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Interview on Emilio Pujol

Ian Watt invited me on his podcast to discuss the life of Emilio Pujol, who was, among many other things, the most important advocate for no-nail playing in the twentieth century. Many interesting points were discussed; Ian is always a wonderful interlocutor:

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Joaquín Panadés has a particularly wonderful new video out. He’s playing Llobet’s famous transcription of Granados’s La Maja de Goya. Without nails, of course. And on a Torres guitar once owned by Llobet: I made a video on the various ways one can alternate between flesh and nail. Not only…

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Let’s begin with a a quadrumvirate of no-nailers (though there is some cheating, as it were, with plectra in the first half!) In the latest issue of Soundboard I have an article on the ways you can alternate between flesh and nail. Yes, it is possible! And there are various…

Interview

Ian Watt interviewed me for his podcast Unwound. We mostly talked about 20th century no-nail playing, with some enjoyable digressions. It was a fun conversation indeed. Do watch, and also check out Ian’s recordings — he is an astonishing player!

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I’ve just come back from a symposium on the 19th century guitar which was held in Innsbruck. The days were packed with talks and concerts from researchers across the world. It was a very special and memorable experience indeed. I gave a talk on the nail question in the 19th…

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