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    This article is about musicians. Guitarist is also the name of a United KingdomBritish guitar magazine guitarist.co.uk.'' A guitarist is a musician who plays the guitar.


    Noted guitarists -

    European classical musicClassical -

    Baroque (XVII & XVIII century) -
  • François Campion (ca 1688-1748)
  • Antoine Carré (guitarist)Antoine Carré
  • Francisco Corbetta (ca 1620-1681)
  • Nicolas Desrosiers
  • Giovanni Paolo Foscarini
  • Henri Grenerin
  • Giovanni Battista Granata
  • Francisco Guerau
  • Louis Jourdan de La Salle
  • Girolamo Montesardo
  • Santiago de Murcia
  • Gaspard Sanz (1640-1710)
  • Robert de Visée (ca 1658-1725)

    XIX century -
  • Dioniso Aguado (1784-1849)
  • Matteo Carcassi (1792-1853)
  • Ferdinando Carulli (1770-1841)
  • Napoléon Coste (1806-1883)
  • Zani de Ferranti (1801-1878)
  • José Ferrer (guitarist)José Ferrer (1835-1916)
  • François de Fossa
  • Mauro Giuliani (1781-1829)
  • Johann Kaspar Mertz (1806-1856)
  • Niccolò Paganini (1782-1840)
  • Julio Regondi
  • Fernando Sor (1778-1839)
  • Francisco Tárrega

    XX century -
  • Agustín Barrios (Agustín Pió Barrios) (1885-1944)
  • Alexandre Lagoya (1929-1999)
  • Antonio Lauro (1917-1986)
  • Miguel Llobet (1878-1938)
  • Godelieve Monden
  • Sergei Orekhov
  • Emilio Pujol
  • Ida Presti (1924-1967)
  • Regino Sainz de la Maza
  • Andrés Segovia (1893-1987)
  • Joseph Tomo
  • Narciso Yepes (1927-1997)

    Contemporary -
  • Lily Afshar
  • Magnus Andersson (*1955)
  • Sérgio Assad
  • Roberto Aussel
  • Manuel Barrueco (*1952)
  • Paulo Bellinati
  • Dusan Bogdanovic
  • Ben Bolt (*1953)
  • Julian Bream (*1933)
  • Leo Brouwer (*1939)
  • Il-Ryun Chung
  • Alirio Diaz (*1923)
  • Máximo Diego Pujol
  • Carlo Domeniconi
  • Zoran Dukić (*1969)
  • Roland Dyens (*1955)
  • Oliver Fartach-Naini (*1964) Guitarist from Berlin, teaches at the University of Adelaide, Australia
  • Eliot Fisk
  • Sharon Isbin
  • Jovan Jovicic
  • Nikita Koshkin
  • Carlo Marchione (*1964)
  • Pablo Márquez
  • Jaime Mirtenbaum Zenamon
  • Jorge Morel (*1931)
  • Thomas Müller-Pering (*1958)
  • Silvia Ocougne (*1957) Contemporary music performer and composer. Brasilian, lives in Berlin, Germany.
  • Alvaro Pierri
  • Alberto Ponce (*1935)
  • David Qualey (*1947)
  • Stanko Prek
  • David Russell
  • Štěpán Rak
  • Angel Romero
  • Pepe Romero
  • Stephan Schmidt
  • John Schneider (guitarist)John Schneider
  • David Starobin
  • Pavel Steidl
  • David Tanenbaum
  • Benjamin Verdery
  • John Williams (guitarist)John Williams
  • Kazuhito Yamashita
  • Andrew York
  • Laura Young

    Promising talents -
  • Marcin Dylla
  • Boris Gaquere
  • Pablo Gómez
  • Timo Korhonen
  • Goran Krivokapić
  • Dimitri Illarionov
  • Grégory Leclair
  • Antal Pusztai
  • Denis Sung-Hô
  • Aliéksey Vianna
  • Ana Vidović
  • Yang Xuefei
  • Ryan Lloyd

    Guitar Quartet -
  • Los Angeles Guitar Quartet

    Guitar trios -
  • Trio de Cologne

    Guitar duos -
  • Duo Assad
  • Duo Astor
  • Duo Lee Song-Ou & Oliver Fartach-Naini----

    Latin-American music -
  • Baden Powell
  • Atahualpa Yupanqui----

    Flamenco - :Vicente Amigo:Moraito Chico:Oscar Herrero:Paco de Lucía:Luis Maravilla:Carlos Montoya:Ramón Montoya:Paco Peña:Manolo Sanlúcar:Tomatito:Tito Alcedo----

