Jon Shain – Acoustic Guitar https://acousticguitar.com lessons, music to play, and how-tos for all guitarists Fri, 13 Dec 2024 17:53:14 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://i0.wp.com/acousticguitar.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/AG_Favicon.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Jon Shain – Acoustic Guitar https://acousticguitar.com 32 32 103806923 Go Beyond Alternating Thumb Picking with Melodic Bass Runs https://acousticguitar.com/go-beyond-alternating-thumb-picking-with-melodic-bass-runs/ https://acousticguitar.com/go-beyond-alternating-thumb-picking-with-melodic-bass-runs/#respond Tue, 24 Dec 2024 14:00:00 +0000 https://acousticguitar.com/?p=146289 Jon-Shain-weekly-workout-part-one.mp4.00_07_28_18.Still002 Melodic bass lines are a great skill to add after you’ve mastered the alternating thumb style. ]]> https://acousticguitar.com/go-beyond-alternating-thumb-picking-with-melodic-bass-runs/feed/ 0 146289 Arranging W.C. Handy, the “Father of the Blues,” for Fingerstyle Guitar https://acousticguitar.com/arranging-w-c-handy-the-father-of-the-blues-for-fingerstyle-guitar/ https://acousticguitar.com/arranging-w-c-handy-the-father-of-the-blues-for-fingerstyle-guitar/#respond Sun, 26 Feb 2023 14:00:00 +0000 https://acousticguitar.com/?p=134213 W.C. Handy holding a horn in a 1941 portrait by Carl Van Vechten Guitarist and W.C. Handy scholar Jon Shain shares strategies for adapting ragtime pieces for fingerstyle guitar using the 1917 Handy song "Beale Street Blues" as an example.]]> https://acousticguitar.com/arranging-w-c-handy-the-father-of-the-blues-for-fingerstyle-guitar/feed/ 0 134213