Ivor Mairants Guitar Tab Books, Chord Melody Solos, Arrangements, Video Lessons

The Huey Long Solo Guitar Collection

    In the 1950s Ivor Mairants established his Central School Of Dance Music in London. All instruments were taught at this innovative facility, however special emphasis was placed on the guitar. Several of his past students are today some of Britain's leading guitarists. In 1958, together with his spouse Lily, he opened The Ivor Mairants Music Center. This was Britain's very first professional guitar shop and it was situated in the heart of London's West End.

    For several years many of the world's finest guitars and guitar accessories were presented in Britain by Ivor Mairants at his shop. The Ivor Mairants Music Center became a Mecca for professional guitar players and for amateur guitar players at all levels of ability. Because of his unique understanding and musical abilities, Ivor Mairants was over the years often utilized as a specialist consultant for leading instrument makers and importers.

    From the 1930s on Ivor Maiants was likewise a prolific columnist in several leading music journals consisting of Melody Maker, B.M.G. and Classical Guitar. In 1980 his extremely acclaimed bio "My Fifty Fretting Years" was published by Ashley Mark Publishing in the U.K. and in 1995 his splendid 2 volume work "The Great Jazz Guitarists" - probably THE most complete collection of note-for-note transcriptions of historical jazz guitar solos - was published by Music Maker Publications in Cambridge, U.K.

    Ivor Mairants made an outstanding and unique contribution to the world of guitar in Britain. Over the previous 50 years there can be very few British guitar players who have not profited from this contribution. He was a member of The Worshipful Company of Musicians, an ancient and prominent British guild, and a Freeman of The City Of London.

    In 1997 The Worshipful Company of Musicians inaugurated a new annual guitar scholarship competition called "The Ivor Mairants Guitar Award", which will certainly stay a vital part of the enormous legacy this irreplaceable figure has left for future generations of guitar players! Ivor Mairants passed away on February 20, 1998 but fortunately lived long enough to see his guitar scholarship award competition become a reality.

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