    Jazz - :Jazz Guitarists List of jazz guitarists:Danny Barker:Charlie Christian:Franco Cerri:Eddie Condon:Drew Denton:Al Di Meola:Bill Frisell:Frank Gambale:Jim Hall (musician)Jim Hall:Scott Henderson:Allan Holdsworth:Charlie Hunter:Stanley Jordan:Enver Izmailov:Barney Kessel:Eddie Lang:Tony Macalpine:Pat Martino:John McLaughlin (musician)John McLaughlin:Pat Metheny:Wes Montgomery:Joe Pass:Andreas Paolo Perger:Snoozer Quinn:Django Reinhardt:Marc Ribot:John Scofield:Mike Stern:Andy Summers:Martin Taylor:Gabor SzaboSzabó Gábor:Herb Ellis:Richard Hallebeek----

    Folk and acoustic - :William Ackerman:Dan Ar Braz:Patrick Beverley:Chet Atkins:Joan Baez:Martin Carthy:Ry Cooder:Jim Croce:John Denver:Ani DiFranco:Nick Drake:Doyle Dykes:Bob Dylan:Dave Ellis (musician)Dave Ellis:Tommy Emmanuel:John Fahey:Gordon Giltrap:Davey Graham:Michael Hedges:Bert Jansch:Nic Jones:Leo Kottke:Adrian Legg:John Martyn:Ellen McIlwaine:Tony McManus:Joni Mitchell:Tom Paxton:Al Perkins:John Renbourn:Rosenberg TrioStochelo Rosenberg:Tony Rice:Art Paul Schlosser:Paul Simon (Simon and Garfunkel):James Taylor:Richard Thompson:Doc Watson:Hank Williams:Francois Luambo Makiadi "Franco":Soïg Sibéril:Gilles le Bigot:Mason Williams----

    Blues - :Luther Allison:Duane Allman:Blind Blake:Michael Bloomfield:Doyle Bramhall:Big Bill Broonzy:Roy Buchanan:Chris Cain:Eric Clapton:Albert Collins:Tracy Conover:Ry Cooder:Robert Cray:Steve 'The Colonel' Cropper:Robben Ford:Jesse Fuller:Lowell Fulson:Rory Gallagher:Guitar Shorty:Guitar Slim:Buddy Guy:John Hammond, Jr.:Jimi Hendrix:John Lee Hooker:Son House:Mississippi John Hurt:Elmore James:Skip James:Blind Lemon Jefferson:Lonnie Johnson:Luther 'Guitar Junior' Johnson:Robert Johnson:Albert King:B.B. King:Freddie King:Little Jimmy King:Sonny Landreth:Leadbelly:J.B. Lenoir:Mance Lipscomb:Lonnie Mack:Taj Mahal (musician)Taj Mahal:Mississippi Fred McDowell:Brownie McGhee:Blind Willie McTell:Little Milton:Memphis Minnie:Coco Montoya:Gary Moore:Keb' Mo':Matt 'Guitar' Murphy:Charlie Patton:Bonnie Raitt:Tampa Red:Jimmy Reed:Robert Ross (singer)Robert Ross:Otis Rush:Kenny Wayne Shepherd:Hubert Sumlin:Sister Rosetta Tharpe:Jimmy Vaughan:Stevie Ray Vaughan:Joe Louis Walker:T-Bone Walker:Muddy Waters:Bukka White:Josh White:Johnny Winter:Howlin' Wolf----

