At The American Guitar Academy, we pride ourselves in being able to adapt to the needs and wishes of each student. We know that no two...

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!...

Many happy returns to Guthrie Govan who turns 49 today. Born in England, Govan is in many ways the guitarists' guitarist. This is perhaps...

Giovanni & Carl play "Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer". Wishing everyone a very happy Christmas and a great holiday! We look forward to...

Loucas and Alessia have been enjoying learning the ukulele and are really looking forward to Christmas! They're playing together really...

This beautiful milonga was originally written for solo guitar by the Argentinian guitarist and composer Jorge Cardoso. Later, an extra...

We're always excited to hear news from former students of The American Guitar Academy. Jacky used to take bass guitar lessons at our...

This beautiful song was written for the film version of the musical Grease and was sung by Olivia Newton-John. Here Francisca plays an...

X Japan guitarist Hideto Matsumoto (known simply as "Hide") would have been 56 today. He was one of Japan's original rock guitar gods...

Paco de Lucía (1947 - 2014) was certainly one of the greatest guitarists of all time. As well having a phenomenal technique, he also had...

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...

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...

Here is Madeline performing "Ver o Mar" by the Brazilian guitarist and singer João Erbetta. She worked out the guitar part in her lessons...

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

Happy Birthday to Paul Gilbert who turns 54 today. Paul has been voted "Top 10 Greatest Guitar Shredders of All Time" (Guitar One...

It's wonderful to start the day with a bit of Bach! Playing Bach's two-part inventions is a wonderful experience in which each player...

Brian McKnight: One Last Cry His grace notes are awesome and he was the first foreign artist I liked. This is my favorite song of his....

Domenico Scarlatti was born on this day (October 26th) in 1685, the same year as J. S. Bach. He was born in Naples, but spent most of his...

The American Guitar Academy's 2020 Student Recital was held on Saturday, September 26th in the Franciscan Chapel Center, Roppongi. Here...

This study combines slurs (hammer-ons and pull-offs) with the challenge of keeping another left-hand finger in place. This makes is a...