musician ever since I was young. Early on, I learned keyboard (first a…A response icon3A response icon3
Mark Jaress, Digeratus Extraordinaire·Oct 17The Acoustic Guitar: A Familiar Shape, a Hidden WorldCenturies of changing strings, hidden craftsmanship, and the beauty of a familiar instrument.
John G. McDaid·Aug 22Thatcher Harrison at Rough PointThatcher Harrison, a local guitar legend — no, seriously — returned from his Masters program at UWM for a sold-out concert at Rough Point…
Elcoda·Jul 29How to Choose Replacement Machine Heads for a Classical Guitar: Schaller, Gear Ratios, Dimensions…To choose replacement machine heads for a classical guitar, first remove the old set and take accurate measurements. The most important…
Viktor van Niekerk·Jul 8The Peel Truth: “Thank Heavens No One Entrusted Mr. Peel with a Critic’s Job”How a Portsmouth guitar teacher called Narciso Yepes “the greatest guitarist of all time,” was told by Britain’s most malignant guitar…
Viktor van Niekerk·Jun 16“True Love and Understanding”: What Happened to Graham Wade, Author of Traditions of the Classical…Documenting how a writer who called Narciso Yepes’s ten-string guitar “vindicated as an ideal medium for Bach” (1974) became its most…
Viktor van Niekerk·Jun 12Classical Guitar’s Founding Myth: Segovia Was a Modernist, Not a RomanticThis is a summary of a four-part series examining classical guitar’s Modernist origins and the institutional suppression of Narciso Yepes…
Viktor van Niekerk·Dec 14, 2025Who Invented Narciso Yepes’s Ten-String Guitar? Dismantling Six Decades of MisattributionIntroduction: The Legal Framework
Viktor van Niekerk·Dec 4, 2025The Machinery of Suppression (Part II): A Real-Time DemonstrationHow forum responses and defensive emails prove the mechanisms documented in the original investigation
Viktor van Niekerk·Nov 28, 2025Yepes’s Principles of Three-Fingered Scale Playing for GuitaristsAnd Their Extension Beyond a–m–i Scales
