Blues improvisation using melody and bass notes whle holding down an A chord

Play 13 classic holiday songs with just three chords. Single-note melody solos are also included. Use of a capo is recommended to adjust the pitch of each song to best suit your singing voice, and suggested capo settings are included.

Often we play chord progressions that are predictable and boring. Inversions are a way to break up the old sound of over used chord progressions and to add a new interesting dimension to your chord progression.

This tutorial walks you through all the skills and information needed to play Closer to Fine. Besides the guitar parts, we also look at the dynamics, vocal harmony, lyrical composition, and song structure.

Scarborough Fair is a traditional song with it's origins in Medieval times, and the Simon and Garfunkel recording was a hit in the 60s. In this tutorial, instructor Bobby Howe plays his own arrangement using a capo, teaching how chord shapes are the same up and down the fretboard.

Fairly simple left hand techniques combined with slightly more complicated right hand picking to give a rhythm and melody combination that sounds bluesy

Learn how to play basic Stringband guitar in the 4 most popular keys. The acoustic guitar has a specific and important role to play in traditional Stringband music. It's a lot of fun, and easier than you might think!

Stringband music's gut appeal took the world by surprise when the movie O Brother Where Art Though won 5 GRAMMYs in 2001. This tutorial teaches the basics of stringband guitar, skills which will also be useful in Bluegrass, Old Time, Irish, Celtic, Appalachian, Folk, and Country styles.

This style is inspired by acoustic folk/blues artists such as; Mississippi John Hurt,Big Bill Broonzy and Brownie McGhee and was also used by 60's Folk players

This condensed lesson presents 2 versions of the classic carol, "What Child is This?", also known as "Greensleeves". First, we'll take a look at a fingerstyle arrangement you could use if you were going to sing the song. Second, we'll learn an instrumental melody solo. Learn one, or learn both. They go together perfectly! A more thorough tutorial on "What Child is This" can be found a...

"Freshen Up Your Guitar Playing" is a lesson that hopefully will show you how to see a new way of thinking about the guitar. We are so locked into playing chord shapes covering 6 or 5 strings that we don't realize how many options we have within those chords. I always try and subdivide any chord I have learned into smaller chords that cover 3 strings. When you use this approach, and add n...

This lesson is all about getting your right hand used to doing something other than just strumming.The main object of these excercises is to get your right hand thumb to habitually play the bottom note of any chord.By bottom note I mean root note which could be found on any of the bottom three strings depending on the chord - e.g. the root of open D is the 4th string open - the root of open Em is ...

Is it possible to do full bends using an acoustic guitar? This question was posted recently in the forum area. Apparently, the person in question was attempting to do full bends that either had no result at all or ended up with a broken string. While it is definitely possible to do full bends on an acoustic, there are a couple of tricks you can use to make this much more simple. For starters,...

Betsy Likens is a traditional tune from the Appalachian Mountain region of the United States. It would typically be played on a fiddle or a clawhammer banjo. This adaptation for guitar is in DADGAD tuning. I have put the capo on the 5th fret to raise the key to be more in keeping with what a fiddle or banjo would play. You can certainly play it without the capo, but it will have a lower sound....