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	<description>Blog by the guitarist Nacho Bellido</description>
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		<title>Towards a physical model of the guitar</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The  research  carried  out  in  this  thesis  is concerned  with  the development  of  a  physical  model  of  the classical  guitar.  The  aim of  the model  is  to  be  able  to predict  the sound  of  a guitar  given its  design  of  &#8230; <a href="https://theguitar-blog.com/?p=2648">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Acoustic guitar practice and acousticity : establishing modalities of creative practice</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; &#160; The contemporary  acoustic guitar has developed  from its origins in the &#8216;Spanish&#8217; guitar to become a global instrument and the musical voice of a wide range of styles. The very &#8216;acousticity&#8217; of the instrument positions it as a &#8230; <a href="https://theguitar-blog.com/?p=2646">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>A physical investigation into some factors affecting the musical performance of the guitar</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jan 2016 15:11:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The  guitar  has  a long  history,  during  which  it  has  undergone  a number  of  fundamental changes.  These  changes  were  the  result  of  new demands  from performers  and  composers.  The  guitar  had  been,  essentially, a boudoir  instrument,  but  it came  to&#8217;-be &#8230; <a href="https://theguitar-blog.com/?p=2620">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Was Francisco da Milano a Viola da Mano Player</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jan 2016 15:09:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[“Was Francesco da Milano a Viola da Mano Player?” The Lute: The Journal of the Lute Society 38 (1998): 58-64. Hiroyuki Miramino Was Francisco da Milano a Viola da Mano Player &#160; &#160; http://escholarship.org/uc/item/3q31x9dn?query=lute#page-5 &#160; &#160; Share]]></description>
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		<title>The Just Intonation Guitar Works of Lou Harrison, James Tenney, and Larry Polansky</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Dec 2015 16:40:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Compositions in alternative tuning systems constitute a significant repertoire in twentieth-century U.S. music. A closely-related group of composers further specialized in just intonation—a particular kind of tuning system that utilizes wholenumber relationships between pitches, resulting in a near infinite variety &#8230; <a href="https://theguitar-blog.com/?p=2600">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Julian Bream&#8217;s 20th Century Guitar: An Album&#8217;s Influence on the Modern Guitar Repertoire</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Dec 2015 10:43:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Julian Bream is not only a virtuosic guitarist, but is also well known as a pioneer who expanded the repertoire of the classical guitar by incorporating modernist works into his programs and recordings. John Duarte, a leading figure in guitar &#8230; <a href="https://theguitar-blog.com/?p=2598">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>At Court and at Home with the Vihuela de mano: Current Perspectives of the Instrument, its Music and its World</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Dec 2015 09:58:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The vihuela de mano was the most prominent solo instrument in sixteenth-century Spain. It enjoyed a popularity that extended across a broadsocial spectrum and—much more than has generally been recognised—was equally familiar to the middle-classes as to royalty and the &#8230; <a href="https://theguitar-blog.com/?p=2587">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Mudarra’s Harp Fantasy: History and Analysis</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is the Fantasia que contrahaze la harpa en la manera de Ludovicv [Fantasia that imitata  the harp in the style of Ludovico] that has secured the vihuelist Alonso Mudarra a place among those renaissance musicians whose music is  frequently  &#8230; <a href="https://theguitar-blog.com/?p=2579">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Hearing connections: an actor-network study of online guitar activities</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Dec 2015 09:42:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The  electric  guitar  held  an  elevated  position  within  western  popular  music  during  the  second half of the twentieth century. The instrument&#8217;s most well-known practitioners were referred to as &#8220;heroes&#8221; and &#8220;gods,&#8221; and broadcast their performances through recordings, radio, television, and &#8230; <a href="https://theguitar-blog.com/?p=2575">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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