Guitar Talk: Kenyan Singer-Songwriter Ondara Has Found his Voice in America
One of the more interesting cats to emerge in the acoustic guitar world is Kenya-born, Minneapolis-based singer-songwriter J.S. Ondara.
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Learn 5 Ways to Play D Minor | 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. With A minor and E minor chords now under your belt, this week you’ll learn a…
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How to Play a G-D Progression | Chord by Chord
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 the previous lesson, I showed you various ways of connecting C and G chords. This…
Learn to Play D Major Chords Up and Down the Neck | Chord by Chord
Welcome to the third installment of Chord by Chord, a series designed to build your fretboard familiarity and understanding of harmony. Today I’ll show you how to play a D major chord in a few different places on the fretboard,…
Acoustic Classic: Learn to Play Joni Mitchell’s “Big Yellow Taxi” on Guitar
“Big Yellow Taxi” was the sole single from Joni Mitchell’s 1970 album, Ladies of the Canyon. Though it didn’t crack the Top 40 (it charted at No. 67 on the Billboard singles chart), that doesn’t accurately reflect its success.
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Gear Review: Gold Tone PBS-D
The Gold Tone PBS-D—or Paul Beard PB Signature-Series Squareneck Resonator Deluxe Guitar—is an elegant instrument with a homespun sound. In terms of looks, materials, and tone, it covers all the bases for slide players looking for high performance in a traditional package.
How to Play Billy Strings’ “Guitar Peace”
To really play “Guitar Peace” authentically, you’ll want to improvise on Strings’ riffs.
Video Lesson: Learn to Play Like John Denver
Thanks to his gift for simple and emotionally direct expression, the songs John Denver wrote and interpreted have remained standard repertoire for any musicians who sing with an acoustic guitar.
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Video Lesson: Learn to Play the Talking Blues
Sometime in the 1920s, a peculiar form of blues emerged that was substantially different from the better-known varieties. The style is commonly known today as talking blues. Despite the moniker, however, it rarely employs the 12-bar chord progression that is…
Celtic Songs for Fingerstyle Guitar | Acoustic Guitar Champions
These 17 solo arrangements in Celtic Songs for Fingerstyle Guitar are from the British Isles and beyond, in Orkney and other tunings, with standard notation, tablature, and performance notes.