A series of posts designed to answer common questions about gypsy jazz guitar. From Studygypsyjazz.com’s head tutor, Harry Edwards. Gypsy Jazz Guitar Q & A: Part 1 Gypsy Jazz Guitar Q & A: Part 2 Gypsy Jazz Guitar Q & A: Part …
Gypsy Jazz Guitar Q & A: Part 1
A series of posts designed to answer common questions about gypsy jazz guitar. From Studygypsyjazz.com’s head tutor, Harry Edwards. Gypsy Jazz Guitar Q & A: Part 1 Gypsy Jazz Guitar Q & A: Part 2 Gypsy Jazz Guitar Q & A: Part …
Binge-Watch Some Tommy Emmanuel: Complete San Francisco Workshop 2014
Tommy Emmanuel is widely hailed as the best acoustic guitar player in the world. He's got a cult following around the world. And, certainly, we're a tiny bit obsessed here at The Guitar Journal. So, imagine the delight upon finding that a …
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Top 10 Jazz Standards for Acoustic Fingerstyle Guitar
Some musicians who play acoustic fingerstyle guitar sound like there is definitely more than one guitar playing. Many jazz standards can be arranged for fingerstyle guitar and this style of guitar playing lends itself well to the genre. Let’s …
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Peer-to-peer Guitar Rental Marketplace: An Introduction to Fretish
I'm excited to have a guest blog this week from Sam at Fretish℠. Sam is the founder of the recent site, Fretish.com, which aims to make borrowing a guitar easier. Talking with Sam this week, it was easy to see how bringing the sharing economy to …
An Introduction To Gypsy Jazz Lead Guitar
Gypsy jazz guitar is a unique guitar style that was created through the playing of the late virtuoso Django Reinhardt. Django played guitar in such a novel way that he has since inspired musicians all around the world to take up this fun and …
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Guitar Aerobics: An 80’s Title, But 2016 Worthy
We're two weeks into 2016. Right around the time that your willpower begins to wear out on those New Year's Resolutions. The gyms will slowly be emptying out over the next few weeks. The fast food restaurants will be slowly filling back …
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5 More Great Guitar Blogs Worth A Follow
I wrote a popular post a while back called "10 Great Guitar Blogs Worth a Follow". Well, the time has come to update that list a bit with "5 more great guitar blogs worth a follow". In no particular order: 1. tonefiend.com The personal blog …
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13 Great Country Acoustic Guitar Lessons on YouTube
As we all know, YouTube has a wealth of lessons and "how to play" tutorials for guitar. If you want insights into playing a particular song, riff, technique, or for exploring a new genre, it's the perfect place to search. A quick disclaimer: I …
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5 Old School Dave Matthews Songs That Made You Buy an Acoustic
Back in the ‘90s, while Saved By The Bell was wooing the hearts of 10 million junior high girls, and Back Street Boys were still in junior high, Dave Matthews Band was rocking the college music scene. A bartender in Charlottesville, Virginia, Dave …
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Are Expensive Guitars Worth the Money?
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Well, are they? People buy expensive acoustic guitars for a lot of reasons. They’re emotionally connected to a brand (I’m looking at you, Martin players…), they believe in a particular construction technique, they …
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20 Tommy Emmanuel Inspirations for 2015
Tommy Emmanuel inspired me in 2014. I wasn’t too familiar with his acoustic guitar playing before that. Well, actually I had learned his version of “And So It Goes” a few years ago. But that was about it. I didn’t know a …
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14 Free Full Length “Hot Licks” Instructional Guitar Videos Online
Update: It looks like "Music Sales" company has asserted copyright on all these videos and blocked them from YouTube. So if you're interested in the old Hot Licks series of guitar instruction videos, I would suggest searching YouTube or clicking …
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10 Great Guitar Blogs Worth a “Follow” (Updated)
There's so much good guitar info online, it's hard to know where to get started. These 10 guitar blogs should be a good beginning to broaden your playing, learn about gear, and keep up with the community. Why these 10 particular …
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