About Greg Cook…

Greg Cook is an Australian guitarist based in Adelaide, and has been a professional guitarist (performer and teacher) for more than 20 years.

Greg is interested in keeping his musical explorations fresh and vibrant, and as a result of this interest, he continues to pursued a diverse range of styles.

As a ‘Fingerstyle’ Classical Guitarist, Greg explored music from the Classical, Baroque, Romantic and Renaissance periods in his initial foray into music. Following this exploration into the more ‘traditional’ repertoire of the ‘Classical Guitarist’, Greg expanded his exploration to include other styles of music including Jazz, Blues, Latin and Spanish music.
Exploring these styles exposed him to improvisation techniques which have since become integral to Greg’s guitar playing.  In fact, he is a strong advocate and practitioner at the forefront of the re-introduction of improvisation as an essential mode of musical expression for the Classical ‘Fingerstyle’ Guitarist.

Song accompaniment has also become a strong interest through his ‘Renaissance Song’ (especially the songs of John Dowland) and ‘Blues Song’ (especially traditional Country Blues styles) explorations.

In recent years Greg’s music has been influenced by Indian and Oriental musical styles, as a result of living and undertaking extensive travel throughout China and India.
These recent explorations have further enriched and expanded his musical horizons.

Greg believes that the Classical ‘Fingerstyle’ Guitar technique is a versatile playing technique that can easily be employed to play repertoire, and to improvise,  in a variety of styles; and opens up a ‘world of musical influences’ to the guitarist.