Colorful Scales and Sweet Harmonies for the Advancing Guitarist
The whole-tone, natural minor, harmonic minor, and melodic minor scales on acoustic guitar can bring intriguing mystery and bittersweet emotion to your music.
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“The Gibson Guy”: How Folkway Music’s Mark Stutman Became a Leading Vintage Guitar Expert
Photos by Claire Bégin The sound of a customer fingerpicking a 1950 Gibson CF-100 in the front showroom of Folkway Music, in Waterloo, Ontario, an hour west of Toronto, drifts into owner Mark Stutman’s office. On the floor lie guitar…
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Acoustic Classic: ‘Georgia on My Mind’
To make things easier to play on the guitar, I placed the first two bars an octave lower than the strings on the original recording, with the second two bars in the original octave. Play this part kind of languorously, taking advantage of the breathing room afforded by the open strings.
New Book Release: Chords at Your Fingertips
Follow this series of step-by-step lessons that take you from mastering moveable chord shapes to building chords from pentatonic scales to harmonizing like Chet Atkins and a whole lot in between.
Chords at Your Fingertips | Acoustic Guitar Champions
A dozen four-week workouts each designed to engage both your fingers and your mind.
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Learn to Play Faster by Slowing Down
Call it a plateau; call it being stuck in a rut. We’ve all been at that place where time in the woodshed feels so unproductive that it’s driving us crazy! If you spend any time practicing, you’ve probably had the…
Paul Simon’s “50 Ways to Leave Your Lover” Offers a Good Lesson in Harmonic Imagination
Paul Simon is among the most harmonically sophisticated of folk-pop songwriters, and this song is packed with lush chord voicings.
Review: Cordoba Mini II FMH Small-Bodied Nylon-String Guitar—A Good Thing in a Small Package
The Mini II, a new instrument by Cordoba, is a nice example of a miniature nylon-string that’s easy to play—and easy on the wallet
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Seeing the Big Picture: How to Build a Solid Foundation for Creating Wonderful Music
Prominent guitarists and educators offer advice on what it takes to become a more musical guitar player and improve your musicianship.
Video Lesson: Bringing Sunny Sounds Into Shadowy Harmony
Playing melodies in parallel sixths evokes the sweet sound of classic Memphis soul. Here's how to use sixths in a variety of musical ways