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Posted on July 13th, 2007.
This post was written by Jad Azkoul.
“ Azkoul can make his instrument sing. This is a skill far more important than the ability to whip out thousands of notes per minute accurately and expressively, which he can also do.”
From a rock’n'roll guitarist playing on a Fender Telecaster while investigating memory, perception and psychophysics to becoming a concert classical guitarist! From being a fan of Elvis Presley and the Shadows, and then of the Beatles, and Simon & Garfunkel, and on to Crosby, Stills & Nash, and to Yes and Jethro Tull, and ending up being a fan of Stravinsky, Bartok, Villa-Lobos, Albéniz and Bach, and of performers like Julian Bream and Abel Carlevaro…
That’s an unusual road, but one worth taking! Thanks to several years of training with Abel Carlevaro, I went far beyond the approach to the guitar I had been using and refined the quality of my musical hearing. Equally important, I learned how to use my body more efficiently and got rid of my aches and pains.
This knowledge has permitted me (and later on, my students) to have a healthier approach to playing and to produce a variety of color in each interpretation, as well as to move smoothly and freely all over the fingerboard without making distracting noises. I welcome you to my website and invite you to explore this and other guitar matters with me. Let us together help bring the guitar into the 21st century.