    Rock and rollRock/Pop musicpop - :Olga (Michael Algar) (Toy Dolls):Martin Noble (British Sea Power):Jim Adkins (Jimmy Eat World):Duane Allman (Derek and the Dominos, The Allman Brothers Band):Matt Bellamy (Muse):Trey Anastasio (Phish):Michael Angelo Batio:Billie Joe Armstrong (Green Day):Chet Atkins:Dave Ball (Procol Harum):Perry Bamonte:Andy Taylor (Duran Duran):Syd Barrett (Pink Floyd):David Bates (guitarist)David Bates:Jeff Beck:Adrian Belew (Frank Zappa, King Crimson, The Bears):Chuck Berry:Ritchie Blackmore (Deep Purple):Lindsey Buckingham (Fleetwood Mac):Paul Burlison (The Rock and Roll Trio):Charlie Christian:Sina Al-Rais (Aetherless):Eric Clapton (The Yardbirds, Cream (band)Cream, Derek and the Dominos, Blind Faith):Kurt Cobain (Nirvana (band)Nirvana):Billy Corgan (The Smashing Pumpkins):Warren Cuccurullo (Frank Zappa, Missing Persons, & Duran Duran):Dick Dale:Tom DeLonge (Blink 182):Bo Diddley:Duane Eddy:Michael Nesmith (The Monkees):Mattias EklundhMattias "IA" Eklundh (Freak Kitchen):David Howell EvansDavid Evans aka The Edge (U2 (band)U2):Ace Frehley (KISS_(band)Kiss):Robert Fripp (King Crimson):John Frusciante (Red Hot Chili Peppers):Noel Gallagher (Oasis (band)Oasis):Jerry Garcia (the Grateful Dead):David Gilmour (Pink Floyd):Paul Gilbert (Mr. Big):Mick Grabham (Cochise,Procol Harum):Valeri Gradinarski (LZ):George Harrison (The Beatles):Jimi Hendrix (The Jimi Hendrix Experience):Buddy Holly:Tomoyasu Hotei (BOØWY):Steve Howe (guitarist)Steve Howe (Yes):Chrissie Hynde (The Pretenders):John Kay (musician)John Kay (Steppenwolf (band)Steppenwolf:Phil Keaggy:Mark Knopfler (Dire Straits & Notting HillBillies):Goktan Kural (Hazerfan (band)Hazerfan):Shawn Lane :Alex Lifeson (Rush (band)Rush):Tom Linton (Jimmy Eat World):Hank B. Marvin (The Shadows (band)The Shadows):Johnny Marr (The Smiths):Mick Mars (Mötley Crüe):Tak Matsumoto (B'z):Brian May (Queen (band)Queen):Andy McCoy (Hanoi Rocks):Mike McCready (Pearl Jam):Roger McGuinn (The Byrds):Barry Melton (Country Joe and the Fish, The Dinosaurs):Midoru:Kim Mitchell:Vinnie Moore:Tom Morello (Rage Against The Machine):Steve Morse:Dave Navarro (Jane's Addiction, Red Hot Chili Peppers):Ted Nugent:Jimmy Page (Led Zeppelin, The Yardbirds):Les Paul:Joe Perry (musician)Joe Perry (Aerosmith):John Perry (musician)John Perry (The Only Ones) :Tom Petty (Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers):Elvis Presley:Prince (artist)Prince:Jade Puget (AFI (band)AFI):Johnny Ramone (The Ramones):Chris Rea:Vernon Reid (Living Colour):Sheldon Reynolds (Earth, Wind & Fire, solo artist):Keith Richards (The Rolling Stones):Michael Roe:Michael Monarch (Steppenwolf (band)Steppenwolf):Mick Ronson (played with David Bowie):Richie Sambora (Bon Jovi):Carlos Santana:Joe Satriani:Neal Schon (Journey (band)Journey):James Honeyman-Scott (The Pretenders):Brian Setzer (The Stray Cats, The Brian Setzer Orchestra):Paul Simon (Simon and Garfunkel):Slash (musician)Slash (Slash's Snakepit, Guns and Roses, & Velvet Revolver):Robert Smith:Billy Squier:John Squire:Izzy Stradlin (Guns and Roses):Andy Summers (The Police (band)The Police):Akira Takasaki (Loudness (heavy metal)Loudness):Teitur:Porl Thompson:Pete Townshend (The Who):Robin Trower (Paramounts,Procol Harum,Robin Trower):Steve Vai (Frank Zappa, Alcatrazz, David Lee Roth, & Whitesnake):Eddie Van Halen (Van Halen):Tom Verlaine (Television (band)Television):Jack White (musician)Jack White (The White Stripes):Jason White (Pinhead Gunpowder):Nancy Wilson (guitarist)Nancy Wilson (Heart (band)Heart):Angus Young (AC/DC):Malcolm Young (AC/DC):Neil Young (Buffalo Springfield, Crazy Horse (band)Crazy Horse, CSN&Y, The Esquires, The Stray Gators):Frank Zappa (among other things, played with The Mothers of Invention):Blues Saraceno:John Mayer:George Harrison (The Beatles):Jimi Hendrix (The Jimi Hendrix Experience):Buddy Holly:Tomoyasu Hotei (BOØWY, COMPREX (band)COMPREX):Steve Howe (guitarist)Steve Howe (Yes):Chrissie Hynde (The Pretenders):John Kay (musician)John Kay (Steppenwolf (band)Steppenwolf):Phil Keaggy:Mark Knopfler (Dire Straits & Notting HillBillies):Goktan Kural (Hazerfan (band)Hazerfan):Shawn Lane :Alex Lifeson (Rush (band)Rush):Tom Linton (Jimmy Eat World):Hank B. Marvin (The Shadows (band)The Shadows):Johnny Marr (The Smiths):Mick Mars (Mötley Crüe):Tak Matsumoto (B'z):Brian May (Queen (band)Queen):Andy McCoy (Hanoi Rocks):Mike McCready (Pearl Jam):Roger McGuinn (The Byrds):Barry Melton (Country Joe and the Fish, The Dinosaurs):Midoru:Kim Mitchell:Michael Monarch (Steppenwolf (band)Steppenwolf):Vinnie Moore:Tom Morello (Rage Against The Machine):Steve Morse:Dave Navarro (Jane's Addiction, Red Hot Chili Peppers):Ted Nugent:Jimmy Page (Led Zeppelin, The Yardbirds):Les Paul:Joe Perry (musician)Joe Perry (Aerosmith):Tom Petty (Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers):Elvis Presley:Prince (artist)Prince:Jade Puget (AFI (band)AFI):Johnny Ramone (The Ramones):Chris Rea:Vernon Reid (Living Colour):Sheldon Reynolds (Earth, Wind & Fire, solo artist):Keith Richards (The Rolling Stones):Michael Roe:Mick Ronson (played with David Bowie):Richie Sambora (Bon Jovi):Carlos Santana:Joe Satriani:Neal Schon (Journey (band)Journey):James Honeyman-Scott (The Pretenders):Brian Setzer (The Stray Cats, The Brian Setzer Orchestra):Paul Simon (Simon and Garfunkel):Slash (musician)Slash (Slash's Snakepit, Guns N' Roses, & Velvet Revolver):Robert Smith:Billy Squier:John Squire:Steve Stevens (Billy Idol, Kyosuke Himuro):Izzy Stradlin (Guns N' Roses):Andy Summers (The Police (band)The Police):Akira Takasaki (Loudness (heavy metal)Loudness):Porl Thompson:Pete Townshend (The Who):Robin Trower (Paramounts,Procol Harum,Robin Trower):Steve Vai (Frank Zappa, Alcatrazz, David Lee Roth, & Whitesnake):Eddie Van Halen (Van Halen):Tom Verlaine (Television (band)Television):Jack White (musician)Jack White (The White Stripes):Jason White (Pinhead Gunpowder):Nancy Wilson (guitarist)Nancy Wilson (Heart (band)Heart):Angus Young (AC/DC):Malcolm Young (AC/DC):Neil Young (Buffalo Springfield, Crazy Horse (band)Crazy Horse, CSN&Y, The Esquires, The Stray Gators):Frank Zappa (among other things, played with The Mothers of Invention):Blues Saraceno:John Mayer:Del Marquis (Guitarist for Scissor Sisters----

