Stropes Foundation, Inc.

Stropes Foundation, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization established to promote the art of fingerstyle guitar by supporting scholarship, education, publication, and the development of archives.

Fingerstyle guitar today is at an interesting juncture, with a history going back as far the origin of the guitar, extensive evolution in the US, an explosion of interest in the 1960s, and subsequent accretions of technology and technique. Our archives bring together this rich history and associated materials to establish the record for future generations. This repository will reward the attention of performers and scholars.

The Stropes Foundation supports publication of state-of-the-art transcriptions and scholarly materials pertaining to fingerstyle guitar and the development of new delivery systems and platforms to improve accessibility through online education.

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@TheMonolake 25 күн бұрын

Was he the GREATEST ?

@nylonsteel 2 ай бұрын

I like how the chorus on his sound sometimes makes the notes sound like little bubbles..

@johnfloridis62 4 ай бұрын

One of the most beautiful pieces of music one could even imagine

@Manfish154 5 ай бұрын

He was truly unique.

@sixwingsram 6 ай бұрын

IMHO Hedges was the greatest guitarist who has ever lived. Pushed the boundaries of the instrument into infinity❤

@CoreaKixx420 Ай бұрын

Hello, my friend. Love your comment. When I was 27 in 1987, about one month before this performance, I witnessed his greatness at the Montreal Jazz Fest, at the great Place des Arts Centre. I've been hooked by his brilliance ever since. Take good care!!! from Tim in Southwestern Ontario.

@ChuckSilva 7 ай бұрын

Wow❤🔥🔥🔥

@pthombeaux 8 ай бұрын

I loved the little finishing touch at the very end, the last note. During the applause, the song's not over, the notes are still ringing, then he tunes the bottom string up a minor third, and then THAT'S the end. So subtle. So cool. I'm still smiling.

@davidevolpeliddi9645 9 ай бұрын

Thanks for this video, unfortunately I haven't had a possibility to see him when he was in life 😔

@Katy-u1k 10 ай бұрын

His . Music touches my heart and soul. I love his music and play it S often As possible.

@elbus1969 11 ай бұрын

Oh my God! Thank you!

@yachannel9486 Жыл бұрын

wow !! hedges!! I also play guitar

@jumadamuharram Жыл бұрын

Thank you for this ❤

@laura.sefchik Жыл бұрын

♡The Happy Couple: "This is a study of - on the guitar - of notes played in unison so i decided to call it "The Happy Couple." “This is a song that i wrote for my guitar and i." Michael + his sweetheart = a happy couple. First Played in Concert - March 20, 1981, Singer's Alley, Ellicott City, MD.🎶The printed music for “The Happy Couple” is sold as an individual transcription. “The Happy Couple” is a profound composition which, in its construction, explores the application to the guitar of a concept which Arnold Schoenberg first termed klangfarbenmelodie (tone color melody). This transcription was developed from the audio recording Breakfast in the Field, Windham Hill Records, 1981, WD-1017. "Rhythm, Sonority, Silence" by Michael Hedges and John Stropes