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Greg Diamond Releases "Musings & Origins", Solo Acoustic Album

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Greg Diamond Releases "Musings & Origins", Solo Acoustic Album

Greg Diamond released his fourth album, "Musings & Origins - Solo Acoustic", in September on Chasm Records. Recorded all on a Collings OM2H - T Series guitar, the album joins latin and jazz flavors into thirteen original compositions. Diamond is an expert finger style player - his clear,

Building the 175 Guitar Kit From FretWire: Part I

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Building the 175 Guitar Kit From FretWire: Part I

I'm building a guitar! I've got the bug. We've all heard someone talk about building a guitar, or we've wandered past the stewmac.com website and thought, "hmmm....maybe...". Well, I'm wondering no more. This is part of

A Very Useful Gypsy Jazz Chord

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A Very Useful Gypsy Jazz Chord

Today I'd like to share with you a very useful chord shape for playing gypsy jazz. Below is an image of one way of playing a 'minor six' chord shape. Using 'minor six' chords in place of minor triads is very common in gypsy

How To Sing And Play Guitar At The Same Time

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How To Sing And Play Guitar At The Same Time

GUEST POST - Learning to sing can be a tricky task at the best of times, but when you also add playing guitar to the mix it's easy for your playing or singing to go a little haywire as you focus on those fancy licks or that high

Fender Play Demo (& Why It's a Great Online Learning System for Beginners)

Fender Play Demo (& Why It's a Great Online Learning System for Beginners)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sep2sJobtc0&feature=youtu.be PLAY is Fender Guitar's new online platform for learning acoustic guitar, electric guitar, and ukelele. There are several things I love about Fender's new system: * It's structured * It keeps you engaged * And the

Furch Guitars Lets You Build Your Dream Guitar Using 160 Data Points

Furch Guitars Lets You Build Your Dream Guitar Using 160 Data Points

You no longer have to be a stadium-headlining artist to have your own custom guitar. Furch Guitars (Furch), a world-leading manufacturer of acoustic guitars, has changed the game. Furch now offers each guitarist the chance to be their own guitar builder, creating exactly the acoustic guitar they desire. Choose from

What is Newgrass? A Primer on the Popular, Modern Wave of Bluegrass

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What is Newgrass? A Primer on the Popular, Modern Wave of Bluegrass

Bluegrass has come a far way from it's roots. It's joined forces with rock, jazz, and world music - and created a new generation of amazing musicians playing this exciting new mashup: Newgrass. AKA "New Acoustic", or "Modern bluegrass". Odds are you&

Level Up Your Strumming Technique with Spanish Guitar Exercises

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Level Up Your Strumming Technique with Spanish Guitar Exercises

Edina Balczo is an UK based guitarist who hosts a popular YouTube channel, The Spanish Guitar Hub, with 9 million views and 37,000 subscribers. And, very importantly, she's soon coming out with a book (and video series) on Spanish Guitar Strumming Techniques. With a long background playing

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Top 5 Acoustic Guitar Jazz Albums

Most of the greatest jazz albums have been recorded with hollow body or semi-hollow body guitars. However, do we consider these kind of guitars as acoustic guitars? Technically, they are acoustic guitars amplified by a magnetic pickup. Jazz and blues guitarists as Charlie Christian, with his Gibson ES 150, Lonnie