Tag: Best Private Lessons

These articles are excerpted from Acoustic Guitar magazine’s instructional book, Best Private Lessons. Satisfy your hunger for new guitar techniques and styles with Acoustic Guitar‘s collection of its finest lessons, hand-picked from our comprehensive lesson book library.

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PRIVATE LESSON: How to Play Bluesy, Single-Note Licks on Acoustic Guitar

Thumping out a steady bass drone with your thumb lets you spin bluesy, single-note licks over the top with your fingers as an improvised alternative to the folkier-sounding alternating-bass style.

David Hamburger
November 27, 2016

The Magic of DADGAD

Transform your fingerboard into a landscape of unexplored possibilities.

Al Petteway
January 6, 2014