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Of the various styles of guitar playing found throughout the world, I had decided early on to go with the "classic" guitar. Which is to say, that style of guitar playing that facilitates performing classical music on the guitar. Once I found out, at age 10, that classical music could be played on my chosen instrument, thanks to my first guitar teacher (Arnold "Rick" Richtmyer), not to mention a couple of original Segovia recordings I encountered within my father's vast collection of vinyl records, there was really no question in my mind which guitar path I wanted to take. Although I certainly appreciate and enjoy listening to the myriad genres of guitar music out there - and hats off to those guitarists who play more than one - my focus has remained on the classic guitar ever since. And while the guitar, like other instruments such as the piano and violin, has a long-established body of classical repertoire, its repertoire is continuously expanding, as is that of those and other..