Art of the Acoustic Steel String Guitar 6 & 12

by Robbie Basho

Art of the Acoustic Steel String Guitar 6 & 12 cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1982
  • Label: Windham Hill
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 50:08
  • Community rating: 3.83/5 from 3 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

A remarkably focused and entirely instrumental showcase, this album captures the visionary guitarist refining his deeply idiosyncratic approach to fingerstyle composition. Stripping away the eccentric vocal performances that characterized much of his earlier catalog, the record highlights his profound synthesis of Eastern ragas, classical Indian theory, and American folk traditions. It remains an essential document of the Takoma school's most mystical practitioner.

Genres

Descriptors: Acoustic, Folk, acoustic, unaccompanied-solo, instrumental, improvisation, virtuosic, minimal

Tracklist

  1. The Grail and the Lotus (6:34)
  2. Cathedrals et Fleur de Lis (6:56)
  3. Pasha II (6:28)
  4. A Study for Steel String (2:57)
  5. Ackerman Special (1:12)
  6. Apres Midi American (1:51)
  7. Variations on Grieg (4:59)
  8. Scottish Rites (4:31)
  9. Pavan India (7:05)
  10. Variations on Ezumi (3:59)
  11. Variations on Clair De Lune (3:30)

Credits

  • Robbie Basho - primary artist, composed by, guitar
  • Stephen Moffitt - lacquer cut by

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