Take a close up look at the 12-string acoustic guitar. Find out why and how it makes such a rich harp-like sound, and how you can adapt your 6-string skills to a 12-string guitar and make magic happen!

This lesson is about the techniques and chords used in "Follow" as made famous by Richie Havens. Played in Open D tuning, this great singer/songwriter track gives you a wealth of creative ideas that you can apply to both the electric and acoustic guitar. This track is played fairly loose and with a ton of feeling, so make sure you listen closely and apply the same ideas to playing this track on y...

"More Than Words" was made famous by Extreme in the early 1990s. This is a beautiful tune, done as a duo with acoustic guitar and great vocal harmonies. We'll look at the form and chords, the percussive right hand technique that lays down a backbeat, the harmonies, and play it all through in a jam along performance at the end.

No guitar player should be without a rendition of Happy Birthday up their sleeve. You never know when you might need it! In this tutorial, we take a look at a wide variety of ways to play this classic party song, from very basic, to rocked-out Reggae. Choose the style, skill level, and key that is the best fit for you.

This style of playing was used a lot by the great Chet Atkins. Today, one of the masters of this style is called Tommy Emmanuel, who is also one of my favorite guitar players and that's why I decided to do this tutorial on Boom Chick Fingerpicking.

This tutorial takes you step-by-step through the skills and understanding needed to learn to play this acoustic gem. Fingerpickers will enjoy this jazzy challenge, and strummers can substitute an easy-going strum to enjoy this artistic arrangement of chord changes and powerful lyrics.

Learn this haunting Celtic tune, played in 9/8 time and DADGAD tuning. Legend has it, this tune is too beautiful and mysterious to have been written by human hands. Its composition is credited to the Faeries of Ireland.

Get your love beads on and learn to play this fun and easy classic. We opted for a simple approach to this song, so we'll be delving into a solo guitar version by Janis Joplin. We'll look at the chords, strumming patterns, and guitar work...and we'll also look at the overall song structure, and what it is that makes this "cinematic" country song "tick".

Lisa McCormick gives you a complete tour of this classic 70s hit by Cat Stevens, guiding you through the song form and chord structure, strumming rhythms, signature riffs, and the songwriting sensibilities. You get a full play-along at the end of the tutorial, plus a bonus lesson at the very end!

In folk music, the guitar often plays more of a supporting role than the starring role. For this reason, it is easy to learn literally hundreds of songs, using rather simple chord structures. In this series, we stick to the chords G, C, and D, and explore how the personality of the song itself makes each song into its own distinct unique pieces of music.

This week on the channel Neal covers an essential rhythm pattern from Lisa McCormick's tutorial of the same name. Once you hear this pattern you'll be sure to recognize it right away. It's used in tons of songs from acoustic, country, pop and rock. This makes it a must have strumming pattern to add to your collection of guitar tricks!

This week on the channel, guest host Lisa McCormick shows you a timeless holiday classic, "Carol of the Bells" . This one is relatively easy to learn and is a great exercise in the fingerpicking style for acoustic guitar. Give it a go!

One of our giveaway's was a Boss AD-8 and Neal's got a little demo. The Boss AD-8 Acoustic Guitar Processor simulates the sound of 6 classic acoustics. Editors note: This giveaway has ended.

This week guest host Lisa McCormick busts out the acoustic and demonstrates a simple fingerpicking pattern. This is a fun pattern to play and Lisa gives you some ideas about how you can use it in different ways.

We were lucky enough to have Guitar Tricks instructor Lisa McCormick stop by and do a guest spot on the Channel. She and Neal played one of her songs and talked a bit about the song and some of the inspiration behind it. FREE MP3 OF HER SONG: http://tiny.cc/LisaDownload