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...
Instrumentals
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...
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.
Learn Peppino D’Agostino’s ‘Dancing with Shadows’
From the May/June 2020 issue of Acoustic Guitar | By Adam PerlmutterWhen he was growing up in the northern Italian city of Turin, ... Read More...
World Premiere: Billy Strings’ ‘Guitar Peace’
From the May/June 2020 issue of Acoustic Guitar | Adam PerlmutterOn an evening in January 2019, Billy Strings came home from a lon... Read More...
Video Lesson: Learn the Classical Standard ‘Romanza’
From the March/April 2020 issue of Acoustic Guitar | BY MICHAEL CHAPDELAINEDownload the sheet music for this lesson here.THE P... Read More...
“Picking the Guitar”: Tackling a Classic Steel-String Instrumental
From the March/April 2020 issue of Acoustic Guitar | By Nick RossiNick Lucas, né Dominic Nicholas Antonio Lucanese, was the first ... Read More...
Fanø/Black Sea Dress: Learn to Play this Pair of Miniatures from Charlie Rauh
From the March/April 2020 issue of Acoustic Guitar | By Adam PerlmutterDownload the musical notation here.Medieval and Renaiss... Read More...
‘The Pearls’: Dave Van Ronk’s Clever Arrangement of a Jelly Roll Morton Rag
From the January/February 2020 issue of Acoustic Guitar | BY PATRICK GRANTNew Orleans-born pianist Ferdinand Joseph LaMenthe,... Read More...
Learn Bob Minner’s Take on “Auld Lang Syne”
By Adam PerlmutterOn a recent December morning, Bob Minner sat on his porch in Nashville to do what has become an annual ritual. He filmed his solo-guitar ... Read More...