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"Can't Help Falling In Love", the Elvis Presley classic, is a great song to play on acoustic guitar. It was performed beautifully in the movie, Crazy Rich Asians, by Kina Grannis. Her arrangement was simple - just fingerpicking acoustic guitar and, …
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...Two things that were made to go together. Tommy Emmanuel is a pre-eminent acoustic guitar player, and one of my favorites. Larrivée is a top, boutique custom guitar maker producing some of the best acoustic guitars on the market and, again, one of …
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Fingerpicking can appear unapproachable for the beginner. I mean, there are a lot of complex picking actions, and it’s all happening simultaneously... and it can be overwhelming. It doesn’t have to be, though. In fact, if you have a good teacher, it …
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There's a lot to choose from when you're cruising Instagram for inspiration. But if you love acoustic guitar, then these are ten accounts you should definitely follow. 1. Taylor Guitars Taylor Guitars make some great guitars, and they run some …
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Quotes are excerpted from the full interview, "20 Questions WIth Tommy Emmanuel" Tommy Emmanuel has been voted the best acoustic guitar player in the world - multiple times. His shows are amazing, his songwriting is top notch, and he's one of the …
Playlist curation is one of Spotify's great strengths. It allows any Spotify user to compile their favorite tunes into a playlist and share it with the any and all Spotify subscribers. We here at TheGuitarJournal.com have been taken advantage of this …
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One of the great things about guitar is that it's easy to get started playing songs quickly! Here are one hundred and sixty-two easy songs to play on guitar that you can get started with today. If you're looking for more complete lessons on …
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Chris Titchner's new release, "Already Gone", combines catchy songwriting with a complete disregard of stylisitic homogeny. Folk, pop, New Orleans jazz...they all coexist on an album anchored by Titchner's consistent acoustic guitar work, …
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Looking for fingerstyle guitar tabs? There are a LOT of sites, stores, and blogs to sort through online. Here are the top sites and apps to get accurate fingerstyle guitar tabs. (There are some excellent free options, as well as paid options.) The …
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Berklee College of Music, the premier music college in the U.S. for students of popular music, uses a curriculum comprised of 10 guitar method books to move new guitar students from amateur to pro. Here's what they use. If you want to play …
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The Dobro™ is a beautiful, lyrical, and haunting instrument. Invented in the 1920's, the Dobro™ was originally produced by only one company: the Dobro Manufacturing Company. As the instrument slowly gathered a following, several other …
Loog Guitars wants to teach your kids to play guitar by pairing hip little 3-string guitars with a gamified app experience. Does it work? I got a chance to review a Loog Mini and see if it helped my 4-year old daughter learn guitar. Test Driving …
Fingerstyle guitarist, Adrian Bellue, was the artist in residence in the Furch Guitars booth on Thursday, January 16 at the NAMM show in Anaheim, California. Every two hours he performed some traffic-stopping, crowd-gathering fingerstyle …
The legendary acoustic guitar player talks guitars, gear, practice, advice for young players, and some great stories from the road. I recently had a chance to interview Tommy Emmanuel while he was in the L.A. area to play a series of concerts - …
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