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The Jazz Guitar
April 30, 2022
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The Jazz Guitar
A Roadmap Event
Along with the banjo, the guitar has held a unique role in the history of jazz, mostly as an instrument of rhythmic and harmonic accompaniment. Conceived in the early 1930s, the electric guitar became a necessity, as jazz musicians sought to amplify their sound and be heard over the loud big bands.
It was with the legendary guitarist Charlie Christian that the guitar took a position on the front lines with all of the other important soloist instruments. Since then, new musical corridors — within jazz itself and in its interaction with other genres of music and art — opened up, as the instrument has evolved and expanded in its techniques, structures, sounds and technologies.
In this Jazz Garden Roadmap, we seek researchers, musicians and educators to piece together a roadmap of past, present and future legacies of the jazz guitar world — to shed light on historical, artistic, pedagogic and cultural aspects of the jazz guitar.
We seek 10-minute talks that present studies, programs, curricula and samples of art that touch on one or more of the following topics:
- Guitar playing techniques
- Innovative instruments and accessories
- Contemporary approaches to guitar pedagogy
- Musicological and historical research on the jazz guitar
- Psychological and phenomenological aspects of guitar performance
- Cultural aspects of the guitar
Proposals can take the form of a solo presentation, a duet or any other combo.
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