Learn to Play Fast on Guitar by Practicing Slowly
Learn to play fast on acoustic guitar by practicing slowly; make sure that you play everything with 100 percent accuracy before bringing it up to tempo.
Chet Atkins’ Certified Guitar Players
Tommy Emmanuel, John Knowles, and Steve Wariner share the distinction of being Certified Guitar Players, anointed by Chet Atkins himself. Here they sit down, for the first time, to discuss Atkins.
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The Blues in Jazz: Using the Classic 12-Bar Form to Learn Bebop Improv
Explore comping and soloing strategies over a standard 12-bar jazz blues progression, as well as chord substitutions and variations.
How to Shop for a Used Guitar
Even with a repair or two to consider, you still stand to get more for your money when shopping used or vintage. And of course, you can’t reproduce the mojo of a cool old guitar.
CD Review: Bruce Cockburn Is Still Searching for Answers on ‘Bone on Bone’
In the six years since Small Source of Comfort, his last album of new songs, Bruce Cockburn has gotten married, settled in San Francisco, become a father for the second time, and started going to church again. That’s a lot, and it’s only part of the story: Cockburn spent three…
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“Can’t Find My Way Home” – Steve Winwood’s Acoustic Version of this Classic Rock Gem
The English supergroup Blind Faith might have been together for less than a year, but it produced one of the most enduring songs in the entire rock canon.
Vintage Instruments hosts a special exhibition of early Martin guitars
C.F. Martin & Company’s Nazareth, Pennsylvania, factory has long been a mecca for acoustic guitarists, and earlier this winter, Vintage Instruments, in downtown Philadelphia, became a Martin annex of sorts.
Guitar Talk: James Elkington’s New Old Sound
Elkington has reinvented himself as a singer-songwriter and quite extraordinary fingerstyle guitarist on his debut solo album, Wintres Woma
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Great Acoustics: 1961 D’Angelico New Yorker Special
This amazingly clean guitar was made in the D’Angelico shop around 1961 for New York guitarist, teacher, and music store-owner Joel Frutkin.
‘Windy and Warm’ – Watch Chet Atkins Perform this Acoustic Classic on ‘The Johnny Cash Show’
After Chet Atkins first recorded John D. Loudermilk’s “Windy and Warm,” in the spring of 1961, the guitarist made this bouncy instrumental one of his signature tunes. Bluegrass legend Doc Watson followed suit, and CGPs John Knowles and Tommy Emmanuel, among other distinguished players, also added it to their repertoires.…
‘Guitar Boogie’: Tommy Emmanuel Shreds on this Acoustic Classic
Rock-guitar solos are most commonly associated with the electric guitar, but one of the earliest examples was recorded on a steel-string.
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How Singing Cowboys and Mass Marketing Created the Humble, Hardy Cowboy Guitar
The rugged cowboy at home on the range singing songs around the campfire is a part of American mythology—and cowboy guitars have a venerable heritage and place in popular culture.
Video Lesson: Building Solos Around Chord Shapes
Chord shapes are great tools for expanding the range and flexibility of your guitar solos—in any style. They can help you get your bearings up and down the neck and find phrases and riffs that truly lock in with a song’s chord changes.
Gear Review: Hughes & Kettner Era 1
Housed in a beautiful wooden cabinet, the Hughes & Kettner Era 1 acoustic guitar amp is sleek—with its inputs and dials hidden from view, it looks like half of an audiophile’s home speaker system.
Video Lesson: How to Play Like Son House
Get your guitar tuned to open G and explore Son House's style - a visceral mix of string popping and bottleneck slide.
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Gear Review: Breedlove Oregon Concertina E Sitka Myrtle
A new small-bodied flattop with generous sound and effortless playability.