The Cuban tresguitar resembles a guitar, but instead of having the normal 6 strings, it has 3 pairs of strings each tuned to the same pitch. The tres started out as a 10 string guitar, called the ...
On the new DVD “Beethoven’s Guitar Shred” (TPR Music, www.greatkat.com), The Great Kat (aka Katherine Thomas) buzzes through “Flight of the Bumblebee” at a mind-numbing 300 beats per minute. The ...
A “Guitar Named Sue,” with its mix of smooth and charred wood, exemplifies the sin and search for redemption in Johnny Cash’s art. “The Cartographer” encodes a tribute to a grandfather in the ...