TL;DR:  A Venetian cutaway is rounded, a Florentine cutaway is sharp.  As a mneumonic, you can remember that the Florentine is like floss, which feels sharp on your gums. A Tale of Two Cutaways The cutaway of an acoustic guitar gives access to the upper frets.  The luthier provides

Podcasts have been around for years, but right now they're in the midst of a renaissance.  With popular podcasts like "Serial" and "This American Life", more people than ever are listening to the nouveau radio format. I even recommended some guitar-oriented podcasts earlier this

This is a guest post by Josh Summers.  Josh has been playing guitar for over 25 years. He writes about what he has learned playing, fixing and buying guitars on his popular Guitar Adventures site.  You can also follow him on Twitter and Facebook. I'm extremely proud of

Billy Joel is an iconic songwriter, piano player, and performer.  His songs are timeless, and his shows are electric.  And for guitar players, it can be frustrating that he wrote all this great music from the piano.  Songs like The Piano Man, Scenes from an Italian Restaurant, and New York

The secret to tuning your guitar perfectly is simple:  Adjust your tuning 'temperament'. But what is a temperament? Historically, musical notes have not always been the same distance apart. The ancient Greeks based their tuning system on mathematical ratios that produced perfect 5th and 4th. This "Pythagorean

What does it mean to play a song "fingerstyle"? It generally means that you play the melody, bass, and chord tones all at the same time, and use a fingerpicking technique with your right hand. For examples, see here, here, and here. If you want to learn a