The Yamaha Six String Theory Guitar Competition
Welcome to the home of "The Yamaha Six String Theory Guitar Competition," co-sponsored by Monster Cable, D’Addario Strings, Berklee College of Music, and Captain Fingers Productions. Competition begins October 1, 2009 and ends on February 1, 2010.
This is your chance to be featured on the upcoming "String Theory" album with some of the greatest guitarists around today. Do you have what it takes?
We want to see videos of you playing with your band, a solo arrangement, duet performance, or any other performance that showcases your skills as a guitarist. You can enter in one of six categories: Rock, Blues, Jazz/Fusion, Country, Acoustic and Classical/Flamenco. We are looking for more than speed and great guitar chops, so send us something that displays your musicianship and your virtuosity!
Six finalists will be chosen to compete in a live performance at The Broad Stage in Los Angeles, CA on March 22, 2010. A panel of professional guitarists will judge the competition and determine the winner.
We've been receiving many entries and some great videos! Here are a few new "sneak preview" videos to give you an idea of what we've been receiving. It's very exciting all the great diverse guitarists out there. Remember, no finalists have been chose yet and we'll be rotating some of the various videos entries in the next few weeks. Good luck to all the contestants!
- Jazz / Fusion: Nakamura, Tenyu - '8'
- Jazz: Balogh, Roland - 'Body and Soul'
- Acoustic: Gascon, Brice - 'Hurry Up'
- Blues: Lehrman, Alec - 'California Dreamin'
- Rock: Cline, Christopher - 'For the Love of God'