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    Fusako plays "Largo" from Concerto R 93 by A. Vivaldi
    The American Guitar Academy
    • Mar 23, 2021
    • 1 min

    Fusako plays "Largo" from Concerto R 93 by A. Vivaldi

    Fusako plays Largo from Concerto R 93 by A. Vivaldi (1678 – 1741) accompanied by her teacher Carl. Well done, Fusako! The Baroque...
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    Ritsuka & Giovanni's Renaissance duet
    The American Guitar Academy
    • Mar 21, 2021
    • 1 min

    Ritsuka & Giovanni's Renaissance duet

    Ritsuka plays "Il Bianco Fiore", by Cesare Negri (c.1535-c.1605), accompanied by her teacher Giovanni on the Renaissance lute. Great job,...
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    Momo & Carl play "A Mi Manera" (My Way)
    The American Guitar Academy
    • Mar 14, 2021
    • 1 min

    Momo & Carl play "A Mi Manera" (My Way)

    Momo is a big fan of Latin music. Here, she plays a Latin interpretation of Frank Sinatra's signature song "My Way". "My Way" has an...
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    Hanako plays Day Tripper (the Beatles)
    The American Guitar Academy
    • Mar 7, 2021
    • 1 min

    Hanako plays Day Tripper (the Beatles)

    Here's Hanako playing "Day Tripper" by the Beatles during one of her lessons with Hiroshi. The Beatles released the original song in 1965...
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    Happy Birthday, Wes Montgomery!
    The American Guitar Academy
    • Mar 6, 2021
    • 1 min

    Happy Birthday, Wes Montgomery!

    Jazz guitar legend Wes Montgomery was born on this day, March 6th, 1923. Montgomery is celebrated as one of the most influential jazz...
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    Telemann on Telecasters
    The American Guitar Academy
    • Feb 4, 2021
    • 1 min

    Telemann on Telecasters

    Hiroshi & Carl play canon TWV 40:118 by the German Baroque composer Georg Philipp Telemann (1681 – 1767) on their Fender Telecaster...
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    Bossa Nova Classic "Desafinado" Performed by Rebeca, Giovanni and Aaron
    The American Guitar Academy
    • Jan 25, 2021
    • 1 min

    Bossa Nova Classic "Desafinado" Performed by Rebeca, Giovanni and Aaron

    Happy Birthday to the legendary Brazilian composer Antônio Carlos Jobim, revered in Brazil and considered to be the father of bossa nova....
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    Happy New Year!
    The American Guitar Academy
    • Jan 1, 2021
    • 1 min

    Happy New Year!

    Happy New Year from all the teachers and staff at TAGA! We hope that 2021 will be a year of health, happiness and lots of great music!...
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    Happy Birthday, Guthrie Govan!
    The American Guitar Academy
    • Dec 27, 2020
    • 1 min

    Happy Birthday, Guthrie Govan!

    Many happy returns to Guthrie Govan who turns 49 today. Born in England, Govan is in many ways the guitarists' guitarist. This is perhaps...
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    Happy Christmas!
    The American Guitar Academy
    • Dec 24, 2020
    • 1 min

    Happy Christmas!

    Giovanni & Carl play "Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer". Wishing everyone a very happy Christmas and a great holiday! We look forward to...
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    Loucas & Alessia play "Jingle Bells"
    The American Guitar Academy
    • Dec 24, 2020
    • 1 min

    Loucas & Alessia play "Jingle Bells"

    Loucas and Alessia have been enjoying learning the ukulele and are really looking forward to Christmas! They're playing together really...
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    Hiroshi & Carl play "Milonga"
    The American Guitar Academy
    • Dec 15, 2020
    • 1 min

    Hiroshi & Carl play "Milonga"

    This beautiful milonga was originally written for solo guitar by the Argentinian guitarist and composer Jorge Cardoso. Later, an extra...
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    Former Bass Student Jacky's Great Band!
    The American Guitar Academy
    • Dec 14, 2020
    • 1 min

    Former Bass Student Jacky's Great Band!

    We're always excited to hear news from former students of The American Guitar Academy. Jacky used to take bass guitar lessons at our...
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    Francisca & Aaron play "Hopelessly Devoted to You"
    The American Guitar Academy
    • Dec 14, 2020
    • 1 min

    Francisca & Aaron play "Hopelessly Devoted to You"

    This beautiful song was written for the film version of the musical Grease and was sung by Olivia Newton-John. Here Francisca plays an...
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    Giovanni totally nails X Japan's "Rusty Nail"
    The American Guitar Academy
    • Dec 13, 2020
    • 1 min

    Giovanni totally nails X Japan's "Rusty Nail"

    X Japan guitarist Hideto Matsumoto (known simply as "Hide") would have been 56 today. He was one of Japan's original rock guitar gods...
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    Momo & Carl play Paco de Lucía
    The American Guitar Academy
    • Dec 13, 2020
    • 1 min

    Momo & Carl play Paco de Lucía

    Paco de Lucía (1947 - 2014) was certainly one of the greatest guitarists of all time. As well having a phenomenal technique, he also had...
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    "Hey Juo"!
    The American Guitar Academy
    • Dec 3, 2020
    • 1 min

    "Hey Juo"!

    The original song "Hey Joe" was by an American songwriter called Billy Roberts, but it's best known in the version played and recorded by...
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    TAGA Student Yuji plays "The Chicken"
    The American Guitar Academy
    • Dec 1, 2020
    • 1 min

    TAGA Student Yuji plays "The Chicken"

    First of all, Happy Birthday to Jaco Pastorius who was born on December 1st, 1951. Jaco is widely recognized as having been one of the...
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    TAGA Student Madeline Plays and Sings "Ver o Mar"
    The American Guitar Academy
    • Nov 16, 2020
    • 1 min

    TAGA Student Madeline Plays and Sings "Ver o Mar"

    Here is Madeline performing "Ver o Mar" by the Brazilian guitarist and singer João Erbetta. She worked out the guitar part in her lessons...
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    Aaron Plays Flamenco Guitar
    The American Guitar Academy
    • Nov 14, 2020
    • 1 min

    Aaron Plays Flamenco Guitar

    Within the world of music, flamenco is a unique and endlessly fascinating tradition. In particular, the rhythms used in flamenco are...
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