“Salt Creek” Bluegrass Flatpicking Guitar Lesson
A common question advancing flatpickers have is how and when to play up the guitar neck. The old favorite "Salt Creek" gives a good example of how to do it.
Classic Songs
“It Had to Be You”: A Guitar-Friendly Arrangement of a Great American Songbook Favorite
The title of “It Had to Be You” instantly calls its famous melody to mind. Written by Isham Jones and Gus Kahn in 1924, it has been covered countless times.
Acoustic Classic: A DADGAD Arrangement of Pink Floyd’s “Wish You Were Here”
One of the pleasures of DADGAD and other open tunings is letting open strings add lush extensions to chords, as in this arrangement of "Wish You Were Here."
Blues Lesson: Learn Jontavious Willis’ Take on “Poor Boy, Long Ways from Home”
Here's an open-G arrangement of the traditional blues tune "Poor Boy, Long Ways from Home"
Learn to Play “Rocky Road to Dublin”
Learn slip-jig meter and master this difficult, but instantly recognizable and rousing, Irish song.
A Guitar Tribute to J.S. Bach on His 336th Birthday
Here is J.S. Bach’s transcendental prelude to Cello Suite No. 1 performed on acoustic guitar. Learn the history of this arrangement and find advice for learning to play it yourself.
“Black Velvet Band” — Learn to Play this Popular Irish Waltz
This waltz-time tale is quite straightforward and easy to sing and play, as the chorus and the verses follow the same melody and chord changes.
Pickin’: Learn a Beautiful Open-G Guitar Arrangement of “Sally Ann”
From the March/April 2021 issue of Acoustic Guitar | By Alan BarnoskyBrowsing a local North Carolina record shop a few years ago, ... Read More...
Acoustic Classic: Learn to Play Jerry Jeff Walker’s “Mr. Bojangles”
From the March/April 2021 issue of Acoustic Guitar | By Adam PerlmutterWhen outlaw country singer-songwriter Jerry Jeff Walker die... Read More...
Learn Manuel Barrueco’s Serene Reading of “Estrellita”
From the March/April 2021 issue of Acoustic Guitar | By Mark SmallMexican composer Manuel Ponce (1882–1948) is best known to class... Read More...