    Heavy metal musicMetal - :John LeCompt (Evanescence):Buckethead (Guns & Roses, Colonel Calypool's Bucket of Bernie Brains, Praxis):Mikael Åkerfeldt (Opeth):Michael Amott (Arch Enemy):Christopher Amott (Arch Enemy):Jason Becker (solo artist, Cacophony, David Lee Roth):Jonathan Donais (Shadows Fall):Nuno Bettencourt (Extreme (band)Extreme):Matt Bachand (Shadows Fall):Bumblefoot (BumblefootRon Thal):Dimebag Darrell (Pantera, Rebel Meets Rebel, Damageplan):Chris DeGarmo (Queensrÿche):K. K. Downing (Judas Priest):Todd Duane (solo artist):Marty Friedman (guitarist)Marty Friedman (solo artist, Cacophony, Megadeth):Kirk Hammett (Metallica):James Hetfield (Metallica):Kenny Hickey (Type O Negative):Scott Ian (Anthrax_(band)Anthrax):Chris Impellitteri (solo artist):Tony Iommi (Black Sabbath):Matthias Jabs (Scorpions (band)Scorpions):Adam Jones (Tool_(band)Tool):Kerry King (Slayer):Alexi Laiho (Children of Bodom):Roope Latvala (Children of Bodom, Sinergy):Herman Li (DragonForce):Peter Lindgren (Opeth):Sam Totman (Dragonforce):Andy LaRocque (King Diamond (band)King Diamond):George Lynch (Dokken, Lynch Mob):Yngwie Malmsteen (solo artist, Alcatrazz, Steeler):Jim Martin (Faith No More):Borislav Mitic (solo artist):James Murphy (musician)James Murphy (solo artist, Death (band)Death, Disincarnate, Testament (band)Testament):Dave Murray (Iron Maiden (band)Iron Maiden):Dave Mustaine (Megadeth):John Petrucci (Dream Theater):Randy Rhoads (Quiet Riot, Ozzy Osbourne):Michael Romeo (Symphony X):Aamer "Khatarnaak" Nauman (Green Day, Nine Inch Nails, Pink Floyd, The Halva Pooris):Michael Schenker (solo artist, UFO (band)UFO):Rudolph Schenker (Scorpions (band)Scorpions):Chuck Schuldiner (Death (band)Death, Control Denied):Adrian Smith (Iron Maiden (band)Iron Maiden):Bill Steer (Carcass (band)Carcass):Joe Stump:Izzy Stradlin (Guns N' roses):Akira Takasaki (Loudness (heavy metal)Loudness):The Great KatKatherine "The Great Kat" Thomas:Glenn Tipton (Judas Priest):Steve Vai (Frank Zappa, Alcatrazz, David Lee Roth, Whitesnake):Eddie Van Halen (Van Halen):Rich Ward (Stuck Mojo), Sick Speed, Fozzy, The Duke):Michael Wilton (Queensrÿche):Zakk Wylde (Black Label Society, Ozzy Osbourne):Dweezil Zappa:Ben WeinmanBenjamin Weinman (The Dillinger Escape Plan)

