The Basics: Master Monotonic Bass Fingerpicking In the Style of Mance Lipscomb and Lightnin’ Hopkins
Monotonic bass fingerpicking is a solo guitarist’s technique for improvising blues in a down-home, back-porch vein.
David Hamburger
David Hamburger is a composer, guitarist, and instructor based in Austin, Texas. He is the author of our best-selling Acoustic Guitar Method.
Video Lesson: Three Tips for Playing Chords Cleanly
Getting a full chord sound depends on where you place your fingers and how hard you press on the strings.
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Learn to Play “Scarborough Fair”
“Scarborough Fair” has been around for centuries, but it was popularized in the 1960s by Paul Simon’s arrangement of it for Simon and Garfunkel.
Country Blues Guitar in Open C
One of the great beauties of the minor pentatonic scale is the way the same phrases seem to work over all three chords of a blues progression.
Video Lesson: How to Choose the Right Guitar Slide
The two classic slide materials are glass and metal. Some of the first slides were made from the tops of wine bottles (hence the term bottleneck guitar) or from lengths of pipe (hence the term . . . er . . . metal slide).
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Acoustic Guitar Slide Basics | Acoustic Guitar Champions
Explore the haunting sounds of acoustic slide guitar with this easy-to-follow, step-by-step instruction series.
