https://acousticguitar.com lessons, music to play, and how-tos for all guitarists Mon, 16 Dec 2024 18:33:13 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://i0.wp.com/acousticguitar.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/AG_Favicon.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 https://acousticguitar.com 32 32 103806923 https://acousticguitar.com/explore-open-d-tuning-with-mary-flowers-colorful-arrangement-of-dinks-song/ https://acousticguitar.com/explore-open-d-tuning-with-mary-flowers-colorful-arrangement-of-dinks-song/#respond Wed, 18 Dec 2024 14:00:00 +0000 https://acousticguitar.com/?p=146307 With its simple, movable chord shapes—many requiring just two fingers—open-D tuning adds a shimmering quality to this traditional song.]]> https://acousticguitar.com/explore-open-d-tuning-with-mary-flowers-colorful-arrangement-of-dinks-song/feed/ 0 146307 https://acousticguitar.com/learn-mary-flowers-waltz/ https://acousticguitar.com/learn-mary-flowers-waltz/#respond Mon, 12 Jun 2023 14:00:00 +0000 https://acousticguitar.com/?p=112739 “Most of the time I have no idea how the music comes from my fingertips while writing. It’s not like I’m going for some genre or sound. It just happens!” ]]> https://acousticguitar.com/learn-mary-flowers-waltz/feed/ 0 112739 https://acousticguitar.com/beginners-guide-to-fingerpicking-playing-a-melody-and-bass-line-at-the-same-time-on-guitar/ https://acousticguitar.com/beginners-guide-to-fingerpicking-playing-a-melody-and-bass-line-at-the-same-time-on-guitar/#respond Mon, 29 Aug 2022 15:47:00 +0000 https://acousticguitar.com/?p=127950 Guitarist Mary Flower demonstrates how to play melodies and bass notes at the same time on acoustic guitar via an exercise she calls "Nimble Fingers."]]> https://acousticguitar.com/beginners-guide-to-fingerpicking-playing-a-melody-and-bass-line-at-the-same-time-on-guitar/feed/ 0 127950 https://acousticguitar.com/playing-thumb-driven-monotonic-bass-lines-on-guitar/ https://acousticguitar.com/playing-thumb-driven-monotonic-bass-lines-on-guitar/#respond Wed, 06 Jul 2022 13:00:00 +0000 https://acousticguitar.com/?p=132005 In this guitar lesson, learn to play a monotonic bass line, then apply it separately to three chords in the basic 12-bar blues progression.]]> https://acousticguitar.com/playing-thumb-driven-monotonic-bass-lines-on-guitar/feed/ 0 132005 https://acousticguitar.com/ease-into-alternate-tuning-with-this-open-d-minor-blues-guitar-lesson/ https://acousticguitar.com/ease-into-alternate-tuning-with-this-open-d-minor-blues-guitar-lesson/#comments Wed, 06 Apr 2022 13:00:00 +0000 https://acousticguitar.com/?p=129181 In this guitar lesson, get a taste of open tunings by lowering your strings to open D minor, then playing a handful of chord shapes and applying them to a bluesy etude. ]]> https://acousticguitar.com/ease-into-alternate-tuning-with-this-open-d-minor-blues-guitar-lesson/feed/ 1 129181 https://acousticguitar.com/video-lesson-an-easy-introduction-to-the-sophisticated-art-of-ragtime-guitar/ https://acousticguitar.com/video-lesson-an-easy-introduction-to-the-sophisticated-art-of-ragtime-guitar/#comments Tue, 29 Dec 2020 23:20:00 +0000 https://acousticguitar.com/?p=120932 For a gentle introduction to ragtime, I composed a simple G-major instrumental, “Davis Street Rag,” in which the syncopation always occurs in a predictable place, the “and” of beat three.]]> https://acousticguitar.com/video-lesson-an-easy-introduction-to-the-sophisticated-art-of-ragtime-guitar/feed/ 1 120932 https://acousticguitar.com/woodshed-learn-mary-flowers-liberal-rag/ https://acousticguitar.com/woodshed-learn-mary-flowers-liberal-rag/#respond Wed, 12 Sep 2018 18:05:49 +0000 https://acousticguitar.com/?p=107964 In this lesson, I’ll show you how to play an approachable ragtime piece of mine in open G6 called “Liberal Rag,” a title I chose not necessarily as a political statement but to indicate that it can be played at an easy and relaxed tempo, by players at all levels.]]> https://acousticguitar.com/woodshed-learn-mary-flowers-liberal-rag/feed/ 0 107964 https://acousticguitar.com/video-lesson-blues-five-ways/ https://acousticguitar.com/video-lesson-blues-five-ways/#respond Sat, 14 Apr 2018 17:44:38 +0000 https://acousticguitar.com/?p=106296 In the following exercises, you’ll find some great phrases and chord patterns that make extensive use of the dead-thumb approach.]]> https://acousticguitar.com/video-lesson-blues-five-ways/feed/ 0 106296 https://acousticguitar.com/video-lesson-how-to-play-the-guitar-rag-jitters/ https://acousticguitar.com/video-lesson-how-to-play-the-guitar-rag-jitters/#respond Thu, 16 Feb 2017 19:21:33 +0000 https://acousticguitar.com/?p=101165 Often called Piedmont guitar—after the East Coast regions, running from Virginia to North Carolina, where many of the players lived—this challenging style makes use of an upbeat fingerpicking technique, which I’ll break down for you in this lesson.]]> https://acousticguitar.com/video-lesson-how-to-play-the-guitar-rag-jitters/feed/ 0 101165