Living a musical life is not only about music. It is about how everything else in the world helps to create and inspire on, and off, the guitar. There’s no telling what could appear here in this little world of Open Sessions. You could read of a great coffee spot or the way practicing yoga is helping keep focus on life so that your guitar playing suffers not. In any case, it will always be an adventure!Tumblr (3.0; @chadbecks)http://chadbecks.tumblr.com/<iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/bgOS1zIIYYU?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p><a href="http://thisisclassicalguitar.tumblr.com/post/50346117316/matthew-mcallister-prelude-and-allegro-home" class="tumblr_blog" target="_blank">thisisclassicalguitar</a>:</p> <blockquote><p>Matthew McAllister Prelude and Allegro Home Recording (by <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bgOS1zIIYYU&feature=share" target="_blank">galleryofguitar</a>)</p></blockquote> <p>Enjoyed this playing very much. Nothing baroque about it. I mean everything is baroque about it.</p>http://chadbecks.tumblr.com/post/50392154297http://chadbecks.tumblr.com/post/50392154297Mon, 13 May 2013 22:37:54 -0400classical guitarbach<iframe src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F26773765&liking=false&sharing=false&origin=tumblr" frameborder="0" allowtransparency="true" class="soundcloud_audio_player" width="500" height="116"></iframe><br/><br/><p>This is a beautiful piece by the guitarist Maximo Pujol.  There is nothing sweeter than the sound of a well played nylon string guitar.</p>http://chadbecks.tumblr.com/post/19594941341http://chadbecks.tumblr.com/post/19594941341Mon, 19 Mar 2012 19:00:05 -0400“Criticism may not be agreeable, but it is necessary. It fulfills the same function as pain in the human body. It calls attention to an unhealthy state of things.”<br/><br/> - <em>Winston Churchill</em>http://chadbecks.tumblr.com/post/19587658874http://chadbecks.tumblr.com/post/19587658874Mon, 19 Mar 2012 17:00:06 -0400winston churchillcriticism<a href="http://www.clarksusa.com/eng/product/touareg/70851">Black Clarks Touareg</a>: <p>My next shoe. They’ve got a good rating and I like the cross between casual and dressy.</p>http://chadbecks.tumblr.com/post/19583684769http://chadbecks.tumblr.com/post/19583684769Mon, 19 Mar 2012 15:47:45 -0400shoesclarks<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AroundTheNeck/~3/H4vbHtWU-Ss/">Steve Jobs 1955-2011</a>: <p>On the passing of a great visionary, here is one of my favorite quotes.</p> <blockquote> <p>No one wants to die. Even people who want to go to heaven don’t want to die to get there. And yet death is the destination…</p></blockquote>http://chadbecks.tumblr.com/post/11085313429http://chadbecks.tumblr.com/post/11085313429Thu, 06 Oct 2011 01:58:44 -0400<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AroundTheNeck/~3/arTSqbyovI4/">Beginning Guitar Project: Lessons 6 & 7</a>: <p>Hopefully everyone is caught up with the lesson I missed (lesson 6). At any rate, I give my two cents on it and then on lesson 7. By now you should be pretty comfortable with a series of chords and…</p>http://chadbecks.tumblr.com/post/10808142995http://chadbecks.tumblr.com/post/10808142995Thu, 29 Sep 2011 15:36:40 -0400<iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/tLfMTR_1P6U?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>University of Toronto Guitar Ensemble playing “Kalimba” by Jurg Kindle</p>http://chadbecks.tumblr.com/post/10804775212http://chadbecks.tumblr.com/post/10804775212Thu, 29 Sep 2011 09:03:27 -0400classical guitar<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AroundTheNeck/~3/LZgUZryeQ_E/">New (and free) Classical Guitar Method by Bradford Werner</a>: <p>It is rare that someone has the desire to present high quality music for learning and teaching at no cost. We have Bradford Werner and Classical Guitar Canada to thank for this new idea in learning….</p>http://chadbecks.tumblr.com/post/10793277361http://chadbecks.tumblr.com/post/10793277361Thu, 29 Sep 2011 02:46:40 -0400“In three words I can sum up everything I’ve learned about life: It goes on.”<br/><br/> - <em><em>Robert Frost</em></em>http://chadbecks.tumblr.com/post/10791497425http://chadbecks.tumblr.com/post/10791497425Wed, 28 Sep 2011 22:06:55 -0400Robert FrostFrostlitquoteliteraturelifelife goes on<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ls6ry8MPHU1qemijqo1_r1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Perfect proportions.