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Learn Buck Curran’s Slow, Stately DADGAD Arrangement of “Black Is the Colour of My True Love’s Hair”
The song is a lament, performed in the style of an Irish slow air, so take it slowly, making every note count to convey the song’s brooding mood.
Learn to Flatpick the Hanukkah Classic “Maoz Tzur (Rock of Ages)”
This accessible arrangement, inspired by Maybelle Carter’s style on classics like “Wildwood Flower,” is perfect for the holiday season.
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Explore Open-D Tuning with Mary Flower’s Colorful Arrangement of “Dink’s Song”
With its simple, movable chord shapes—many requiring just two fingers—open-D tuning adds a shimmering quality to this traditional song.
Updated Acoustic Guitar Song List, 1990 through 2024
We've published the music to more than 1,500 songs in Acoustic Guitar magazine since 1990. Now you can easily locate the issue in which a song appeared.
Learn to Play Steve Baughman’s Christmas Medley | Patreon Song of the Month
This fingerstyle Christmas medley includes “Angels from the Realms of Glory” and not one but two versions of “Away in a Manger.”
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Learn to Play the Beatles Ballad “And I Love Her” as Interpreted by Pat Metheny
Metheny manages to capture the wistful vibe of this Beatles classic while casting it in a bossa nova–inspired setting and updating it with his intricate sense of harmony and phrasing.
Tackle a Challenging Arrangement of “Spotted Pony” by the Late, Great Guitarist Dudley Hill
Hill’s rendition of this traditional Missouri fiddle tune sounds straightforward but is deceptively tricky.
Learn Gwenifer Raymond’s Haunting Solo Guitar Arrangement of the Sacred Harp Hymn ‘Idumea’
My instrumental arrangement of “Idumea” was originally conceived for clawhammer banjo, but here I’ve translated it to guitar with an alternating bass pattern.
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Live Workshop Replay: Holiday Songs for Fingerstyle Guitar with Sean McGowan
In this live workshop, ‘Holiday Songs for Fingerstyle Guitar’ author Sean McGowan explores an arrangement from the book and gives an inside look into his arranging process.
Learn Cole Porter’s Slightly Silly Show Tune “Let’s Do It, Let’s Fall in Love”
Compared to some of the songs we’ve covered in this series, this is a fairly adventurous arrangement using quite a few chords.
Play Kacey Musgraves’ Dreamy Ballad “Too Good to Be True”
This intimate song is built on layers of acoustic guitar, with fingerstyle parts that are so closely entwined it’s often hard to pick out the individual instruments.
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Learn to Play the Doobie Brothers’ Roots Rock Anthem “Black Water”
This mellow 1974 tune features an acoustic solo that requires a bit of dexterity and finesse to play convincingly.
Learn a Jazzy, Reharmonized Arrangement of “Sweet Georgia Brown”
This beloved tune became a popular standard, performed by guitarists like Django Reinhardt, Doc Watson, and Bucky Pizzarelli, among many others.
Learn to Play Bob Dylan’s “It Ain’t Me, Babe” | Patreon Song of the Month
Learn to play “It Ain’t Me, Babe,” first released on the 1964 album ‘Another Side of Bob Dylan,’ a defining piece of Dylan’s catalog.
How to Play “In the Jailhouse Now,” a Novelty Number Turned Country and Pop Hit
“Jailhouse” has been recorded many times over the years—often in very divergent styles—by the likes of Hank Snow, Johnny Cash, and others, and has been featured in major motion pictures.
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Learn to Play “Green, Green Rocky Road” | Patreon Song of the Month
“Green, Green Rocky Road” is a traditional song that originated in the American South. Learn a dropped-D arrangement inspired by Dave Van Ronk's seminal version.
Play Laurence Juber’s Solo Guitar Take on the Beatles’ “In My Life”
While he is known for using DADGAD tuning, this fingerstyle arrangement is in standard tuning
Learn to Play Mississippi John Hurt’s “I’m Satisfied” | Patreon Song of the Month
Mississippi John Hurt (1893–1966) was one of the great country blues singer-songwriters, and a superb, subtly eccentric guitarist whose work was teeming with colorful details. One of his most well-known recordings, “I’m Satisfied,” related to the Memphis Jug Band piece “You May Leave, But This Will Bring You Back,” offers…
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Learn to Play “The Lakes of Pontchartrain” | AG Patreon Song of the Month
Learn a fingerstyle arrangement of this ballad; a tune interpreted by Paul Brady, Bob Dylan, Aoife O'Donavan, and countless pub session players.
Play an Approachable Arrangement of the Classic Tune “I Can’t Give You Anything but Love, Baby”
There’s a fair number of chords in this arrangement—14 shapes in all—but they are mostly in open position and easy to play.
“JL’s Hymn No. 2”—Play a Beautiful New Solo Work by John Leventhal
This lovely piece is played in a nonstandard tuning, with the sixth and fifth strings tuned down to C and G, and a capo at the second fret.
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How to Play “Hey There Delilah” by the Plain White T’s
This arrangement is based on the original studio recording, which spotlights a fingerpicked acoustic guitar.
Learn a Modern Solo Guitar Arrangement of the Classic Cowboy Ballad “When the Work’s All Done This Fall”
This interpretation honors the original melody of this 100-year-old tune while rendering it with a flatpicking approach that nods toward more contemporary figures.
Learn to Play John Prine’s “Hello in There” | AG Patreon Song of the Month
The transcription here captures Prine’s original studio recording note for note.
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Tackling “The Locktender’s Reel”—A Modern Fiddle Tune by Guitarist Eric Skye
Inspired by Skye's Pennsylvania childhood, this wistful and captivating tune is increasingly played at bluegrass and old-time gatherings.