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Robert Fripp & the League of Crafty Guitarists is tagged as: progressive rock, guitar, acoustic, rock, instrumental The League of Crafty Guitarists is the performing arm of Guitar Craft. Guitar Craft (GC) is a series of guitar and personal development classes, founded and often presented by Robert Fripp, who is best known for his work with King Crimson. The Introduction to Guitar Craft (2004) describes GC as three things: * A way to develop a relationship with the guitar;| * A way to develop a relationship with music;| * A way to develop a relationship with oneself. In the wider guitarist community, GC is best known for its advocacy of New Standard Tuning, Fripp’s term for the alternate guitar tuning that came to him in 1984, and that he had personally switched over to by 1985. The term ‘New Standard Tuning’ is a misnomer: it is certainly ‘new’ but in no way ‘standard’ by any definition. This is because the tuning is only used by a very tiny percentage of the planet’s guitar players - specifically those connected with Guitar Craft. It would only become ‘New Standard Tuning’ if it was used by the majority of the planet’s guitar players in preference to the ‘Old Standard Tuning’. In GC itself the tuning is only one tool used towards a wider aim of re-inventing the student’s guitar playing from ... Read More About Robert Fripp & the League of Crafty Guitarists Biography...  Send Robert Fripp & the League of Crafty Guitarists ringtones to your cell
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