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Frank Gambale (/ɡæmˈbɑːlɪ/; born 22 December 1958)[2] is an Australian jazz fusion guitarist. He has released twenty albums over a period of three decades, and is known for his use of the sweep picking and economy picking techniques.

Frank Gambale
Gambale performing in Montreal, 2011
Background information
Birth nameFrank Gambale
Born (1958-12-22) 22 December 1958 (age 63)
OriginCanberra, Australia[1]
GenresJazz fusion, smooth jazz, jazz, instrumental rock
Occupation(s)Musician, composer, producer
Instrument(s)Guitar
Years active1984–present
LabelsLegato, Victor, Favored Nations, Wombat
Websitefrankgambale.com

Recording career



Solo albums


Gambale graduated from the Guitar Institute of Technology in Hollywood with Student of the Year honors and taught there from 1984 to 1986.[3]


Groups


With the Mark Varney Project, consisting of Allan Holdsworth, Brett Garsed, and Shawn Lane, he recorded two albums, Truth in Shredding (1990) and Centrifugal Funk (1991).[4]

Beginning in 1987, he spent six years as a member of the Chick Corea Elektric Band, playing with Eric Marienthal, John Patitucci, and Dave Weckl. With Corea's band he recorded five albums[5] and shared two Grammy Award nominations. He spent twelve years as a member of Vital Information, led by Steve Smith. He reunited with the Elektric Band in 2002 and with Corea in 2011 when he joined Return to Forever IV with Stanley Clarke, Jean-Luc Ponty, and Lenny White.[5]


Teaching


Gambale has been head of the guitar department at the Los Angeles Music Academy.[3] He joined the Isina mentorship program as head of the guitar department in 2014.[6] During the next year, he started an online guitar school.[7]


Technique


Gambale has become identified with sweep picking and economy picking. His interest grew out of a desire to transcend the physical limits of the guitar and borrow from other instruments, such as the piano and saxophone. One advantage of the technique is that it allows him to play faster. He can also approximate the way chords are played on piano by using his invented tuning, the Gambale Tuning, in which "the whole guitar is tuned up a fourth, but the top two strings are down an octave" (A, D, G, C, E, A, low to high).[8]

To further explain the exact strings and tuning used in the Gambale Tuning, Frank posted this explanation on his Facebook page, June 10, 2019

"So, here is GAMBALE TUNING explained...and it only took me 40 years to invent this! ADGCEA. It's the same relative tuning as regular guitar but the lowest string is the 5th string A instead of the regular low E. Also, the 1st and 2nd strings are one octave lower. Here's the suggested string gauges. From low to high use strings from an electric 10 gauge standard set. Use only the A D G and B strings for the 6th, 5th, 4th and 3rd strings. The B string will be tuned up a half step to C. Then for the 1st and 2nd strings use a D and a G string from a standard 09 gauge set. These two strings are to be tuned up a whole step so the D will be tuned to E as the 2nd string wound, and the G will be tuned to A as the 1st string."

Regular Light, 10-46 46 36 26 17 13 10
Notes with Octave E2 A2 D3 G3 B3 E4
GAMBALE TUNING 36 26 17 13 24 16
Notes with Octave A2 D3 G3 C4 E3 A3



Influence


Gambale has been featured on the covers of many guitar and jazz-oriented magazines worldwide, while having been cited as an influence by many notable guitarists including Synyster Gates,[9] Dweezil Zappa,[10] Greg Howe,[11] and Pat Metheny.[12] In a 1991 interview with Rolling Stone magazine, guitarist Jerry Garcia stated that Gambale was one of his favorite players at the time, stating, "My personal favorite lately is this guy Frank Gambale, who's been playing with Chick Corea for the past couple of years."[13]


Discography



As leader



As co-leader/band member


With Vital Information

With Chick Corea Elektric Band

With GHS (Gambale/Hamm/Smith)

