This is an original composition that has several Chet Atkins licks incorporated into a bluesy format and can be played on acoustic or electric guitar. If you’re new to fingerstyle playing (without a pick) and have always wanted to learn, this would be a great lesson to start with. It will be slow at first and even frustrating, but just stick with it and don’t try to play it fast – just try to be accurate. … [Read more...]
EP039 – Acoustic Original Played Fingerstyle
In this lesson, you'll learn how to play an original composition on acoustic guitar - played fingerstyle. I go into detail with both the left and right hands so that even if you're new to fingerstyle guitar you can follow along. This can be played on steel string acoustic, nylon string acoustic, or even electric guitar. Be sure to download the tablature as a guide to help with learning. … [Read more...]
Fingerstyle Acoustic Delta Blues Guitar Lesson – EP037
In this week's guitar lesson, learn how to play a fingerstyle delta blues arrangement on acoustic guitar. This lesson is split into 2 videos, part 1 is free, however, part 2 is only available to premium members. There are some Robert Johnson inspired licks in this one. Intended for intermediate players, although if you're new to fingerstyle playing or would like to learn more, this would be a good lesson to start with. … [Read more...]
Acoustic Blues Rhythm Guitar Lesson – EP027
Most of us will end up playing our guitars with other musicians at some point, either with another guitar player, bass player, or with a full band. One of the most common things that ends up happening in that scenario is to play a 12 bar blues (usually in they key of E or A). The problem with playing rhythm on guitar is that it’s easy to fall into a rut and not know how you can play something that makes the song more interesting. This lesson was created to show you a different way to approach … [Read more...]
Acoustic Slide Guitar Lesson – Delta Blues – EP026
In this guitar lesson I'll show you how to play basic, delta blues style slide guitar on an acoustic. This is played in open D tuning, and I'll show you an easy way to tune to open D, without even needing a tuner. I also assume you know little to nothing about slide and will walk you through all of the basics, how to hold a slide, what finger to use, etc. If you've always wanted to learn how to play slide, this lesson is a great one to get you started! … [Read more...]
Ragtime Blues Guitar Lesson Taught Fingerstyle: EP014
As promised here is some more acoustic blues for your arsenal. This is part 1 of 2 (the follow up to this will be showing you how to play lead on top it). This is an original composition (as far as I know anyway) that was really written and composed just so that I could teach it. The only way that I can provide tablature and jam tracks for songs is if I own the copyright, so it forces me to have to write and tab these little mini-songs… but I have to admit I sort of love doing it, so it’s not … [Read more...]
Delta Acoustic Blues Guitar Lesson: EP013
I continue to get lots of requests for more acoustic blues lessons. It seems there are more of these requests than for any other type of lesson, and they're incredibly easy for me as I've spent countless hours and years sitting around picking this stuff on the couch at home. The sad thing is that it never really made it any farther than my living.. and along comes YouTube, and the rest is history. This is something I pulled together rather quickly, just a combination of licks from various … [Read more...]
EP007: How To Play Amazing Grace on Guitar – Lesson
I've had a lot of requests for gospel recently, and even a specific request for this song so I thought this would be a good one to do in a way that both beginner and intermediate players could enjoy (never excluding advanced players of course). This is my own arrangement of this song and it's obviously pretty straight forward, however, if you wanted to spice this up a bit it would be easy to do. One obvious place for that would be when it goes to the "G" part, to throw in some bluesy licks in … [Read more...]
Create Your Own Fingerstyle Compositions On The Guitar – LEG010
Ok OGLWithme, I thought your suggestion on a video of this nature was a good one - so I put one together. I realized though as I was editing this that it's next to impossible to cover everything that needs to be covered with the 10 minute constraints that you have with YouTube, but I tried to cover the basics to give you an idea of at least my thought process for how to approach something like this. The important thing to remember is that 1) determine which key you're going to do it in, 2) … [Read more...]
Chet Atkins Fingerstyle Lesson: Very Basic – LEG031
So you may be asking, what’s the big deal about Chet Atkins? When I first started becoming obsessed with learning the guitar I kept reading article after article about Chet Atkins and how he pioneered this or influenced that.. and to be honest, when I heard my first Chet Atkins album (my dad’s), I wasn’t immediately blown away. I thought it sounded clean and simple and… well, nice. It wasn’t until I analyzed what was actually going that I began to realize what a genius he was. Born June 20, … [Read more...]