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Popular Lessons
Woodshed: How to Play a Dropped-D Gospel Theme as Recorded by Bahamian Guitar Legend Joseph Spence
Listen to any Joseph Spence song and you’ll find unexpected nuance and detail, no matter how many times you have heard it.
How to Use a Looper to Create Soundscapes on Acoustic Guitar
When used properly, a looper pedal can transform the sound of your acoustic guitar into something new and beautiful, while making your performances more dynamic.
Play Happy Traum’s Fingerstyle Arrangement of “Worried Blues” on Acoustic Guitar
“It’s one of those lonesome blues things, but it’s not a standard 12-bar blues… It’s more like a folk song,” says Traum
How to Play Bonnie Raitt’s Grammy-Winning Story-Song “Just Like That”
With its character-driven narrative and fingerpicking guitar, “Just Like That” taps into Raitt’s love of the folk ballads of her songwriting contemporaries.
Learn “Cam Ye O’er Frae France,” a Dropped-D Arrangement of an Irreverent Scottish Song
Popular versions have been performed by Steeleye Span, Ewan MacColl, and Dick Gaughan
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Drop D Tuning Lesson | Elixir Strings
In this video lesson, Elixir® Strings artist Calum Graham takes you through a section of his tune "The Nomad."
Latest Gear Reviews & Stories
How Guitar Strings Age—and How to Know When to Change Them
When to change strings is an age-old question with no clear answer, and one that I still field regularly from repair clients.
Do Pickguards Impact Guitar Tone?
Whether or not pickguards affect guitar tone is an interesting topic, and opinions vary in the field of guitar makers.
How Plugging the Soundhole Affects an Acoustic Guitar’s Sound
Using a rubber soundhole plug is a go-to move for reducing feedback when plugging in an acoustic guitar. But what effect does it have on tone?
How to Deal with Bulging Soundboards and Moldy Cases
AG’s repair expert weighs in on a common playability issue and the only sure way to cure the moldy case blues
Review: Bourgeois’ Touchstone OM Vintage/TS is a Brilliant New Guitar with an Old Soul
The Bourgeois Touchstone OM Vintage/TS is a collaboration with Eastman Guitars that has resulted in an excellent tradition-inspired guitar with a relatively affordable price.
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Acoustic Artists
Multiple Layered Guitars Stand Out on Steve Dawson’s ‘Eyes Closed, Dreaming’
As with all of Dawson’s projects that I’ve heard, his layered guitars sit front and center, but he’s also supported by a fine cast of other players.
Powerful Doc Watson Tribute ‘I Am a Pilgrim’ Surprises with Star-Studded Cast of Players
Diverse roster of artists reinforces the wide musical influence of the legendary guitarist.
How Guitar Duo Rodrigo y Gabriela Is Informed by Eastern Spiritual Practices—and Thrash-Metal
On their latest release, In Between Thoughts… A New World, the spiritually inclined pair have invested their pan-genre musical values with some of their own more metaphysical ones.
Deniz Cuylan Returns with More Brightly Colored Cinematic Abstractions on ‘Rings of Juniper’
The soundscapes on ‘Rings of Juniper’ are increasingly complex, their palettes more varied, their themes more ambitious than Cuylan’s previous works.
Christie Lenée Explains the Surprising Sounds and Textures at Play on ‘Coming Alive’
The albums is an extension of Lenée’s current fascinations, which include experimenting with fingerstyle on the 12-string and an ongoing exploration of alternate tunings.
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