With MVP (The Mark Varney Project)

With Donati & Fierabracci

With Maurizio Colonna

With Maurizo Vercon

With GRP Super Live

With School of the Arts featuring T Lavitz


Instructional videos



Instructional books



References


  1. "Biography". frankgambale.com. Retrieved 2012-01-23.
  2. Gilbert, Mark (2002). "Gambale, Frank". In Barry Kernfeld (ed.). The new Grove dictionary of jazz, vol. 2 (2nd ed.). New York: Grove's Dictionaries Inc. pp. 8–9. ISBN 1561592846.
  3. Hallebeek, Richard (20 October 2001). "Richard Hallebeek". Richard Hallebeek. Archived from the original on 28 September 2011. Retrieved 23 January 2012.
  4. Monk, Laurie. "Mark Varney: Legato interview with Laurie Monk". Truth in Shredding. pp. 13 June 2010. Retrieved 4 July 2010.
  5. Yanow, Scott (2013). The Great Jazz Guitarists. San Francisco: Backbeat. p. 79. ISBN 978-1-61713-023-6.
  6. "Guitar Department". isina.com.
  7. "Frank Gambale Online Guitar School". frankgambaleonlineguitarschool.com.
  8. Fox, Darrin (1 April 2010). "Frank Gambale". Guitar Player. Retrieved 23 July 2017.
  9.  Michael Molenda (23 August 2006). "Avenged Sevenfold's Zacky Vengeance & Synyster Gates". GuitarPlayer. Retrieved 17 August 2014.
  10. "Frank Gambale,Dweezil Zappa: Dweezil explains how Gambale advanced his technique | The Cheap Electric Guitar Blog". Cheapelectricguitar.wordpress.com. 4 June 2012. Archived from the original on 8 January 2014. Retrieved 17 August 2014.
  11. "Greg Howe Interview – Fusion Maestro | All Out Guitar | Magazine Archive". All Out Guitar. 29 August 2006. Retrieved 17 August 2014.
  12. "Famous Quotes about Frank Gambale". frankgambale.com.
  13. Henke, James (31 October 1991). "Jerry Garcia: The Rolling Stone Interview". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 27 June 2016.



На других языках

- [en] Frank Gambale

[es] Frank Gambale

Frank Gambale originario de Australia, nacido el 22 de diciembre de 1958, es un guitarrista virtuoso de jazz/rock/fusión conocido entre otras cosas por ser uno de los mejores dominadores de la técnica de "sweep picking" (barrido). Es muy respetado y reconocido como uno de los mejores dentro de su estilo.

[fr] Frank Gambale

Frank Gambale (né le 22 décembre 1958 à Canberra, Australie[1]) est un guitariste australien. Influencé par Jimi Hendrix, John Mayall et Eric Clapton, il s'initie au blues. Ayant commencé la guitare à l'âge de 7 ans, il découvre Chick Corea à l'adolescence, ce qui le pousse vers le genre du jazz.

[it] Frank Gambale

Frank Gambale (Canberra, 22 dicembre 1958) è un chitarrista australiano. Egli è conosciuto come uno dei padri della chitarra rock fusion moderna, avendo contribuito alla diffusione di virtuosismi chitarristici innovativi per il tempo, come l'utilizzo della sweep picking e dell'economy picking in una maniera del tutto nuova, facendoli diventare simboli del suo stile personalissimo e originale, che lo ha reso riconoscibile ed iconico per tutta la sua discografia che ha spaziato dal fusion, al rock blues fino a brani acustici.

[ru] Гамбале, Фрэнк

Фрэ́нк Гамба́ле (англ. Frank Gambale; 22 декабря 1958, Канберра, Австралия) — австралийский гитарист жанра фьюжн, известный по выступлениям в составе Chick Corea Elektric Band. Он выпустил одиннадцать студийных альбомов за более чем два десятилетия, и известен своим использованием свипа и экономичного штриха.


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