Fingerpicker's Goldmine is a treasure trove of classic fingerpicking figures, perfect for adding flavor and complexity to fingerstyle guitar songs. From Hot Tuna to Jack Johnson, Joni Mitchell to James Taylor, these classic figures have been used extensively by acoustic music's icons. This tutorial is a continuation of the Acoustic Fingerpicking Series, created by Lisa McCormick. All prerequisi...

Want to dive into power chords without getting too caught up with theory? Then try writing your own rock song using an experimental approach... here are the lessons to do just that!

This tutorial will hopefully serve as a basic tapping primer course, that will take the player through a wide range of tapping techniques, ranging from the most basic building block patterns up through more advanced licks that incorporate modern elements such as string skipping, using adjacent strings, using multiple fingers on the tapping hand & more. I will also work feature some tips for incorp...

This tutorial will hope to shed some methods in finding the key to a song.

Many years of playing styles from Bluegrass to Heavy Metal have shaped this style of guitar. I utilize this stuff everyday on sessions, and rip this stuff up on live gigs. It will enable you to fly by the seat of your pants in any genre, Blues, Country, Rock etc... but with a flair and flow, that many flat pickers will marvel at. The most important aspect of this tutorial, is learning to use you...

You've probably heard harmonics before, they are very common in acoustic and electric playing. In this lesson I'll show you how to get a good, clear harmonic and the best place to find them on your fretboard.

If you're playing electric guitar, especially rock, you'll want to know how to get a good pinch harmonic on demand and it's takes a little practice. The best way to to get them is to understand how they work and then to practice the technique. There are high pitched harmonics right under your picking hand as you play. The secret to getting them is to get the skin on the side of your thumb ...

This would be a good ending for a solo in the key of G, or it would be a good intro if you're doing a turn around. There are a lot of classic country songs that have a 1, 5, 1 turn around for an intro. This can also be used in today's country, but probably not as an intro. The bends in this are prebent, this means the string is actually bent before you play it. After playing the string, then yo...

Two handed tapping....youstart on fret 15 & tap using your index finger then pull, pull, slide...repeat. When you get down to the 5th fret, switch to the G string by tapping with your middle finger, Then tap your way back up while pulling with your left. Keep in mind that this technique requires a lot of practice so if you're new to tapping, you might want to tackle something a l...

You begin this one by plucking and then bending a note up wards on the G string (using either a pick, your tapping finger or even your thumbnail) at the 7th fret. Bend down again, pull-off and tap-on ... almost simultaneosly with the previous tap-on, tap with y our right hand on the 12th fret. Bend this string up, pull-off and begin the process again. The left hand repeats the same sequence wi...