Guitar Lesson: Use Bluegrass Flatpicking to Add Excitement to Your Accompaniments
In this guitar lesson, learn how to use bluegrass flatpicking to add riffs and fills on top of your playing to create the exciting sound of multiple instruments.
Lessons
‘Home Sweet Home’: Try a Flatpicking Workout Inspired by a Banjo Classic
Try this flatpicking acoustic guitar workout for "Home Sweet Home," inspired by the banjo classic.
Video Lesson: Exploring Blues Turnarounds
In this acoustic guitar lesson you'll learn a bunch of blues-based turnarounds in different keys—great moves to have at your fingertips when playing the blues.
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.
Learn 6 Ways to Play A Major 7 | Chord by Chord
In this guitar chord lesson, designed to build your understanding of harmony and the fretboard, you'll learn six ways to play Amaj7 on the acoustic guitar.
Molly Tuttle Teaches Tony Rice’s Distinctive Guitar Style
Molly Tuttle reflects on the life and guitar style of Tony Rice, as well as all the guitar players he inspired with his distinctive style of playing.
Trigger Fingers: A Look at Willie Nelson’s Jazz-Inspired Style
Though Willie Nelson is most easily described as a country musician, elements of jazz have always permeated his style. Here, Adam Levy digs into Nelson's acoustic guitar approach.
Learn to Play the Traditional Flatpicking Duet ‘Old Grimes’ on Acoustic Guitar
Guitarist Alan Barnosky teaches an acoustic guitar arrangement of the melodic fiddle tune “Old Grimes,” as interpreted by Julian Lage and Chris Eldridge
Learn to Play A9, E9, and F9 | Chord by Chord
In this acoustic guitar chord lesson, you'll learn a variety of ways to play A9, E9, and F9 chords.
Learn an Easy Guitar Version of “House of the Rising Sun” Using Simple Chords
Here's an easy arrangement for guitar of "House of the Rising Sun" that's great as a campfire song—whether you're cooking dinner inside or outside.