Chronology
Life and work year by year. Every entry is documented; we welcome additions and corrections.
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1960
The first guitar
Vienna
Pepl took up the guitar, at the age of 15 according to Kohler; in 1988 the Kleine Zeitung put it at 13. He learned mainly by listening to records, including those of Tal Farlow and Johnny Smith.
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1960s
Wes Montgomery becomes a role model
Romania
On a holiday in Romania, a bar-band guitarist showed him chords and recommended Wes Montgomery. Pepl learned Montgomery's solos by listening and transcribing, not through lessons.
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1963
Guitar studies with Karl Scheit
Vienna
Pepl studies classical guitar in Karl Scheit's class at the Vienna music academy; at the entrance examination he plays Mozart's “Turkish March” with a plectrum. The year 1963 is given in the obituary of the Kunstuniversität Graz (University of Music and Performing Arts Graz).
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