Pat Kirtley was born on 1952 and is an American fingerstyle guitarist, composer and guitar educator.
12 Facts About Pat Kirtley
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Pat Kirtley soon began experimenting with tone modification and looping techniques on his recorder and took his early steps in recording with some of his first, never to be published compositions as a 14-year-old.
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Pat Kirtley continued playing and creating his compositions, but never published them or pursued working professionally as a guitarist until around 1989, when he began touring as a solo act.
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Pat Kirtley didn't give up, and won the 1994 National Thumbpicking Contest in Mountain View, Arkansas.
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In 1996, Kirtley was chosen to participate in a project for Narada Records, a CD titled Guitar Fingerstyle, featuring a collection of tracks from leading contemporary acoustic guitar artists.
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Pat Kirtley's compositions are a blend of folk, pop, and other traditions.
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Pat Kirtley uses his thumb for a regular and driving alternate bass while playing the melody with the other fingers.
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Pat Kirtley's bass-lines are meticulously composed and often repeatedly take over parts of the melody.
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Pat Kirtley mainly composes short and clearly structured pieces, containing three choruses, with variations in the second and third chorus and an ending repeating the main melody.
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On his CDs and in concerts Pat Kirtley uses the following guitars:.
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Pat Kirtley's favored Taylor has an EMG magnetic soundhole- pickup with Fishman pickups in other guitars.
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Pat Kirtley uses a Fred Kelly thumbpick and plays with plastic-reinforced nails.