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WHAT IS A DREADNOUGHT GUITAR?

If you take an interest in acoustic guitars , it won’t be long till you find out dreadnought guitars are amongst the most popular. You’ll hear it so much that you won’t want to be the one to ask: What is a dreadnought guitar? Don’t worry, we’ve got you covered; we will break down everything you need to know about dreadnought guitars. You’ll be an expert in no time, and you’ll understand why the dreadnought body shape is so popular. What Is a Dreadnought Guitar? The name dreadnought refers to the shape and size of the acoustic guitar body. A dreadnought guitar is one of the largest body shapes available. It’s distinctive only because it’s so popular, but it has relatively undefined features. Other acoustic guitar shapes like the grand auditorium or classical guitar have more striking features thanks to their narrow waist. The upper and lower bouts of a dreadnought guitar are similar in size because the waist doesn’t get too thin. A Brief History of the Dreadnought Guitar I...
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10 BEAUTIFUL PIECES OF CLASSICAL MUSIC FOR GUITAR

1. Concierto de Aranjuez – Rodrigo For a work as Spanish as Rodrigo’s Concierto de Aranjuez, it might seem bizarre that many people’s first encounter with it linked to Yorkshire. But the concerto’s use in the 1996 film  Brassed Off!  ensured that the popularity of this work sky-rocketed. The miners affectionately referred to it as ‘Orange Juice’, after finding it rather challenging to pronounce ‘Aranjuez’. 2. Guitar concerto in D – Vivaldi This wonderfully playful Baroque concerto was originally composed for a lute, but the modern transposition for classical guitar is just lovely. Although Vivaldi spent the majority of his life in Venice, this concerto comes from his globe-trotting period. It was written in Bohemia, although its three short movements were never published in his lifetime. 3. Five Bagatelles – Walton By no means an easy piece to master, Walton’s technically fiendish ‘Five Bagatelles’ (1971) is a minefield of quirky rhythms. B...
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WHO INVENTED THE ACOUSTIC GUITAR?

The origins of the acoustic guitar changes depending on who you ask. We can trace early, guitar-like instruments to all corners of the world, each with a fantastic story. There are even explicit representations of guitar-like instruments found in ancient carvings, as old as 3300 years (Hittite carvings found in Turkey). Through time, there have been countless variations on the guitar. We have to focus on the advancements that led us most clearly to the form of the modern acoustic guitar as we know it today. That way, we can more accurately answer the question, who invented the acoustic guitar? Antonio de Torres Jurado That leads us to one man, Antonio de Torres Jurado. Antonio de Torres Jurado was a 19th-century musician who is credited for shaping the modern acoustic guitar, circa 1850. He altered the proportions of the existing acoustic guitar, to give it more defined features. The most visible alterations are the widened body and narrow waist. He also replaced wooden ...
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