Lessons – Acoustic Guitar

Acoustic Guitar Basics: How to Train Your Fretting Fingers for Maximum Efficiency and Musicality

From the November/December 2020 issue of Acoustic Guitar | By Michael ChapdelaineTHE PROBLEMYou want to play with more accuracy and strength in your fretti... Read More...

How to Play E Diminished Voicings | Chord by Chord

BY KATE KOENIGWelcome to the latest installment of Chord by Chord, a series designed to build your understanding of harmony and the fretboard. Last time I ... Read More...

5 Ways to Play an A Diminished Chord | Chord by Chord

BY KATE KOENIGWelcome to the latest installment of Chord by Chord, a series designed to build your understanding of harmony and the fretboard. In previous ... Read More...

“Angel from Montgomery”— Here’s How to Play John Prine’s Best-Known Song

From the November/December 2020 issue of Acoustic Guitar | By Jeffrey Pepper Rodgers“I am an old woman.” So goes the opening of “Angel from Montgomery,” fi... Read More...

Guitar Lesson: Simple Acoustic-Blues Tips That Can Improve Your Bottleneck-Slide Technique

From the March 2017 issue of Acoustic Guitar | BY PETE MADSENTHE PROBLEMYou find that you can’t get a powerful sound playing bottleneck slide—your tone is thi... Read More...

How to Play I–vi Progressions in C and G Major | Chord by Chord

BY KATE KOENIGWelcome to the latest installment of Chord by Chord, a series designed to build your understanding of harmony and the fretboard. In the previ... Read More...

How to Play I–ii Progressions in C and G Major | Chord by Chord

BY KATE KOENIGWelcome to the latest installment of Chord by Chord, a series designed to build your understanding of harmony and the fretboard. So far, if y... Read More...

Señor: Gillian Welch and David Rawlings’ Take on a Bob Dylan Classic

From the November/December 2020 issue of Acoustic Guitar | By Nick MillevoiAmidst the global pandemic, many musicians have been sp... Read More...

Learn 5 Ways to Play D Minor | Chord By Chord

BY KATE KOENIGWelcome to the latest installment of Chord by Chord, a series designed to build your understanding of harmony and the fretboard. With A minor... Read More...