Chet Atkins’ Certified Guitar Players
Tommy Emmanuel, John Knowles, and Steve Wariner share the distinction of being Certified Guitar Players, anointed by Chet Atkins himself. Here they sit down, for the first time, to discuss Atkins.
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The Acoustic Inventions of Chet Atkins, Certified Guitar Pioneer
You can’t learn what Chet Atkins knows about playing the guitar from a book or from his records. Any guitarist who has lifted one of Atkins’ solos or some of his knuckle-busting moves from a tape and tab knows that…
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‘Windy and Warm’ – Watch Chet Atkins Perform this Acoustic Classic on ‘The Johnny Cash Show’
After Chet Atkins first recorded John D. Loudermilk’s “Windy and Warm,” in the spring of 1961, the guitarist made this bouncy instrumental one of his signature tunes. Bluegrass legend Doc Watson followed suit, and CGPs John Knowles and Tommy Emmanuel,…
Video Lesson: Learn to Play Guitar Chord Melodies Like Chet Atkins or Earl Klugh
Learning to play chord-melody style—that is, expressing melodies in chords rather than single notes—is a formidable and valuable skill.
New Book Release: Chords at Your Fingertips
Follow this series of step-by-step lessons that take you from mastering moveable chord shapes to building chords from pentatonic scales to harmonizing like Chet Atkins and a whole lot in between.
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Tommy Emmanuel | Acoustic Guitar Sessions
Australian fingerstyle guitar master Tommy Emmanuel talks about meeting and playing with his hero Chet Atkins, his favorite guitars, and his 2011 album Little by Little.
John Monteleone’s Exquisite Archtop Guitars Are Seen in the Hands of Top Players and Museum Display Cases
If there’s a living heir to the great mid-20th-century luthiers like John D’Angelico and James D’Aquisto, John Monteleone would have to be it.
Learn How to Play Joe Robinson’s Showstopping “Let the Guitar Do the Talkin’”
It’s one thing to play blazingly fast Travis picking, and quite another to sing at the same time, as Joe Robinson does.
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Video Lesson: How to Visualize and Play Chords Up the Neck
In this guitar lesson we will focus on how to play chords “up the neck” in order to learn to play a chord-melody.
Joe Robinson Explores New Directions on the Eclectic ‘The Prize’
With his 7th full-length album, The Prize, Joe Robinson is reaching for the biggest prize of all: writing songs that are as good as his guitar playing.