Instrumentals – Acoustic Guitar

Woodshed: How to Play a Dropped-D Gospel Theme as Recorded by Bahamian Guitar Legend Joseph Spence

By Nick MillevoiListen to any Joseph Spence song and you’ll find unexpected nuance and detail, no matter how many times you have heard it. While his repert... Read More...

Dans Kef: Learn to Play a Mysterious Celtic Arrangement for Solo Guitar

From the November/December 2020 issue of Acoustic Guitar | By Steve BaughmanI was surfing YouTube late one night when I became smi... Read More...

Classical Bluegrass? Learn How to Flatpick a Matteo Carcassi Etude

From the November/December 2020 issue of Acoustic Guitar | By Alan BarnoskyMatteo Carcassi’s 25 Etudes, Op. 60 are a rite of passa... Read More...

Learn Tony Rice’s Take on “House of the Rising Sun”

By Craig HavighurstThis article originally appeared in the June 2002 issue of Acoustic Guitar and was reprinted the September/October 2020 issueThe Ton... Read More...

Learn J.S. Bach’s “Minuet in D Minor” in DADGAD Tuning

By Teja GerkenThis article originally appeared in the January 2012 issue of Acoustic Guitar and was reprinted in the September/October 2020 issue.Every... Read More...

Learn Bob Minner’s Solo Guitar Arrangement of “America the Beautiful”

By Adam PerlmutterBob Minner was supposed to have been on tour with singer Tim McGraw, playing for thousands of adoring country fans. But instead, thanks t... Read More...

Woodshed: How To Play John Fahey’s ‘Uncloudy Day’

From the July/August 2020 issue of Acoustic Guitar | By Gwenifer Raymond“Uncloudy Day” is an 1879 gospel song by the Reverend Josi... Read More...

Pickin’: The Delmore Brothers’ ‘Wabash Blues’

From the July/August 2020 issue of Acoustic Guitar | By Jamie StillwayKnown for their deft guitar duos and close harmony singing, the Delmore Brothers (Alt... Read More...

World Premiere: ‘Chapdelaine’

From the July/August 2020 issue of Acoustic Guitar | By Adam PerlmutterMichael Chapdelaine has had an unusual trajectory in his musical life, from a self-d... Read More...

Pickin’: Learn ‘Sometime Next Summer’ by Master Flatpicker David Grier

From the September/October 2019 issue of Acoustic Guitar | BY ADAM PERLMUTTERIn his four-decade career in the bluegrass world and throu... Read More...

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