    See also -
  • List of guitarists
  • Guitar
  • Classical guitar
  • Lute
  • Electric guitar

    External links -
  • guitarfoundation.org - The Guitar Foundation of America
  • guitaristheaven.com - http://www.guitaristheaven.com A site for guitar fanatics. Includes lessons, interviews, transcriptions, reviews, DVD reviews, wallpapers, picks gallery and an impressive list of guitar heroes.
  • cyberfret.com - http://www.cyberfret.com Another web page with tips and tricks
  • jazzguitar.be - Jazz Guitar Online Signature licks
  • harmony-central.com - http://www.harmony-central.com Guitar reviews of countless manufacturers
  • dimebagdarrell.co.uk - Dimebag Darrell Tribute Site News, photos and video of Dimebag Darrell
  • guitarchordsmagic.com - Guitar Chords Online
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    • Websites


    DarcSystems.com
    A metal forum, and promotional site for mostly underground bands.
    http://www.darcsystems.com/

    Marc Dobson Entertainment.
    Marc Dobson Guitars & Vocals One-Man-Band Neil Diamond So Good Tribute Marc & The Rocs Party Band Location: Central Florida
    http://www.marcdobson.com

    hpcrazy.com - Experiance music the emotional way
    Homepage of Swiss top guitarist, pianist, composer and independent artist HPCRAZY.
    http://www.hpcrazy.com/

    John Gregson - guitarist, teacher, writer.
    UK Guitarist - available as session player, freelance writer, educator.
    http://johngregson.co.uk/

    gitarrist.ch
    Homepage of Swiss top - guitarist Hanspeter Krüsi.
    http://www.gitarrist.ch/

    Roland Scull, guitarist and singer, gitarrist und Sänger
    Website of the musician, guitarist, singer, blues, rock, folk, acoustik guitar. Information on concerts, repertoire
    http://www.rolandscull.de/

    brrrn
    Artist and musician Bryan Brrrn Lohr, paintings, installations, projects and recordings, bio and journal too.
    http://www.brrrn.com/

    SCHERF - The official Site
    Over 150,000 music instruments and music gear accessories at Super Discount Prices.
    http://www.scherf.com/

    Andy Shortland guitarist
    UK based guitar player, songwriter and session player.
    http://www.andyshortland.com/

    RAY COLLINS
    Irish Folk Singer-Songwriter, Songwriter, Guitarist,Actor
    http://www.raycollinsmusic.com/

    Music creation and production studio
    Original soundtracks for film and television, contemporary and old style song composition, mastering facility, session musicians for hire.
    http://www.cruiserman.com/

    Chitarristi.com
    The first Guitar Italian Community
    http://www.chitarristi.com/

    Guitarist On-line
    Gear reviews, news, techniques and interviews.
    http://www.guitarist.co.uk

    World Guitarist
    Expanded news coverage for the classical guitar community.
    http://www.worldguitarist.com/

    Intermusic
    Articles, software, news, accessories, reviews, and links.
    http://www.intermusic.com/
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