Our new official study program tells every school to teach guitar between 7th to 9th grade. Sounds great! But as there was no detailed plan how to make it happen, I put a project together and got some funds to educate music...

Once in a while I need a break from the guitar. This year I have discovered two possible things to do besides playing music. In July I got my first experiences as an alpinist and now did my first marathon.

Unlike pianists, we, the guitarists have to carry our instrument from place to place every day. Some of us carry it to school, some to band gigs, some to recitals etc.

Every child knows that there are six strings on the guitar. But is it alwasy like this? In fact, there are numerous examples of guitars that have more or even less strings.

Not all left-handers play on a left-handed guitar. Some just flip the strings on a normal guitar or even play with bass strings down and trebles facing up. Most famous left-handed guitarists are Paul McCartney, Jimi Hendrix, Curt...