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'''American Primitivism''' is not the same thing as ''American Primitive Guitar''. Although often confused in recent years, the two actually have nothing to do with one another. John Fahey, Leo Kottke and a few of the others listed here played ''American Primitive Guitar'', a musical genre which is largely played on acoustic and occasionally electric guitar. '''American Primitivisim''' is comprised of visual and sculptural art forms. Since 2005 or so the two have begun to become confused.
'''American Primitive Guitar''' is not the same as ''American Primitivism'', which refers to certain painting and sculptural art forms which arose in the 1890's. Although often confused in recent years, the two have nothing to do with one another as '''American Primitive Guitar''' is a [[music]] genre.


This page is actually an early start to a documentation of ''American Primitive Guitar'', which is the [[music]] genre started by [[John Fahey (musician)|John Fahey]] in the late 1950s. Fahey composed and recorded [[avant-garde]]/[[neo-classical music|neo-classical]] compositions using traditional [[country blues]] [[fingerpicking]] techniques, which had previously been used primarily to accompany vocals. Other famous early proponents were [[Leo Kottke]], [[Robbie Basho]] and [[Peter Lang (guitarist)|Peter Lang]] who all played at one time or another on Fahey's [[Takoma Records]] label. In recent years, a few of the musicians who had played American Primitive guitar have integrated New Age Guitar techniques and have come to be broadly categorized into the [[New Acoustic Music|New Acoustic]] genre.
'''American Primitive Guitar''' was first originated by [[John Fahey (musician)|John Fahey]] in the late 1950s/early 1960s and is played on acoustic (but occasionally electric) guitars. Fahey was joined in the genre by Leo Kottke, Bob Hadley and Peter Lang throughout the 60s and 70s and these players are regarded today the original artists in the ''American Primitive Guitar'' [[music]] genre.

''American Primitive Guitar'' originated when John Fahey first composed and recorded his [[avant-garde]]/[[neo-classical music|neo-classical]] compositions using traditional [[country blues]] [[fingerpicking]] techniques, which had previously been used primarily to accompany vocals. Other famous early proponents were [[Leo Kottke]], [[Peter Lang (guitarist)|Peter Lang]] and Bob Hadley, who all played at one time or another on Fahey's [[Takoma Records]] label along with uncategorizable artists such as [[Robbie Basho]]. In recent years, a few of the musicians who had played American Primitive guitar have integrated New Age Guitar techniques and have come to be broadly categorized into the [[New Acoustic Music|New Acoustic]] genre.


== Quotes ==
== Quotes ==

Revision as of 21:19, 26 July 2015

American Primitive Guitar is not the same as American Primitivism, which refers to certain painting and sculptural art forms which arose in the 1890's. Although often confused in recent years, the two have nothing to do with one another as American Primitive Guitar is a music genre.

American Primitive Guitar was first originated by John Fahey in the late 1950s/early 1960s and is played on acoustic (but occasionally electric) guitars. Fahey was joined in the genre by Leo Kottke, Bob Hadley and Peter Lang throughout the 60s and 70s and these players are regarded today the original artists in the American Primitive Guitar music genre.

American Primitive Guitar originated when John Fahey first composed and recorded his avant-garde/neo-classical compositions using traditional country blues fingerpicking techniques, which had previously been used primarily to accompany vocals. Other famous early proponents were Leo Kottke, Peter Lang and Bob Hadley, who all played at one time or another on Fahey's Takoma Records label along with uncategorizable artists such as Robbie Basho. In recent years, a few of the musicians who had played American Primitive guitar have integrated New Age Guitar techniques and have come to be broadly categorized into the New Acoustic genre.

Quotes

". . . The New Age people call it Folk; the Folk people call it New Age, but it is really neither. It's transitional. The style is derived from the country blues and string band music of the '20s and '30s, however much of the music is contemporary. Fahey referred to it as 'American Primitive' after the 'French Primitive' painters, meaning untutored."[1]

"...Fahey suggested the idea of joining similar themes, and exploring both time and space. He also wanted me to try using dissonance and minor tunings. Maybe the biggest thing he put into me was the idea that a major part of music exists in the space between notes and chords."[2]

Notable proponents

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References

  1. ^ "Peter Lang on American Primitive Guitar". Archived from the original on 28 September 2007. Retrieved 2007-09-27. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  2. ^ "Peter Lang on Fahey's influence on his playing". Archived from the original on 12 September 2007. Retrieved 2007-09-27. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

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