Jazz guitarist

Hostage to the fretboard: the guitar and its captives*

Many thousands of books have been written about how to play the guitar; it is probably the most popular subject in all music publishing. Yet surprisingly little is written about guitarists and what a decidedly strange group of feral creatures they are.

True, there are a lot of guitarist jokes. I have several favourites.

For example: What is the difference between a rock guitarist, and a jazz guitarist? Answer: One plays three chords in front of thousands of people; the other plays thousand…

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