Video Lesson: Learn the Nuts and Bolts of Travis Picking

Learn Travis picking, a style of fingerpicking characterized by a steady alternating bass that underscores rhythmic patterns and melodies on the treble strings.

Video Lesson: How to Use a Capo to Play Music in All 12 Keys

The capo is a small but powerful tool for guitarists that raises the notes of the open strings but retains the individual relationships between strings. Here's how to use one.

Pickin’: The Delmore Brothers’ ‘Wabash Blues’

From the July/August 2020 issue of Acoustic Guitar | By Jamie Stillway Known for their deft guitar duos and close harmony singing, the Delmore Brothers (Alt... Read More...

Tips on Tone: 15 Pros Talk Acoustic Alchemy

From the January 2017 issue of Acoustic Guitar | BY GREG CAHILLWatch an exclusive Guitar Talk with Billy Bragg and Joe Henry, who share their tips on... Read More...

Video Lesson: Generating New Ideas from Travis Picking

From the January 2019 issue of Acoustic Guitar | BY JAMIE STILLWAY If you have spent any amount of time exploring the world of fingerstyle guitar, you no d... Read More...

Video Lesson: Discover Your Own Fingerstyle Voice on Guitar

From the July 2017 issue of Acoustic Guitar | BY JAMIE STILLWAY Just as the term “jazz” can be used to describe a wealth of different musical styles... Read More...

Acoustic Guitar Sessions Presents Jamie Stillway [VIDEO]

By Greg Cahill Mixing up genres without pretension," Jazz Times opined of Portland, Oregon, fingerstylist and composer Jamie Stillway, "the nimble Stillway m... Read More...

Jamie Stillway: Winter NAMM 2016

Jamie Stillway stopped by the Acoustic Guitar booth at NAMM 2016 to perform an instrumental on her Santa Cruz OM/PW guitar.  Using a Shubb capo at the fourth fr... Read More...