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Development may refer to:

Land use[link]

• Green development, a concept that includes consideration of community-wide or regional environmental implications
• Land development, altering the landscape in any number of ways
• Mixed-use development, the practice of allowing more than one type of use in a building or set of buildings
• Real estate development, a business encompassing activities from renovation to the purchase of raw land
• Subdivision (land), or a development, a piece of land divided from a larger portion for sale or further development
• Urban planning, or development, integrates land use planning and transportation planning to improve communities
• Transit-oriented development, a mixed-use residential or commercial area designed to maximize access to public transport

Science and technology[link]

• Artificial development, an area of computer science and engineering
• Development (differential geometry), the process of rolling one surface over another
• Development (journal), an academic journal in developmental biology
• Development (topology), a countable collection of open coverings
• Developmental biology, the study of the process by which organisms grow and develop
• Drug development, the entire process of bringing a new drug or device to the market
• Embryogenesis, or development, the process by which the embryo is formed
• Energy development, the effort to provide sufficient primary energy sources
• Human development (biology), the process of growing to maturity
  • Prenatal development, the process in which a human embryo or fetus gestates during pregnancy
  • Child development, the biological, psychological, and emotional changes that occur in human beings between birth and the end of adolescence
  • Youth development, the process through which adolescents acquire the cognitive, social, and emotional skills and abilities required to navigate life
• Neural development, the processes that generate, shape, and reshape the nervous system
• Photographic development, the chemical means by which exposed photographic film or paper is processed to produce a visible image
• Research and development, work aiming to increase knowledge
• Software development, the development of a software product
• Tooth development or odontogenesis
• Web development, work involved in developing a web site

Social science[link]

• Development studies, social science which addresses issues of concern to developing countries
• Development geography, geography with reference to the standard of living and quality of life of human inhabitants
• Developmental psychology, the scientific study of systematic psychological, emotional, and perception changes over life spans
• Community development, the practices and academic disciplines to improve various aspects of local communities
• Sociocultural evolution, how cultures and societies have changed over time
• Economic development, the economic aspect of social change
• Human development (humanity), an international and economic development paradigm
• Human development theory, a theory that merges older ideas from ecological economics, sustainable development, welfare economics, and feminist economics
• Rural development, actions and initiatives taken to improve the standard of living in non-Urban neighborhoods, countryside, and remote villages
• Social development, processes of change in societies
• Sustainable development, a pattern of resources use, that aims to meet human needs while preserving the environment

International and regional[link]

• Regional development, the provision of aid and other assistance to regions which are less economically developed
  • Multilateral development bank
  • European Development Fund, an instrument for European Community aid
  • Development aid, the provision of assistance to developing countries
• Economic development, the sustained, concerted effort of policymakers and community to promote the standard of living and economic health in a specific area
• Human Development Index, used to rank countries by level of "human development"
• International development, the development of greater quality of life for humans

Business and professional[link]

• Business development, a process of growing a business
• Career development, which as several meanings
• Corporate development, a position in a business
• Development & Commerce Bank (now called RHB Bank)
• Fundraising, soliciting voluntary contributions to an organization or prospective organization
• Training and development, organizational activity aimed at bettering the performance of individuals and groups in organizational settings
• Leadership development, activities that enhances the quality of leadership within an individual or organization
• New product development, the complete process of bringing a new product to market
• Organization development, a conceptual, organization-wide effort to increase an organization's effectiveness and viability
• Personal development or self-help
• Professional development, skills and knowledge attained for both personal development and career advancement

Culture[link]

• Video game development, a creative process of developing a video game
• Development (album), a 2002 nu-metal album by musical group Nonpoint
• Musical development, a compositional process

Other[link]

• Characterisation including character development
• Develop, term used in Chess
• Development of doctrine, a term used by John Henry Newman to describe Catholic teachings
• Development hell, media industry term for when a project is stuck in development
• Development of religion, the various stages in the evolution of any particular religion or religious system
• Driver development program is a program used by racing teams to develop younger drivers
• Components of the "development" phase in film making include film finance and film budgeting

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Antoine Dufour
Antoine Dufour performing live in 2008
Background information
Born	1979 (age 32–33) L'Épiphanie, Quebec, Canada
Genres	Folk, fingerstyle acoustic, instrumental
Occupations	Guitarist
Instruments	Guitar
Years active	2003 – present
Labels	CandyRat
Website	antoinedufourmusic.com

Antoine Dufour (born 1979 L'Épiphanie, Quebec) is a French-Canadian acoustic guitarist currently signed to CandyRat Records.

