Al Giusto

“Giusto has the ability to build expanses of sound that are downright orchestral.” - Joe Sweeney

— Mainer News

Guitarist Composer

"Giusto's fingers manipulate his guitars masterfully." - Aimsel Ponti

-Portland Press Herald

Al Giusto is a guitarist and composer playing and composing in styles from Contemporary Classical to American Primitive. Al Giusto fuses classical, jazz, rock and blues into a unique style of music that's both enchanting and introspective. Al Giusto is first and foremost a composer who uses his guitar to create musical soundscapes.

SOUNDSCAPES

AMBIENT ELECTRIC GUITAR

SOUNDSCAPES are eight compositions for solo ambient, electric guitar. These compositions are completely composed. The freedom is in the time and the music flows in and out, reminiscent to the ambient sounds in space.

Space sounds are some of the most beautiful in nature. They are ever constant with no beginning nor end and flow between consonance and dissonant resonances. The lack of overall specific rhythmic pulses in these compositions creates a moving, meditative soundscape through time.

BANDCAMP

Dread Nought

Solo Acoustic Guitar

DREAD NOUGHT is an album of compositions for solo acoustic guitar. The compositions are in different tunings: D Standard, Open D Minor and Csus2. Influences range from classical to blues.

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MUSIC FOR THE TIME BEING 1-7

Solo Electric Guitar

MUSIC FOR THE TIME BEING 1-7 is the first set of compositions in this ongoing series. They are short compositions that are reflective and introspective in nature. This music is composed for the time that you are currently in. This time will always change but will always be present.

MUSIC FOR THE TIME BEING can be for any instrument or ensemble. This set is performed on an electric guitar in standard tuning.