Artist	Song
Brooks Williams	O Leaozinho
California Guitar Trio	Carnival
Woody Mann And Bob Brozman	Heading Uptown
David Hewitt	Streetbeat
Bruce Cockburn	Train In The Rain
Max LSsser	La Cupicharola
Leo Kottke	Snorkel
Bruce Molsky	The Brass Band Ruchenitsa
Chet Atkins	Blue Angel
Cindy Cashdollar w/Steve James	Spanish Fandango
Jerry Douglas	Little Martha
The Kruger Brothers	Moon Over Switzerland
Lenny Breau and Chet Atkins	This Can't Be Love
Tommy Emmanuel	Sanitarium Shuffle
Stephen Bennett	Perestroika
Brooks Williams	Belfast Blues
Doyle Dykes	Peace Over Shanghai
Cyril Pahinui and Bob Brozman	Hilo E/E Lili'u E
Keola Beamer and George 'Keoki' Winston	Kalena Kai
Cindy Cashdollar with Jorma Kaukonen	Living In The Moment
Don Ross	Berkley Springs

Comment:

Acoustic Mellow: The working title of this mix became the final title because I couldn't think of a better name.
This is an all instrumental mix featuring the sound of acoustic guitars, with a mellow and peaceful
vibe. I started with the song "O Leaozinho" by Brooks Williams, a track I originally submitted for one of those AotM
collaborative mixes, and took it from there.

Most of the songs are plucked by finger, but some sound like a plectrum was used.
Any guitar players out there who can hear the difference? For what it's worth, here is something from Wikipedia
about the various fingerstyles for guitar. I found familiar names in this article, and it helped me put some of them in the proper context.

Fingerstyle musical genres

In the most general sense, "fingerstyle" applies to all guitar music in which a plectrum is not employed. However, as this would encompass
classical guitar, flamenco guitar and several other distinct styles of play, the term is commonly understood to designate not a technique
but a range of musical genres and sub-genres, most often performed on the steel-string acoustic guitar. Of these, one general classification
is into two broad groups: Fingerpicking, or rhythmically-based music, and melodic fingerstyle, in which tone coloration and orchestral effects
are paramount.

Fingerpicking

"Fingerpicking" is a term that is used to describe both a playing style and a genre of music. IIt is generally used to play a specific type of folk, country-jazz and/or blues music.
In this technique, the thumb maintains a steady rhythm, usually playing "alternating bass" patterns on the lower three strings, while the index, or index and middle fingers
pick out melody and fill-in notes on the high strings.

The style originated in the late 1800s and early 1900s, as Southern African American blues guitarists tried to imitate the popular
ragtime piano music of the day, with the guitarist's thumb functioning as the pianist's left hand, and the other fingers functioning
as the right hand. The first recorded examples were by players such as Blind Blake, Big Bill Broonzy, Memphis Minnie and Mississippi John Hurt.
Some early blues players such as Blind Willie Johnson and Tampa Red added slide guitar techniques. Fingerpicking was soon
taken up by Country and Western artists such as Sam McGee, Ike Everly (father of The Everly Brothers) and Merle Travis. Later Chet Atkins
further developed the style.


Classical guitar fingerstyle

A wide range of musical styles are able to be played on the classical guitar. The major feature of classical fingerstyle technique is
that it has evolved to enable solo rendition of harmony and polyphonic music in much the same manner as the piano can.
It allows a high degree of control over the musical dynamics, texture, volume and
timbral characteristics of the guitar.

Fingerstyle jazz guitar

The unaccompanied guitar in jazz is often played in chord-melody style, where the guitarist plays a series of chords with the melody line on top.
True fingerstyle jazz guitar, without the use of a plectrum, dates back to players like Eddie Lang (1902-1933) and Carl Kress (1907-1965).
George van Eps (1913-1998) was revered for his
polyphonic solo guitar playing, and Joe Pass (1929-1994) truly popularized fingerstyle solo jazz guitar improvisation in his later years.
Ted Greene and Lenny Breau were other masters.

Today, fingerstyle jazz guitar has several proponents, from Martin Taylor to Jeff Linsky. Earl Klugh has also recorded several fingerstyle jazz projects on the solo guitar.

An important factor that influences the unique sound of this style is that most jazz fingerstylists play in all keys, unlike folk, classical and
flamenco players who favor keys that provide open strings.

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