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A collection of 18 posts

A photo collage of the artists of the ten best easy fingerpicking songs for beginners.

Acoustic Guitar

The 10 Best Easy Fingerpicking Songs for Beginners (2025 Edition)

Discover 10 easy fingerpicking songs perfect for beginners – from “Blackbird” to modern favorites – with tabs and tips to jumpstart your fingerstyle guitar journey.

The 10 Scales Used 99% Of The Time in Jazz Improv

Famed educator and jazz vibes player, Gary Burton, presents a helpful way to understand using scales for jazz improvisation.

Top 10 Best Jazz Guitars of All Time

Top 10 Best Jazz Guitars of All Time

Which jazz guitar is right for you? Whether you’re an intermediate jazz guitarist searching for your next upgrade or a vintage gear collector chasing that classic tone, we’ve got you covered. The world of jazz guitars is full of legendary instruments – from elegant archtops that defined the bebop

How to Practice Scales on Fingerstyle Guitar

Acoustic Guitar

How to Practice Scales on Fingerstyle Guitar

One of the practical problems I've had with fingerstyle guitar is figuring out the best technique for practicing scales. And the problem really boils down to this: what exact type of fingerstyle picking are you using? The techniques for your fretting hand are very similar across playing styles.

The 150 Top "Perfect" Albums (according to Reddit)

The 150 Top "Perfect" Albums (according to Reddit)

A list of the top 150 albums which are perfect, from beginning to end. (Note: as listed in Reddit)

Tim Lerch, A Modern Master of Telecaster Jazz & Blues

Tim Lerch is like a mash-up of Bob Ross and Jeff Bridges... if they could play guitar like Ted Greene. He's also a great teacher. Here's how to learn from him.

10 Steps to Learning a Jazz Standard on Guitar

10 Steps to Learning a Jazz Standard on Guitar

Frank Vignola's course, "Jazz Standard Learning System", provides an efficient and thorough methodology for learning a jazz 'standard' song on guitar.

"Contemporary Latin Jazz Guitar" with Neff Irizarry

Acoustic Guitar

"Contemporary Latin Jazz Guitar" with Neff Irizarry

Neff Irizarry's new instructional book, "Contemporary Latin Jazz Guitar", breaks open the history of Afro Cuban latin jazz rhythms and how they work for guitar. Neff Irizarry is a guitarist, composer, educator, and author specializing in Latin and contemporary Jazz. He has a Master's

'mise en place'

From The Editor

'mise en place'

Mise en place is a French culinary phrase for having your materials prepped. Works for music, too.