Makers & Shakers: A Visit With Eric Schoenberg
“I’ve always been ‘the OM guy,’” says Eric Schoenberg, from his shop in the tiny enclave of Tiburon, California, just north of San Francisco.
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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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Cataloging the acoustic guitars at Woodstock
On the 50th anniversary of the Woodstock Festival, our author compiled a catalog of the acoustic guitars played on stage by Richie Havens, John Sebastain, Country Joe McDinald, David Crosby, Stephen Stills, Neil Young and more.
Chords at Your Fingertips | Acoustic Guitar Champions
A dozen four-week workouts each designed to engage both your fingers and your mind.
The Top 100 Songs Acoustic Guitar Readers Want to See in the Magazine
In April 2019, we surveyed Acoustic Guitar audience members to find out which songs to publish in Acoustic Guitar magazine. More than 2,000 guitarists responded and not surprisingly, suggested more than 1,600 different songs! We winnowed that list down to…
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Mimi Fox’s ‘This Bird Still Flies’ is a Quietly Adventurous Acoustic Outing
The seasoned jazz guitarist largely foregoes flash here for stunning lyrical solos that often exude a sense of quietude
Guitar Talk: Yasmin Williams Finds Her Own Way
Watching Yasmin Williams perform, it is immediately apparent that the 22-year-old guitarist has an uncommon approach to her solo playing.
Southern Journeys: Alan Lomax’s Steel-String Discoveries
Folklorist Alan Lomax is primarily recognized, when at all, by the instrumental role he played in launching the careers of some America’s—and the world’s—most beloved guitarist-singers. Indeed, it’s difficult to overestimate the role that he and his father, John A. Lomax, played in shaping musical history as they traveled the back roads of the southern United States collecting traditional music under the auspices of the Library of Congress.
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Weekly Workout: Modes Demystified – A Guide to the Seven Modes of the Major Scale
Learn the major scale’s modes and how to use their distinctive sounds to create melodies and chords on acoustic guitar.
Is the Acoustic Guitar God’s Favorite Instrument?
How the acoustic guitar has shaped the modern music of the Judeo-Christian liturgy. For an instrument that’s been so vital to the evolution of popular music over the past century, the guitar has traveled a long road in finding its…