https://acousticguitar.com lessons, music to play, and how-tos for all guitarists Tue, 23 Sep 2025 15:43:47 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://i0.wp.com/acousticguitar.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/AG_Favicon.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 https://acousticguitar.com 32 32 103806923 https://acousticguitar.com/fingerstyle-blues-workout-explore-the-rhythmic-power-and-melodic-potential-of-dropped-d-tuning/ https://acousticguitar.com/fingerstyle-blues-workout-explore-the-rhythmic-power-and-melodic-potential-of-dropped-d-tuning/#comments Wed, 24 Sep 2025 13:00:00 +0000 https://acousticguitar.com/?p=148290 We’ll begin by exploring how dropped-D shapes work on the I, IV, and V chords in the key of D, then build from there with ways to move through the full 12-bar form. ]]> https://acousticguitar.com/fingerstyle-blues-workout-explore-the-rhythmic-power-and-melodic-potential-of-dropped-d-tuning/feed/ 4 148290 https://acousticguitar.com/work-out-on-the-blues-in-e-fingerstyle-lesson-with-jontavious-willis/ https://acousticguitar.com/work-out-on-the-blues-in-e-fingerstyle-lesson-with-jontavious-willis/#comments Fri, 18 Apr 2025 13:20:00 +0000 https://acousticguitar.com/?p=147305 This lesson is about finding your own way through the E blues. Try things out, tweak them, and make them yours—that’s what the blues is all about.]]> https://acousticguitar.com/work-out-on-the-blues-in-e-fingerstyle-lesson-with-jontavious-willis/feed/ 3 147305 https://acousticguitar.com/video-lesson-learn-jontavious-willis-take-on-poor-boy-long-ways-from-home/ https://acousticguitar.com/video-lesson-learn-jontavious-willis-take-on-poor-boy-long-ways-from-home/#comments Mon, 29 Nov 2021 16:06:00 +0000 https://acousticguitar.com/?p=122451 Here's an open-G arrangement of the traditional blues tune "Poor Boy, Long Ways from Home"]]> https://acousticguitar.com/video-lesson-learn-jontavious-willis-take-on-poor-boy-long-ways-from-home/feed/ 1 122451