Video Lesson: 5 Ways to Master Artificial Harmonics on Acoustic Guitar
Guitarist Jeff Gunn offers a series of exercises designed to get you used to playing harp harmonics, a technique that produces chime-like tones, on acoustic guitar.
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Leo Kottke Looks Back at His Long and Uncategorizable Musical Journey
Leo Kottke's musical adventures have inspired generations of musicians. Throughout this journey, the one constant has been his love for acoustic guitar.
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Video Lesson: Exploring Dropped-D Fingerpicking
Fingerpicking and dropped-D tuning fit together like hand and glove. For evidence, just consider the long list of fingerpicking classics played in dropped D, which includes Jorma Kaukonen’s “Embryonic Journey,” Pete Seeger’s “Living in the Country,” the Beatles’ “Dear Prudence,”…
Fingerstyle Authority: John Renbourn on His Distinctive Technique and Approach to Arranging
Whether as a solo artist, playing duets, leading his own group, or as a founding member of the seminal British folk-jazz ensemble Pentangle, Renbourn’s playing has left a profound imprint on the modern landscape of acoustic music.
Guitar Talk: Alberto Lombardi on Motown, Taylor Guitars, and More
Alberto Lombardi had been working as a professional guitarist—a professional electric guitarist, that is—for more than two decades before he turned to the acoustic as a primary form of musical expression several years ago.
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Weekly Workout: How to Use Harmonics to Add Texture to Your Playing
Learn how each type of harmonic—natural, harp, percussive, and pinch—is produced and how it can be used to add textural interest to your guitar playing.
Django Reinhardt Still Inspires Guitarists Six Decades After His Death
John Jorgenson thought he’d heard every possible description of Django Reinhardt’s guitar style—until he was asked to play the Gypsy-jazz guitarist’s music for the 2004 film Head in the Clouds. “The British director [John Duigan] said, ‘Django Reinhardt makes a…
Laurence Juber: A DADGAD Lesson with the Fingerstyle Master
Juber is one of the world’s most celebrated fingerstyle guitarists, a two-time Grammy winner, who, over the course of more than two-dozen solo albums, has developed a distinct personal voice on the steel-string acoustic.
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Chords at Your Fingertips | Acoustic Guitar Champions
A dozen four-week workouts each designed to engage both your fingers and your mind.
A Piano Player Walks Into a Guitar Show, a Report from the 2019 Artisan Guitar Show
This year’s Artisan Guitar Show was a great success, with fantastic guitar and accessory makers, super-talented musicians, and an entertaining lineup of events that had something for everyone—even piano players.