I’ve found that, after a few years, it is simply not easy to find past posts in the Blog here. In fact, the search field is very powerful, but if one doesn’t know what they are looking for, browsing is really not convenient. So, I decided to put up this index. I’ll list every piece I’ve posted, organized by topic, each linked to the specific article. The categories will be: Technique, Practicing and General Guitar Topics; General Music and Teaching Topics; Guest Artists; Spotlights on Alumni; and Student Activities. Article titles will be organized alphabetically. I hope this feature helps readers find past posts more readily!
Technique, Practicing and General Guitar Topics
The Arpeggio I
The Arpeggio II: Preparing (Planting)
Balance I (Foreground and Background)
Balance II (In Music of Bach)
Balance III (Chords)
Chamber Music Score Prep
Dampening Strings
Eliminate the Hard Parts: Editing the Score
Emotional Content in Your Music
Finger It Differently on the Repeat
Fingering for Dotted Rhythms
Harmonics
The Hemiola
Left Hand Shifting
Lighten Up! Squeezing with the Left Hand
Making Faces While Playing
Memorizing Part 1: Three Legs to Stand On
Memorizing Part 2: Doing It Backwards
My Tortured Relationship with the Digital Tuner
Perfect Fingering or Sight-Reading: Reconciling Two Opposites
Phrasing
Playing Louder
Playing the Melody with Good Rhythm
The Pleasures and the Dangers of Reference Recordings
Practicing and the iPhone
Practicing I: What To Do in the Practice Room
Practicing II: Time Management
Practicing III: Hints and Tips
Preparing Lots of Music at the Same Time
Rhythm/Meter/Tempo/Groove: Playing in Time
Scales
Sight-Reading on the Guitar
The Slur (Ascending)
The Slur (Descending)
Stage Deportment I: Why We Bow
Stage Deportment II: Clothes
Stage Deportment III: Music Stands and Scores
Stage Deportment IV: Playing Well With Others
Tone Production
Tremolo I, Basic Routine
Tremolo II, Left Hand, Internal Accent and Rubato
Tremolo III, Tone, Legato and Accompaniment
Tuning the Guitar Without a Digital Tuner
Velocity: Fast i-m Alternation, Now
What To Do On Performance Day
Your Instrument’s Setup
General Music and Teaching Topics
Akron Guitar Program Survived!
Aron To Retire From Akron
Alumnus and Luthier, David Gohara, Donates Guitar to Oberlin
Chamber Music My Students Have Performed
Curiosity: Can It Help Us Become Better Musicians?
Guest Artists: Bringing the World to Your Doorstep
Guest Artist Master List
Guitar and the Fulbright, Part 1
Guitar and the Fulbright, Part 2
Guitar Competitions
Guitar Music on Other Instruments
The Guitar Riches of Northeast Ohio I: Concerts
Luthier Mike Tracz Visits Oberlin
More Student Recitals
Oberlin’s Plucked Instrument Collection
On Being a Joiner
Programming: Creating Satisfying Recital Programs
The Student Recital Tour
Why Mixed Chamber Music?
Guest Artists
Guest Artists Master List (1981-present)
Agnew-McAllister Duo (flute/gtr)
Sergio Assad
Randall Avers (alum)
Denis Azabagic
Anton Baranov
Oberlin Students Play for Beijing Duo (2024)
Francis Biggi (lute)
Isaac Bustos
Bokyung Byun
Jorge Caballero
Julius Carlson (alum)
Colin Davin
Chris Eldridge (alum/steel string)
Juan Jose Escobar (flamenco, with troupe)
Mark DelPriora
Marcin Dylla
Raphaël Feuillâtre
Fire & Grace (Edwin Huizinga, violin, with William Coulter, steel string guitar)
Thibaut Garcia
Nicholas Goluses
Grisha Goryachev I
Grisha Goryachev II
Robert Gruca
Dieter Hennings w/CME for Zohn-Muldoon
Dieter Hennings plays Trigos and Ruders Concertos w/CME
Dieter Hennings, with Duo Damiana
Dieter Hennings with Zohn Collective and Tim Weiss
Matthew Hinsley (alum)
Rene Izquierdo & Elina Chekan (two gtrs)
James-Rucco Duo (two 19th c. gtrs)
Xavier Jara (2016)
Xavier Jara (2022)
Patrick Kearney
David Malone
Christopher Mallett (alum)
Rovshan Mamedkuliev
James Marron
Simon Martyn-Ellis (lute)
Matthew McAllister
Jeffrey McFadden
Alan Mearns (2024)
Nigel North (lute)
Paul O’Dette (lute)
Matt Palmer
Judicaël Perroy
James Piorkowski (composer)
Los Romeros (guitar quartet)
Marco Sartor
Raphaella Smits
SoloDuo I (two gtrs) -2014
SoloDuo II (two gtrs)
SoloDuo III (two gtrs)
Tantalus Guitar Quartet (guitar quartet)
Marija Temo (flamenco)
Tully-Hull Duo (flute/gtr)
Benjamin Verdery I
Benjamin Verdery II
Jason Vieaux/Yolanda Kondonassis (harp/gtr)
Thomas Viloteau
Spotlights on Alumni
Randall Avers (UA/OCM)
Michael Beharie (OCM)
Theresa Calpotura (OCM)
Benjamin Cantú (OCM)
Josinaldo Costa (UA)
Alexander Dean (UA)
Jonathan Gangi (UA)
Matthew Hinsley (OCM)
Bret Hoag (OCM)
Rusty Jones (UA)
Malcolm Karlan (OCM)
Adam Keeler (UA)
Christopher Mallett (OCM)
Kurt Reed (UA)
Adam Sarata (UA)
Scott Schwertfeger (UA)
Steve Sloan (UA)
Adam Tully (OCM)
Rami Vamos (OCM)
Adam Wilson (OCM)
Student Activities
Suvan Agarwal’s Remarkable Final Year Roundup (2024)
Suvan Agarwal’s Fifth-Year Recital (2024)
Suvan Agarwal’s Senior Recital (2023)
Suvan Agarwal Wins Tuesday Musical Club Prizes (2022)
Suvan Agarwal’s Junior Recital (2022)
Suvan Agarwal’s Sophomore Recital (2021)
Aron House Party Fall 2023
Aron House Party Fall 2022
Aron House Party Spring 2022
Aron House Party Fall 2019
Aron House Party Spring 2019
Aron House Party Fall 2017
Barrios Studies Day at Oberlin
Sara Baunoch’s Sophomore Ad Hoc Recital (2024)
Sara Baunoch’s Freshman Recital (2023)
Jacob Blizard’s Senior Recital (2015)
Jacob Blizard’s Junior Recital (2014)
Blizard-Renallo Duo Recital (2015)
Julia Bodian’s Senior Recital (2020)
Julia Bodian’s Junior Recital (2019)
Dani Bosci Plays Two Recitals (2023)
Sarah Boyson’s Senior Recital (2014)
