Modern classical guitar Modern classical guitar The modern classical guitar (also known as the Spanish guitar), the immediate forerunner of today's guitars, was developed in the 19th century by Antonio de Torres Jurado, Ignacio Fleta, Hermann Hauser Sr., Robert Bouchet The fingerstyle is used fervently on the modern classical guitar. The thumb traditionally plucks the bass or root note whereas the fingers ring the melody and its accompanying parts. Francisco Tárrega, Emilio Pujol, Andrés Segovia In the 20th century, many non-guitarist composers wrote for the instrument, which previously only players of the instrument had done. Francisco Tárrega (1852–1909), Roberto Gerhard (1896–1970), Heitor Villa-Lobos
Classical guitar magazines of guitarist Dimitri Illarionov. (Russian and English) -Blog and homepage of guitarist Yang Xuefei. (Chinese and English) -Blog and homepage of the guitarist and composer Angelo Gilardino. -Blog of Matanya Ophee, guitarist and founder of the publishing company Editions Orphée. -Blog of guitarist and composer Nikita Koshkin. (Russian) -Blog and article archive of guitarist/composer/writer Julia Crowe. -Blog of the American guitarist Dan Cosley. -Violão Clássico Weblog A Portuguese language Blog featuring articles, interviews and announcements related to the classical guitar in Brazil. -Blog of John Philip Dimick, founder of Guitarist.com. -Archive of Laura Markee blogs, miscellaneous topics on the classical