The guitar in the urban popular songs of Greece.
The presence of the folk guitar in Greek urban music dates back to the 19th century. It is impressive that in all phases of the development of the popular song genre, the folk guitar exists in orchestras of various forms, mainly playing an accompanying role. This role can be explained as the main instruments were always different (violin, santouri, mandolin, bouzouki). In very few cases,as recordings can prove, the guitar performs as the main instrument. Those recordings were made in the USA for the Greek community there or in Greece with the purpose of being exported to the USA. It was through those first recordings that leading virtuoso players such as G. Katsaros and A. Kostis became well known, representing a popular troubadour case. Like troubadours those guitarists performed autonomously
(without other instruments) using a particular fingerstyle technique, without using a pick and having specific tunes ( open D or G).
While rather few in Greek discography, which in so far as the urban popular songs is concerned is dominated by the presence of bouzouki, there are cases where the guitar has a leading role. An important moment in the history of folk guitar can be detected after the war: in certain songs of Chiotis there is a second guitar performing two or three melodic lines in a completely personal style influenced rather from the jazz. The expanding use of the guitar (in other musical genres like light, classic, jazz, etc) brought into the popular song genre a variety of guitarists of different musical backgrounds and in so doing it enriched its technique.
He was born in Thessalonica in March 1970 and studied music at the Modern Conservatoire of the city. He performs professionally since 1986. His recording activity as a session musician dates back in 1992; since then he has participated in more than 100 productions. In recordings, concerts or television programmes he has performed with some of the most famous artists in Greece. He participated along with other 15 virtuoso players from all around the Mediterranean in the International Lute Meeting at the Music Palace of Athens in April 2005.
He taught lute tanbour and tzoyra for 3 years in the School of traditional instruments of the Menemeni Municipality; for two years he also taught tanbour in the Musical School of Thessalonica, lute and folk guitar in the “en chordais” music school. Since 2001 he has been teaching folk guitar and lute in the Department of Popular and Traditional Music, at the Epirus Polytechnic.
He has published his first book, which is a method of learning the lute, while under publication is his book on how to play the folk guitar.
In December 2006 he released his first personal album that contains rempetika songs played only with guitars.
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