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Chord by Chord

6 Ways to Play G Augmented | Chord by Chord

BY KATE KOENIG Welcome to the latest installment of Chord by Chord, a series designed to build your understanding of harmony and the fretboard. Last time I you showed a new triad type, augmented, and various ways of transforming a…

Kate Koenig
October 31, 2020

Chord by Chord

5 Ways to Play C Augmented | Chord by Chord

BY KATE KOENIG Welcome to the latest installment of Chord by Chord, a series designed to build your understanding of harmony and the fretboard. Up to this point, I’ve taught you different triad (three-note chord) types—major, minor, and diminished—and how…

Kate Koenig
October 24, 2020

Contributors

Watch Mimi Fox’s Jazzy Takes on “Blackbird” & “Blue Bossa”| Acoustic Guitar Sessions

Mimi Fox is uniquely positioned to wow you with her playing, and then pull the curtain back and show you how she did it. And her jazz guitar chops and her teaching pedigree (Berklee College of Music, Yale, the California…

Joey Lusterman
October 11, 2020

Chord by Chord

How to Play a C-G Progression | Chord by Chord

Kate Koenig teaching the C-G chord progression on guitar

BY KATE KOENIG Welcome to the latest installment of Chord by Chord, a series designed to build your fretboard familiarity and understanding of harmony. In previous lessons you focused on single chords, but this time you’ll be working with two…

Kate Koenig
August 22, 2020

Theory, Scales, Modes

Guitar Lesson: Make the Minor Pentatonic Scale Work for You

Fred Sokolow seated with acoustic guitar

Here's how to make the minor pentatonic scale, aka the blues box, work in almost any musical situation.

Fred Sokolow
July 19, 2020

Instrumentalists

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.

Richard Bienstock
June 24, 2020

Guitarmakers and Guitarmaking

Peace, Love & Guitars: the 1970s Lutherie Revolution

Michael Gurian (standing center with guitar) and his shop workers in the late 1960s.

Michael Durian, Richard Hoover, Linda Manzer, and Steve Klein reflect on their early days of guitar building and their contributions to the luthiers scene of today.

Dick Boak
June 18, 2020

Amps and PA Systems

Gear Review: Orange Crush Acoustic 30

The Crush Acoustic 30 is a tiny little amp that weighs almost nothing. The specs claim it’s 13.5 pounds, but I don’t believe that. It comes right out of the box with a tilt-back design, so all the sound is projecting upward, where you want it.

Matt Blackett
May 29, 2020

Theory, Scales, Modes

Start Enriching Your Music Now with Seventh Chords

Gretchen Menn poses with acoustic guitar.

The basic concept for seventh chords is simple enough: any number following a chord indicates the note that is to be included in the basic triad to form a more colorful harmony.

Gretchen Menn
May 10, 2020

Scenes

Out of the Blues: Reflections on the 1960s Folk Revival

Happy Traum, Stefan Grossman, Rory Block, and Steve James

In the late 1950s and early ’60s, prewar acoustic blues guitarists such as Mississippi John Hurt, Skip James, and Reverend Gary Davis earned late-in-life fame as new audiences eagerly devoured their music through performances at events like the Newport Folk…

Adam Perlmutter
May 7, 2020