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Francesco Artusato

Francesco Artusato is a guitar player/composer with a Berklee College of Music degree in Film Scoring. He has extensive experience in teaching guitar and music theory; his expertise is in the Rock/Metal language. Francesco is currently part of a Metal band called Hiss of Atrocities, and has also recorded three instrumental solo projects.

His column at Guitar Messenger is called Technical Difficulties, and it will be focused mainly on developing different techniques such as vibrato, bending, picking, legato playing, tapping, sweeping, and every other mechanical challenges related to the guitar.

Sometimes the column will be developed in a conventional way, awhile other times it will be approached in a more unusual manner. (eg. Examples from non-western music, concepts derived from different instruments/genres, or columns that will focus on an established player and his playing style – Allan Holdsworth’s approach to wide interval phrases, or Michael Romeo’s approach to tapped arpeggios.) Make sure to check out Francesco's Challenge coming soon to the features section of the site!

The purpose of this column is to show how to incorporate all the different techniques into musical phrases, and not just seeing them as physical workouts (rhythm, melody, and harmony are always the primary concern). Music always first!

Go to Francesco’s Column – Technical Difficulties | E-mail him at francesco.guitarmessenger@gmail.com

Francesco's Links:
www.francescoartusato.com- Francesco's Homepage
www.hissofatrocities.com - Francesco's Band, Hiss of Atrocities