Watch Paul McCartney Play ‘Mother Nature’s Son’
“Mother Nature’s Son” reveals that the Beatles's Paul McCartney plays the acoustic guitar just as deftly as he does the bass guitar.
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Video Lesson: How to Play the Blues Like Skip James
Capturing the haunting, emotive quality of Skip James' music is a challenge. Learn to get into open-D-minor tuning and explore his evocative music.
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Learn to Play ‘Tie-Hackers Joy,’ Mark Bilyeu and Cindy Woolf’s Arrangement of an Ozarks Tune
This tune in open-D has a kind of Scottish feel to is
Video Lesson: Exploring Kelly Joe Phelps’ Slide Work in Open Tunings
Prewar blues is just a stepping-off point for Phelps’ intricate fingerpicking and soulful vocals. In this lesson, you'll adapt his open-D ideas to bottleneck style.
Meet Joan Shelley: Folk’s Rising Star Talks Open Tunings, Influences, and Working with Jeff Tweedy
There’s a kind of clarity and calm in Joan Shelley’s music that feels especially welcome in these fractious times.
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Video Lesson: How to Play the Blues Like Booker White
Explore Booker ("Bukka") White’s playing in open-G and open-D minor and work your way up to his quick tempos and powerful driving rhythm.
Video Lesson: How to Play the Blues Like Elizabeth Cotten
Few guitarists have had as much impact on fingerstyle folk and blues guitar as Elizabeth Cotten. Learn to capture her sound, phrasing, and dynamic approach to guitar.
A Tribute to British Fingerstylist Bert Jansch and His Influential Arrangements
The legendary Scottish musician sojourned through the pits and pinnacles of music-making guided by his own compass, largely disinterested in popular trends.
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Video Lesson: 5 Ways to Learn Hybrid Picking
This versatile technique is used across genres—guitarists from Jimmy Page to Jorma Kaukonen have made it an essential part of their acoustic work.
Gear Review: Martin’s GPC15ME Is a Great Stage Guitar, Well-Suited for a Myriad of Musical Styles [Video]
There is a certain familiarity to the Martin GPC15ME—the rustic charm of all mahogany guitars that have a log-cabin-type appeal can inspire a gutbucket response.