“Mississippi Blues” – Tim Sparks
Tim Sparks has been redefining the acoustic guitar repertoire since he won the US National Fingerstyle Championship in 1993 with a ground-breaking arrangement o...
Guitar Lessons
Guitar Lesson: Van Halen’s Tips For Beginner Guitarists
Eddie Van Halen opens the article by fessin' up about how much he stole, note for note, from Eric Clapton. Now here's your chance to rip off EVH. This audio gui...
Video Guitar Lesson: Graduated Solos – Standard in C
The full Graduated Solos instructional jazz guitar course by Mimi Fox is now available for instant download! Standard in C - Introduction 1
The melody here ...
Guitabulary: Diddie Wa Diddie
More than 60 years after its recording, Blind Blake’s rambunctious Diddie Wa Diddie, a double-entendre ragtime blues, still stands as a fingerpicking classic. B...
Guitabulary: Bottleneck Breakdown
Is there anything more seductively rootsy than metallic slide musings on a glimmering National steel guitar? In this two-part lesson, Brozman, one of the foremo...
Video Guitar Lesson: West Coast Blues – Uptown Stomp
The full West Coast Blues instructional guitar course by David Blacker is now available for instant download! Uptown Stomp - Introduction
Great West Coast B...
Guitabulary: Whitley’s Twisted Blues
McErlain shows you one of Chris's more twisted blues pieces, played on open-tuned Dobro. Chris describes it as Bukka White meets Thelonius Monk. Need we say mor...
Guitabulary: Burrell’s Funky Comping
Burrell's funky comping powers many of the best late 50s and 60s beatnik-jazz records. Andy Ellis helps you summon this late-night mood by using the comping mov...
Guitabulary: Slash and Burn
It's an amazing sight. Armed exclusively with a twangy 6-string resonator-an instrument most audience members associate with the likes of Son House and accompan...
Guitabulary: Joni Mitchell Opens Up
Just a few weeks ago the LA Times ran a piece on Joni Mitchell, who was interviewed side by side with the guy who has been performing an all-Joni tribute in dra...
Guitabulary: John Lee Hooker
Few guitarists become so strongly identified with a genre of music as John Lee Hooker and his timeless boogie. Hooker laid down his share of classics, such as "...
Guitabulary: The Blues/Metal Connection
Even metal icons like Metallica's Kirk Hammett go searching for the roots. This lesson deals with his recent interest in the blues and how using blues style can...