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JOHN LEHMANN-HAUPT
Specialties Classical, song arranging for solo guitar, folk, blues, and fundamentals of rock.
Teaching Philosophy/Methodology Although there’s a great deal of instructional material available for guitar, little of it actually discusses how the fingers work to draw sound from the instrument. I guide my students step-by-step to playing with ease, accuracy, and sonority, whether in music by Bach, Gershwin, James Taylor, or India Arie. |
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For those interested in the theory and structure of music, I discuss scales, chords, and harmonic relationships from the perspective of their derivation from the natural laws of sound itself.
Education BA in harmony and analysis, Marlboro College (VT); private study with Julio Prol; master classes with Oscar Ghiglia and Angel Romero; private instruction in Schenker Analysis.
Teaching Experience As AIG staff member from 1982; privately from 1974.
Performances Windows on the World (atop the former World Trade Center), nightly from 1981-1993; engagement cited for musical excellence by The New York Times. Have performed in concerts and clubs throughout the Northeast, and in the homes of prominent New Yorkers including Tom Brokaw, Madeleine Albright, and Donald Trump.
Recordings Songs of the Guitar (JLH Records, 2002); Guitar Masters, Volumes I and II (AIG Records, 1986); Unsung Guitar (Physical Records, 1978).
Publications Articles in The New York Times, and magazines including Acoustic Guitar, Guitar World, and Strings; liner notes for DGG boxed set The Segovia Collection; contributing author to books Swing Guitar Essentials and 21st Century Cellists (String Letter Press).
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