Album Review: Pierre Bensusan Reimagines His Guitar as an Orchestra on Beautiful ‘Aswan’
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NEW GEAR
Guitar Review: PRS’ Punchy Tonare Parlor SE P20E Evokes a Bygone Era at a Budget Price
From the January/February 2021 issue of Acoustic Guitar | By James RotondiYour acoustic guitar collection is c... Read More...
Guitar Review: Yamaha’s FGX3 Is a Modern Folk Workhorse Inspired by 1960s Classics
From the March/April 2021 issue of Acoustic Guitar | By Nick MillevoiIn 1966, Yamaha introduced its first folk... Read More...
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Ask the Expert: Is It Safe to Hang My Guitar on the Wall?
From the May/June 2019 issue of Acoustic Guitar | BY MAMIE MINCHI have a vintage steel-bodied resonator guitar and I’d like to display ... Read More...
Ask the Expert: All About Celluloid Rot—and What to Do About It
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Weekly Workout: Building Colorful Chords from the Harmonic and Melodic Minor Scales
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OPEN TUNING
Add Some Color with Open-G Tuning, Dropped-D, and Other Easy Alternate Guitar Tunings
By Acoustic Guitar staffAlternate tunings on the guitar are quite alluring: They open the door to unconventional sounds, generate compl... Read More...
Learn Four Classical and Traditional Songs in Open Tunings
In previous posts, we have explored the use of tunings by singer-songwriters and blues guitarists. This time we’ll check out some classical... Read More...
How to Go from Standard to Open-G Tuning
Learn how to get into open G tuning and then play a basic I, IV, V chord progression using the open G chord.
Video Lesson: Reimagining Bluesman Robert Johnson in Open-G Tuning
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HERE'S HOW
Song Builder: How to Put Together a Repertoire—and Use it Wisely
From the March/April 2021 issue of Acoustic Guitar | By Jane MillerWhether you’re a solo singer-songwriter or ... Read More...
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Want to Learn Guitar? It’s All in a Day’s Work, Says Marlene Hutchinson…
Think it’ll take you months to learn to play the guitar? Maybe even a year? Think again.Because we at Acoustic Guitar know someone... Read More...
FEATURED LESSON
Video Lesson: Exploring Joan Baez’s Elegant Guitar Style
From the May/June 2019 issue of Acoustic Guitar | BY JEFFREY PEPPER RODGERSIn the summer of 1959, an 18-year-old singer in a bright dress strode onto the stage at the first Newport Folk Festival—a surprise guest of headliner Bob Gibson. Strumming a 12-string, Gibson kicked... Read More...
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What is Chord by Chord? Introducing Acoustic Guitar’s How-To Video Series
Welcome to Acoustic Guitar’s Chord by Chord, a series of 62 brief lessons designed to build your fretboard familiarity, chord flu... Read More...
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SESSIONS
Laura Snowden Performs “The Parting Glass” | Acoustic Guitar Sessions in Place
Laura Snowden is a young master of the guitar, with quite a pedigree. She was the first guitarist to graduate from the Yehudi Menuhin Schoo... Read More...
Brandon Lee Adams Performs and Teaches a Nostalgic Bluegrass Tune | Acoustic Guitar Sessions in Place
Brandon Lee Adams sings in a timeless, Americana style—and he’s a hell of a flatpicker, too.For his AG Sessions in Place, Adams perfor... Read More...
FEATURED SONG
Acoustic Classic: Bob Dylan and Johnny Cash’s take on “Just a Closer Walk with Thee”
From the March/April 2020 issue of Acoustic Guitar | By Adam PerlmutterIn February of 1969, Bob Dylan and Johnny Cash spent a couple of days in Nashville’s Columbia Studio A, where they recorded informal versions of each other’s songs, as well as traditional tunes by Ji... Read More...
NEWS & REVIEWS
Guitar Talk: Connecting with Leading UK Fingerstylist and Educator Tristan Seume
From the March/April 2021 issue of Acoustic Guitar | By Julie BergmanTristan Seume has made his way into the t... Read More...
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How to Play Am7, Em7, and Dm7 | Chord by Chord
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“The Gibson Guy”: How Folkway Music’s Mark Stutman Became a Leading Vintage Guitar Expert
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Continuing with our monthly web themes, this time we’ll be exploring a range of accessories for acoustic guitar including capos, strings, p... Read More...
Gear Review: Body Sensors Take Fishman PowerTap Rare Earth and Infinity Pickups to a New Level
From the March/April 2021 issue of Acoustic Guitar | By Emile MenaschéElectric guitar pickups have it easy. Th... Read More...
Song Builder: How to Put Together a Repertoire—and Use it Wisely
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A Private Lesson With Acoustic Blues Guitar Master Eric Bibb
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