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Mastering the Art of Fingerstyle Guitar: 5 Tips & Free Lessons for Intermediate Players

January 17, 2023

Mastering the art of fingerstyle guitar can be a challenging but rewarding journey for intermediate players. Fingerstyle guitar is a technique where each finger...

3 Free Open Tuning Guitar Lessons With Vicki Genfan

September 7, 2021

Alternative tunings, and more specifically, open tunings on the guitar have long been employed by rock legends like Jimmy Page and Kieth Richards. But, these op...

3 Tommy Emmanuel Song Lessons

June 27, 2021

In the world of fingerstyle guitar, there are a few notable names that are on everyone's mind. One of those names is invariably Tommy Emmanuel's. In his Tru...

7 Free Fingerstyle Guitar Lessons With Grammy-Winning Player John Knowles

March 25, 2021

Finding the right guitar instructor is, often times, vital to forming good performing habits. Of course, most would agree that learning from the world's greates...

4 Free Guitar Lessons From Tommy Emmanuel & John Knowles

February 17, 2021

At some point in your life as a musician, you are going to confront the option to collaborate musically with other players. Sometimes, this will be in a band se...

6 Fingerstyle Guitar Lessons To Inspire Your Song Writing

February 3, 2020

As songwriters, it helps to always be looking out for a inspiration. Often times that comes from an emotion or a memory. Even places can inspire you to write. W...

8 Fingerpicking Guitar Lessons To Help You Improve Your Acoustic Songwriting

January 14, 2020

Rhythm and groove are essential factors in any musical performance. These are what set the vibe of the song, which supports the story unfolding within song’s me...

5 Free Fingerpicking Guitar Lessons to Expand Your Creative Acoustic Playing

January 10, 2020

Most guitarists can pull at least a couple of fingerpicking patterns out of their pockets. The Travis picking pattern or simple arpeggios are some common ones. ...

Learn How Take Your Fingerstyle Guitar Playing to the Next Level with Boom-Chick

December 10, 2019

Boom-chick is a versatile technique employed by many great Fingerstyle guitar legends such as Mose Rager, Ike Everly, Doc Watson, and many more. This approach c...

10 Free Guitar Lessons for Songwriters Stuck in a Creative Rut

November 17, 2019

Songwriters often find themselves stuck in a creative rut playing the same old chords and patterns. How do you free yourself from traditional forms? How do you ...

Learn 2 Fingerstyle Guitar Songs with Gareth Pearson

October 2, 2019

Fingerstyle guitarists have insatiable appetites for new songs they can add to their repertoire. This is especially true for country and folk player whose audie...

Learn How to Play “I Am a Pilgrim” on Guitar with Muriel Anderson

July 25, 2019

Check out these free guitar lessons from Muriel Anderson's Take 5: Travis Picking, which is an accelerated curriculum designed to help get your Travis Picking t...

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