Biography[link]

Dufour started playing guitar at the age of fifteen. He went on to study at the CEGEP in Joliette, where he listened to the music of Leo Kottke, Don Ross, and Michael Hedges at the behest of his teacher. Since then, he has gone on to place second at the 2005 Canadian Guitar Festival's Fingerstyle Guitar Championship and first place in the 2006 competition. He also placed third at the 2006 International Finger Style Guitar Championship in Winfield, Kansas.

Dufour has released five solo albums to date: Naissance, Development, Existence, Convergences, and Sound Pictures. He has garnered a sizeable fanbase through YouTube with live performances of his songs cut in the same studio as fellow guitarist Andy McKee, amongst other CandyRat performers. His most popular video is a cover of "Jerry's Breakdown" performed with Tommy Gauthier, who is himself an expert fiddler, using a single guitar between the two. Dufour has also released a fourth album (Still Strings) with Tommy Gauthier.

Dufour works on the side as a guitar instructor, offering lessons through Skype as well.

Guitar style[link]

Dufour's pieces are characterized by a highly percussive playing style, using slap and natural harmonics frequently. Dufour shares many compositional traits with other fingerstyle guitarists such as Kaki King, Andy McKee, Craig D'Andrea, and Don Ross, especially in terms of his music's technical complexity.

Many pay special attention to the red bandana/scarf tied around the end of his guitar's neck above the nut, seen in most of Dufour's YouTube videos – he has stated in interviews that this is used to mute the strings ringing above the nut as they would resonate after a hard strum followed by a mute of the strings.

Currently, his primary instrument is a Mario Beauregard flat top "Orchestral model" cutaway. He uses medium phosphor bronze Elixir Strings, K&K pick-ups (Trinity System), Phil Jones amps, Radial Tonebone Pz-pre preamps, Spider capos (previously Third Hand Capos) and an Ergoplay guitar support. On several of his pieces, he plays a Duane Noble Harp guitar. Dufour was previously endorsed by Stonebridge guitars; using his own signature Stonebridge model ^[1], in addition to a Stonebridge GS-23-CR. During the period of his first two albums, Dufour used an acoustic Jumbo Larivee in addition to his Stonebridge GS-23-CR.

Dufour wears acrylic artificial fingernails on each finger of his right hand, aside from his thumb. The nails help to create a crisp, clean sound. Regarding these nails, he buys commonly available acrylic nails from a store, and then cuts them down to size. After gluing the nails on, he cuts and files the nails to his preferred length. These fake nails are not worn/glued over the entire fingernail, rather, they are worn on approximately half of the front tip of the nail. Commonly, he uses a Dunlop thumbpick which he files down so that the tip of the pick is shorter and at a more comfortable angle for his playing style. As is commonly seen, Dufour has two rings on his right index and ring finger. These are his wedding and engagement rings. The reason he wears them on his right hand is so that they do not hit the neck of the guitar while he plays. The rings serve no purpose in his playing.

References[link]

Discography[link]

Studio albums[link]

• Naissance (2004)
• Development (2006)
• Existence (2008)
• Still Strings (2009) (with Tommy Gauthier)
• Convergences (2010)
• Sound Pictures (2011)

DVDs[link]

• Antoine Dufour / Andy McKee Split DVD (2007)
• Antoine Dufour / Craig D'Andrea / Peter Ciluzzi (2008)

External links[link]

• Antoine Dufour Official Website
• Antoine Dufour (guitarist) on Myspace
• Antoine Dufour at Candyrat Records
• Interview with Antoine Dufour at www.instrumentalcase.com