Specification of the pierre bensusan signature series guitar. Pierre bensusan born 30 october 1957 is a frenchalgerian acoustic guitarist. The genre of his acoustic guitar music is often characterized as celtic, folk, world music, new age, or chamber jazz. Pierre bensusan, one of the key promoters of dadgad tuning, takes you. The guitar book of pierre bensusan guitar technique hal. The guitar book of pierre bensusan guitar technique. All in tablature, mostly his preferred dadgad tuning. There is also a biographical sketch about each artist. Chattanooga hosts official cd release for frances pierre. View sabina stoynovas profile on linkedin, the worlds largest professional community.
Virtually all of the pieces from his first 4 recordings are transcribed in very accessible format. Guitar collection with transcriptions of the azwan. Grammy nominated fingerstyle legend, thom bresh merle travis son, and pierre bensusan guitar player magazines 2008 world guitarist of the year. Pierre bensusan s guitar book is simply one of the best guitar books ever published. He has also published three books of music and tablature. Secure paypal ordering and excellent customer service. Acoustic master pierre bensusan came by the studio last week for an interview lesson on dadgad. The official pierre bensusan web site dadgad music. Mar 16, 2000 pierre bensusan presents dadgad guitar book cd set pierre bensusan on. Jan 17, 2011 adam perlmutter is a freelance writer, transcriber, and engraver living in culver city, california.
Pierre bensusan guitar collection by pierre bensusan. I have worked for one year to build this 5month tour which includes about 100 shows, to sync with the release of my new album azwan and my new book the pierre bensusan guitar collection, so i encourage you, fans and friends to purchase these new releases through my website at. Bensusan writes about how he developed his technique and style with the dadgad tuning, and each artist shares insights on his or her contributed piece. Pierre bensusan on practicing scales and his righthand. If you want to learn how to play the guitar, you might as well learn from the best. Pierre bensusan tabs, chords, guitar, bass, ukulele chords, power tabs and guitar pro tabs including merrily kissed the quaker, the last pint, wu wei, 4 am, dame lombarde. Incredible guitar player and hope you catch some pearls of wisdom he drops. Welcome on the official fans page of world music guitarist pierre bensusan. Pierre s transcriptions are barebones, yet the experienced ear can tell that he is manipulating bass lines and accents to his liking at any given point.
In general, the pieces are arranged from easiest to most difficult, and most are accessible for an. His fingerprint is on it whether it is found in his earlier folk and celticbased renderings, his freeform improvisational material, or in settings, solo or ensemble. Issuu is a digital publishing platform that makes it simple to publish magazines, catalogs, newspapers, books, and more online. The advantages of this one are a although none of the pieces is for beginners, they are generally easier than some of. Bensusans traditional irish fiddle tunes, french ballads and more. The guitar book books pierre bensusan online store. The french dadgad master talks about practicing scales and some of his righthand techniques during an impromptu july 20 interview with barry cleveland. Pierre bensusan plays the return from fingal pierre bensusan the guitar of pierre bensusan vol ii dvd in this second dvd lesson pierre bensusan teaches and explains in detail more of his incredibly unique solo dadgad guitar arrangements which include. Oxford dictionary defines superlative as, of the highest quality or degree. Pierre bensusan presents dadgad guitar by various artists. Pierre bensusan guitar collection transcriptions from. This publication, for advanced fingerstyle guitar players, is the first book in the united states of bensusan s arrangements. Lowden pierre bensusan signature model demo by pierre last march, peghead nation caught up with pierre bensusan during a soundcheck at the 142 throckmorton theater in mill valley, california.
Pierre bensusan plays the return from fingal pierre bensusan the guitar of pierre bensusan vol ii dvd in this second dvd lesson pierre bensusan teaches and explains in detail more of his incredibly unique solo dadgad guitar. After a threeyear sabbatical, frenchalgerian acoustic guitar virtuoso, vocalist and composer pierre bensusan is returning to the united states and canada to present the music of his new album. Pierre bensusan signature series lowden guitars handmade. Rare, personal insights and oneonone instruction from. This publication, for advanced fingerstyle guitar players, is the first book in the united states of bensusans arrangements. Pierre bensusan guitar tab books, instructional dvds, solos, arrangements, transcriptions, tablature, sheet music, video lessons. The present opus is concerned with solos, and its one of the two that have most helped me to adjust the other being pierre bensusan s amazing first book from 1987, which is not so much a music book as a total braindump. This is a collection of twelve tunes performed by various artists. The entire collection of pieces from the english version of the guitar book in one downloadable pdf songbook. Pierre bensusan presents dadgad guitar bookcd set bensusan, pierre on. Pierre bensusan guitar collection transcriptions from the azwan. Signature series pierre bensusan george is delighted to have worked with pierre designing this signature model, which is in many ways a celebration of a relationship which has remained for four decades. Pierre bensusans guitar book is simply one of the best guitar books ever published.
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Pierre bensusan volume 1 stefan grossmans guitar workshop. Pierre bensusan thanks to broadwayworld nashville for. Pierres first original book released in 1986, containing 35 pieces in tab and music, technical exercises, theory, 75 illustrations, poetry, paintings, engravings and. It demonstrates the diversity of styles possible using the popular dadgad tuning. Pierre bensusan presents dadgad guitar bookcd set 9780786657704 by bensusan, pierre and a great selection of similar new, used and collectible books available now at. They took the opportunity to have pierre demonstrate and discuss his lowden signature model guitar.
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