The Guitar Journal
All about modern fingerstyle guitar.
TrueFire.com is a massive, online center for guitar lessons. It's what Guitar Player magazine has called, "the planet's largest and most comprehensive selection of online guitar lessons." And in the area of fingerstyle guitar, they deserve particular …
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Bluegrass doesn't have to be intimidating. When you listen to legends like Doc Watson and Tony Rice, it's easy to be intimidated by the lightening fast, single note lead lines or the intricate fingerpicking. But much of the acoustic guitar's role in …
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Today I'd like to chat about the style of picking used in gypsy jazz guitar, otherwise known as 'rest stroke' picking.This picking technique is what allows gypsy jazz guitarists to produce such a strong sound on their instrument, and once …
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Today I'd like to share with you a very useful shape. One of the most versatile arpeggios you can learn as a gypsy jazz guitarist is shown below. The great thing about this shape is that you can use it to improvise over three …
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Can I tell you a secret? As a vocal coach, some of my favorite students are guitarists. That’s because without learning to play guitar, I never would have become the singing teacher I am today. I actually didn’t even care about my voice …
GUEST POST - I thought I might offer a few words in this post about a guitar genre that rarely gets the spotlight outside of its own community of players, namely that of guitar accompaniment in traditional Irish music. Now when I say …
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