Fingerstyle is one of the techniques of playing the guitar, in which the sound is extracted exclusively with your fingers. It is mainly used on acoustic models of the instrument. This style of play makes it possible to simultaneously perform the main melody and accompaniment. This technique is used by many virtuoso musicians, one of them is the Canadian guitarist Evan Dobson, which will be discussed in this article.
short biography
There is no public information about the musician’s childhood and his personal life. However, it is reliably known that he was born in the Canadian city of Richmond Hill, located in York County, Ontario. Evan Dobson's date of birth is 09.09.1981.
Music career
The musician's favorite instrument is an acoustic guitar. Evan Dobson performs works in several styles, the main ones are fingerstyle and acoustic metal. In his game, he uses numerous techniques. The musician recorded all his albums on CandyRat Record. The music that Evan Dobson performs has many genres interwoven: classical, folk, bluegrass, metal, techno and trance.
The musician has repeatedly won many awards, participating in various competitions and festivals for playing acoustic and classical guitar. He received his first prize at the Burlington Rotary Fall. In 1996 and 1998, guitarist Evan Dobson became the winner of the Pickering Rotary music festival. And these are not all the achievements of a virtuoso musician. At Kiwanis, he was awarded the D'Addario Fellowship, which is awarded to the best classical guitarists.
Evan Dobson won the first place five times, participating in the Annual Canadian Fingerstyle Guitar Competition. These are fingerstyle competitions held annually in Canada.
Evan Dobson was successful at international competitions. He traveled to the U.S. state of Kansas to Winfield, where the 38th annual International Fingerstyle Guitar Competition festival took place. In this competition, the musician took third place. The absolute victory was brought to him by the fourth annual Montreal Guitar Grand Prix competition. His performance in the “acoustic guitar” category was appreciated and the judges of the competition awarded Evan first place.
Musician's disease
In 1993, doctors diagnosed Dobson with neurological pathologies: obsessive-compulsive disorder, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, and a mild form of Tourette syndrome. The latter disease refers to genetic disorders of the central nervous system.
Knowing his diagnosis, the musician took part in the Tourette's Syndrome National Conference. This event was held in Canada. It is a charity conference dedicated to the problem of Tourette’s syndrome.
Albums
The musician never ceases to amaze his fans. From 2007 to 2016, 11 albums were released. The very first is called Guitar.
Below is a list of all Evan Dobson's albums.
| Album title | Year of issue |
| Insomnimania | 2016 |
| Acoustic Metal II | 2014 |
| 12 String Guitar | 2014 |
| Acoustic metal | 2013 |
| Ewan dobson iii | 2012 |
| World candies | 2012 |
| Ewan dobson ii | 2011 |
| Ewan dobson | 2010 |
| Healthy obsession | 2009 |
| The Red Army Love Potion | 2008 |
| Guitar | 2007 |
The most popular music tracks are:
- "Trance on the guitar";
- Eurodance;
- I Know Your Pain;
- Space Walk;
- Happy hardcore
Finger style
Dobson uses the fingerstyle guitar technique. This style is very difficult to master, but Evan succeeded. This technique is the use of rhythmic techniques, the simultaneous use of parts of bass, melody and rhythm.
The percussion fingerstyle is based on the “percussion” technique for extracting sounds. This is quite difficult, since the musician needs to play not only the melody and bass part. At the same time, he should reproduce the effect of percussion. Not only for beginners, this style is difficult. Even experienced musicians playing in other genres, but not using fingerstyle, previously experience significant difficulties in its development.
A guitar in this style is used as a multifunctional instrument that can replace an entire orchestra. Fingerstyle allows you to perform a solo part, accompanied by bass and drums. There are no clear rules in this style. The works use characteristic techniques of sound production, and each guitarist himself finds his own unique solutions.
This style became popular thanks to such musicians as John Gomm, Eric Montgray, Andy Mackey, Newton Faulkner, Tommy Emmanuel and, of course, Evan Dobson.
