Learn to Play “Rocky Road to Dublin”
Learn slip-jig meter and master this difficult, but instantly recognizable and rousing, Irish song.
Lyzy Lusterman
Easy Fingerpicking Lesson: How to Play “House of the Rising Sun”
This song is surprisingly easy and fun to play and sing. Learn a basic picking pattern and get rocking!
Am I Too Old to Learn Guitar?
If we, at whatever age, are truly determined to make music come out of those six strings, we will.
Watch How to Go from Standard to Open-G Tuning
By Orville Johnson | Excerpted from Acoustic Blues Guitar Basics.Let’s start by getting into open G (D G D G B D) from standard tuning. Lower both E string... Read More...
Learn to Play J.S. Bach’s ‘Bourrée in E Minor’ for Guitar
Even if you’re not a classical player, mastering pieces such as this offers a great learning experience for any fingerstyle guitarist, because it not only teaches picking-hand techniques that are independent of set patterns but also demonstrates excellent form and structure.
Start Enriching Your Music Now with Seventh Chords
Excerpted from The Way Music Works | BY GRETCHEN MENNTHE PROBLEMWhile you’re familiar with the basic major and minor triads, any numbers ... Read More...
How to Use Guide Tone Voicings in Fingerstyle Jazz
By Sean McGowan | Excerpted from Fingerstyle Jazz Guitar EssentialsSeparating parts on the piano is fairly easy, because each hand is essentially free to f... Read More...
Bidding Begins Today in Our 10th Anniversary Auction!
Time to mount up and proceed to the starting gate: Bidding begins today on the Acoustic Guitar 10th Anniversary Custom Guitar Auction.Unique custom instrum... Read More...
Practice with a Metronome to Shift Between Chords
This brief exercise is excerpted from Rhythm and Strumming Basics by Josh Workman.Let’s start working on some chord shifting by changing between G and ... Read More...
Geoff Muldaur on How to Find Your Own Voice
How does one find their own style that is informed by the blues legends but does not mimic them?
