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Acoustic Mellow
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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Travis picking
This style is commonly played on steel string acoustic guitars. Pattern picking is the use of "preset right-hand pattern[s]" while fingerpicking,
with the left hand fingering standard chords.
The thumb alternates between bass notes, often on two different strings, while the index and middle fingers alternate between two treble notes,
usually on two different strings, most often the second and first.
American primitive guitar
American primitive guitar or American Primitivism is a subset of fingerstyle guitar. It originated with John Fahey, whose first record album
Blind Joe Death (1959) inspired many guitarists such as Leo Kottke, who made his debut recording of 6 and 12 String Guitar on Fahey's
Takoma label in 1969. American primitive guitar can be characterized by the use of folk music or folk-like material, driving alternating-bass
fingerpicking with a good deal of repetitious ostinato patterns, and the use of alternative tunings.
This style is commonly played on steel string acoustic guitars. Pattern picking is the use of "preset right-hand pattern[s]" while fingerpicking,
with the left hand fingering standard chords.
The thumb alternates between bass notes, often on two different strings, while the index and middle fingers alternate between two treble notes,
usually on two different strings, most often the second and first.
American primitive guitar
American primitive guitar or American Primitivism is a subset of fingerstyle guitar. It originated with John Fahey, whose first record album
Blind Joe Death (1959) inspired many guitarists such as Leo Kottke, who made his debut recording of 6 and 12 String Guitar on Fahey's
Takoma label in 1969. American primitive guitar can be characterized by the use of folk music or folk-like material, driving alternating-bass
fingerpicking with a good deal of repetitious ostinato patterns, and the use of alternative tunings.
Ragtime guitar
Fingerpicking was probably originally inspired by ragtime piano. In the 1960s a new generation of guitarists
returned to these roots and began to transcribe piano tunes for solo guitar. One of the best known and most talented of these players was
Dave Van Ronk who arranged St. Louis Tickle for solo guitar. In 1971 guitarists David Laibman and Eric Schoenberg arranged and recorded
Scott Joplin rags and other complex piano arrangements for the LP The New Ragtime Guitar on Folkways Records. This was followed by a
Stefan Grossman method book with the same title. A year later Grossman and Ed Denson founded Kicking Mule Records a company that
recorded scores of LPs of solo ragtime guitar by artists including Grossman, Ton van Bergeyk, Leo Wijnkamp, Duck Baker, Peter Finger,
Lasse Johansson and Dale Miller. One of today's top ragtime stylists is Craig Ventresco.
"New Age" fingerstyle
In 1976, William Ackerman started Windham Hill Records, which carried on the Takoma tradition of original compositions on solo steel
string guitar. However, instead of the folk and blues oriented music of Takoma, the early
Windham Hill artists abandoned the steady alternating or monotonic bass in favor of sweet flowing
arpeggios and flamenco-inspired percussive techniques. Eventually, this music acquired the label of "New Age", apropos
its widespread use as background music at bookstores, spas and other New Age businesses.
Slack-key guitar
Slack-key guitar is a fingerpicked style that originated in Hawaii. Slack key is nearly always played in open or altered tunings.
Basic slack key style, like mainland folk-based fingerstyle, establishes an alternating bass pattern with the thumb and plays the melody
line with the fingers on the higher strings.
Slack key's older generation included Gabby Pahinui, Leonard Kwan, Sonny Chillingworth, Atta Isaacs, and Raymond Kane.
Prominent contemporary players include Keola Beamer, his brother Kapono Beamer, Ledward Kaapana, Dennis Kamakahi, John Keawe,
Ozzie Kotani, George Kuo, Peter Moon, and Cyril Pahinui.
Fingerpicking was probably originally inspired by ragtime piano. In the 1960s a new generation of guitarists
returned to these roots and began to transcribe piano tunes for solo guitar. One of the best known and most talented of these players was
Dave Van Ronk who arranged St. Louis Tickle for solo guitar. In 1971 guitarists David Laibman and Eric Schoenberg arranged and recorded
Scott Joplin rags and other complex piano arrangements for the LP The New Ragtime Guitar on Folkways Records. This was followed by a
Stefan Grossman method book with the same title. A year later Grossman and Ed Denson founded Kicking Mule Records a company that
recorded scores of LPs of solo ragtime guitar by artists including Grossman, Ton van Bergeyk, Leo Wijnkamp, Duck Baker, Peter Finger,
Lasse Johansson and Dale Miller. One of today's top ragtime stylists is Craig Ventresco.
"New Age" fingerstyle
In 1976, William Ackerman started Windham Hill Records, which carried on the Takoma tradition of original compositions on solo steel
string guitar. However, instead of the folk and blues oriented music of Takoma, the early
Windham Hill artists abandoned the steady alternating or monotonic bass in favor of sweet flowing
arpeggios and flamenco-inspired percussive techniques. Eventually, this music acquired the label of "New Age", apropos
its widespread use as background music at bookstores, spas and other New Age businesses.
Slack-key guitar
Slack-key guitar is a fingerpicked style that originated in Hawaii. Slack key is nearly always played in open or altered tunings.
Basic slack key style, like mainland folk-based fingerstyle, establishes an alternating bass pattern with the thumb and plays the melody
line with the fingers on the higher strings.
Slack key's older generation included Gabby Pahinui, Leonard Kwan, Sonny Chillingworth, Atta Isaacs, and Raymond Kane.
Prominent contemporary players include Keola Beamer, his brother Kapono Beamer, Ledward Kaapana, Dennis Kamakahi, John Keawe,
Ozzie Kotani, George Kuo, Peter Moon, and Cyril Pahinui.
very comprehensive - i'm gonna have to check this one out
This looks lovely and does indeed look comprehensive.
There is a lot to love here, and very educational to boot.
Fingerpickin' good! I'm going to strap on my snorkel & dive right into this one - thanks!
I love this site. Where else with a couple of clicks can you go from "Acoustic Mellow" to Rob's "Like some bright erotic star: File under "C" for "Rawk"? No wonder I'm such a schizoid. Thankfully this mix is calming me down as I type.
Wow, very meticulous and thorough. I look forward to listening to this.
Perhaps you think I'm "stringing" you along, but I like this mix!
I very, very much look forward to giving this a listen as well.
Excellent tunes and background. I only know Hewitt, Cockburn, Kottke and Atkins on here so looking forward to broadening my exposure.
I'm listening to this mix as I type Claude, and it's just wonderful. I'm about halfway through and it's just floated by. Always love a lanhamyodel mix, and this is no exception. Nice cover art also..
This is a very nice listen. Thanks. Great comments too.
Thanks Claude, I need to hear this.
Fan-pickin'-tastic. This is downloading IMMEDIATELY!