</p>http://chadbecks.tumblr.com/post/10791472930http://chadbecks.tumblr.com/post/10791472930Wed, 28 Sep 2011 22:06:23 -0400aston martinvanquishwhitecarsautomobilesarchitecturephotographyartdesignphotography<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ls9804XGmL1qbdtf2o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Ducati 848 Evo</p>http://chadbecks.tumblr.com/post/10791289977http://chadbecks.tumblr.com/post/10791289977Wed, 28 Sep 2011 22:02:27 -0400ducatimotorbikemotorcycle<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ls97jcI4ii1qbxpeso1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://chadbecks.tumblr.com/post/10790882242http://chadbecks.tumblr.com/post/10790882242Wed, 28 Sep 2011 21:53:48 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ls8gqsOfcs1qzs3xio1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Fantastic photo!</p> <p>Sequence by Mon Zamora.</p>http://chadbecks.tumblr.com/post/10790870699http://chadbecks.tumblr.com/post/10790870699Wed, 28 Sep 2011 21:53:34 -0400photographymon zamorasequencewilliamsburg bridgenew york citynycpopular<iframe class="tumblr_audio_player tumblr_audio_player_10790739783" src="http://chadbecks.tumblr.com/post/10790739783/audio_player_iframe/chadbecks/tumblr_lr5632iydJ1r0n7m4?audio_file=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tumblr.com%2Faudio_file%2Fchadbecks%2F10790739783%2Ftumblr_lr5632iydJ1r0n7m4" frameborder="0" allowtransparency="true" scrolling="no" width="500" height="85"></iframe><br/><br/><p>Is there anything like Bach in this world.  His music will live on forever.  I know some think not, but alas, we have him always.</p> <p><strong>Johann Sebastian Bach</strong> — Brandenburgisches V Konzert in G-Dur, BWV 1049 — 2 — Andante<br/> Performed in 1987 by Reinhard Goebel and Musica Antiqua Köln</p>http://chadbecks.tumblr.com/post/10790739783http://chadbecks.tumblr.com/post/10790739783Wed, 28 Sep 2011 21:50:49 -0400Bachbaroqueclassical musicOrchestral<iframe width="400" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/_snLkyxPUwA?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>Apparently this is Anna Likhacheva playing a song titled “Ivushka.” It doesn’t matter the title, the song and the performance are marvelous.  It has elements of the 20th Century with an ending worthy of Bach! Enjoy!<span id="eow-title" class="long-title" dir="ltr" title='Anna Likhacheva play russian folk song "Ivushka" (tr. S. Rudnev)'><br/></span></p> <blockquote></blockquote>http://chadbecks.tumblr.com/post/10790358707http://chadbecks.tumblr.com/post/10790358707Wed, 28 Sep 2011 21:42:58 -0400Anna Likhachevarussiaguitarra clasicarussian folkclassical guitarmusicrusia<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AroundTheNeck/~3/j26yLp2CwdY/">New Music from Michael New – “Pendulum”</a>: <p>Found this recently posted piece featuring a song titled “Pendulum” by Michael New. I am not sure what draws me to this composition but I have listened to it over and over after finding it. The…</p>http://chadbecks.tumblr.com/post/10749170866http://chadbecks.tumblr.com/post/10749170866Wed, 28 Sep 2011 01:03:14 -0400<iframe width="400" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/NwwuTp5pcZw?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>I have had some students, including a current student, work on parts of this suite.  It is wonderful musically and tonally.  This performance is well worth listening to and admiring.</p>http://chadbecks.tumblr.com/post/10734712225http://chadbecks.tumblr.com/post/10734712225Tue, 27 Sep 2011 15:29:07 -0400classicalclassical guitarclassical musicconcertguitarmusicrecitalsegoviaacousticflippincompostelanamompoufederico<iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/pzLD-XLlI2Y?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>PRS SE Amplifiers - Check out the new amps by PRS in this great video by Guitar World.</p>http://chadbecks.tumblr.com/post/10734193015http://chadbecks.tumblr.com/post/10734193015Tue, 27 Sep 2011 15:12:47 -0400PRS SE Series Amplifiersampguitar<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ls65p7NcTM1qfadvwo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://leadingtone.tumblr.com/post/10720969256" target="_blank">leadingtone</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>‘Explication of ornaments’ given by J. S. Bach in the <em>Clavierbüchlein für Wilhelm Friedemann Bach. </em></p> </blockquote> <p>I have this page in my collection and know that anyone who desires to play Bach needs to study it carefully.</p>http://chadbecks.tumblr.com/post/10734092181http://chadbecks.tumblr.com/post/10734092181Tue, 27 Sep 2011 15:09:28 -0400classical musicBachBaroqueornamentation<a href="http://www.33rpm.com/foods-to-eat---or-avoid---before-singing-82-art.html">What to Eat Before Performing</a>http://chadbecks.tumblr.com/post/10733985226http://chadbecks.tumblr.com/post/10733985226Tue, 27 Sep 2011 15:05:54 -0400