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Steve Tjernagel

University of the Arts Grad Student MM in Jazz Studies

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Sadowsky LS-17, Guild X500, Gibson ES335, Henriksen JazzAmp


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Opinion

Reinventing Myself: My Journey Back to Music

Read "Reinventing Myself: My Journey Back to Music" reviewed by Steven Tjernagel


As a child I imagined myself playing guitar. I didn't actually have a guitar, but a tennis racket sort of looked like one and that was enough.When I did finally get my hands on a guitar for the first time, I figured out that, using only the open strings (luckily it was tuned), I could play most of “Taps." So, with a slight tuning adjustment from someone older and wiser, I gave my first concert to a group ...

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Guitar

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