Learn Bill Frisell’s “Made to Shine”
On paper, this gorgeous composition looks approachable, but it's not easy to make the guitar sing like Bill Frisell does!
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Guitar on a Budget: Pros Offer Advice on Getting the Most Out of Your Gear
Even if you’re the kind of guitar-obsessed nut who spends hours cruising reverb.com or your favorite online guitar shops for your dream guitar(s) when you really should be sleeping, the stark reality is that when it comes down to it,…
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Video Lesson: Cultivate Your Standalone Guitar Skills
Here you’ll learn a few fundamental solo-guitar concepts that will get you started and leave you with enough tools to continue developing at your own pace.
Video Lesson: Using Horizontal Harmonies to Express Chord Changes
Try these exercises to make your melodies more harmonic and your harmonies more melodic.
Lesson: Learn From Jazz Great Thelonious Monk
Thelonious Sphere Monk was a brilliant jazz pianist and composer, active from the 1940s through the early ’70s. You are, presumably, an acoustic guitarist, playing music in the 21st century. As such, you may or may not be interested in…
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Strengthen Your Accompaniment Skills
Introducing accents into your strumming/rhythm patterns can make even well-worn chord progressions sound fresh.
GEAR REVIEW: Bill Collings Revisits His Roots in the New T-Series of Acoustic Guitars [VIDEO]
The guitar inside the case—the OM1A T—is a force to be reckoned with. It’s beautifully crafted and, though newly built, has a mature sound and a phenomenal responsiveness.
Video Review: Taylor’s Revoiced 712e Is a 12-Fret Fantasy
The 712e 12-fret, a member of the newly refreshed 700 Series, is Taylor’s most recent variation on the Grand Concert platform. And it’s one sweet guita
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Gear Review: Recording King’s Harmonella Single 0 Offers a Modern Spin on a Vintage Vibe
If you’re into smallish flattops with ear-grabbing tones and pawnshop-chic looks, this budget beauty is right up your alley.
New Gear: Solomon Phidelity Gives a Nod to Classic Acoustic Guitars of Yore [VIDEO]
While it is the descendant of instruments usually associated with swing and bop, virtually any style that you can play on a flattop could be rendered on this guitar.