{"id":4164,"date":"2016-05-10T09:03:04","date_gmt":"2016-05-10T16:03:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/classicalguitarmagazine.com\/?p=4164"},"modified":"2016-05-10T09:16:53","modified_gmt":"2016-05-10T16:16:53","slug":"soundboard-scholar-dives-deep-into-guitars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/classicalguitarmagazine.com\/soundboard-scholar-dives-deep-into-guitars\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Soundboard Scholar’ Dives Deep Into Guitars"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here at CG<\/em> we\u2019re big fans of Soundboard<\/em>, the Guitar Foundation of America<\/a>\u2019s quarterly mag about the classical guitar world, edited by Robert Ferguson. Well, we wanted to give a special nod to an offshoot of Soundboard<\/em> that was introduced last fall and which you might not have heard about: Soundboard Scholar<\/em>, subtitled \u2018A Peer-Reviewed Journal of Guitar Studies,\u2019 is an unapologetically academic publication which, according to the editor of the inaugural 2015 issue, Thomas Heck, is designed to \u201cencourage, recognize, and publish research of the highest caliber related to the guitar.\u201d<\/p>\n

Here is a list of what you\u2019ll find in that first issue: \u201cThe Guitar as an \u2018Open-Air\u2019 instrument in the Romantic Era,\u201d by Panagiotis Poulopoulos, which deals with a number of forerunners of the so-called \u201cmodern\u201d guitar from the late 18th and early 19th centuries; \u201cFernando Sor on the Move in the Early 1820s,\u201d By Erik Stenstadvold, which zeroes in on the great composer\/guitarist\u2019s work during 1822\u201323; contemporary guitarist John Schneider\u2019s tremendously detailed and copiously illustrated piece called \u201cThe Microtonal Guitars of Harry Partch,\u201d about the utterly idiosyncratic American composer and builder of unique guitars (the latest issue of Classical Guitar<\/em>, Summer 2016, features a fascinating piece about John Schneider and his interest in microtonal guitars) ; Ricardo Aleixo\u2019s in-depth examination of \u201cAn Uncatalogued Piece by Fernando Sor?\u201d; a facsimile of Emil Heerbrugger\u2019s “Grand Grecian Military March,” originally published in the 1830s; and an update from editor Heck on \u201cGuitar Research Resources.\u201d<\/p>\n

So if you\u2019re interested in the latest scholarship on the guitar, want to go way<\/em> deep into a few choice subjects, and are not intimidated by footnotes, you owe it to yourself to check out Soundboard Scholar<\/em>. It\u2019s an important new publication for our field. You can order a copy from the Guitar Foundation<\/a>. This first issue also tells how to submit articles for future issues.<\/p>\n

Here’s a bonus video treat: George Sakellariou playing “Three Sor Studies” on a 1970 Miguel Rodriguez guitar at Guitar Salon International’s Santa Monica, California, headquarters.
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