Welcome

Firstly, if you’re wondering exactly who I am: I’m the Paul Magnussen who used to write for Guitar (which in 1984, in response to the appearance of an American magazine of the same name, changed it’s own to Guitar International); and subsequently for Classical Guitar. I’m not the one who writes for Business Week.

So this website (which is still at the elementary stage and under construction, see below for a list of the latest additions) is about music generally, and specifically about fretted instruments and their associated music. There’s a considerable amount of fiddle music, too.

As a start, I’m putting up some interviews I’ve done over the years with great guitarists, lutenists and other musicians, which are long out of print. In addition, you’ll be able to find sheet music for many of the tunes and songs that I’ve transcribed over the years (just click on the tab for the kind of music you’re interested in).

But the primary purpose of this site is to provide information about (and supplementary information to) my forthcoming book Flamenco for Guitarists (and other musicians), tentatively scheduled for 2020, which is the fruit of decades of research into the subject, including interviews with some of the greatest guitarists of the 20^th century, and which you can find out more about here.