Lessons | Acoustic Guitar About Acoustic Guitar lessons Learning to play the guitar takes more than just figuring out what fingers go on which frets and which strings to pluck or pick You need to absorb these mechanics, for sure, but you also need to know how different techniques fit together and how you can put them to use in service of making music with soul and spirit Memorizing your favorite players’ licks and
How To Build Your Own Fingerstyle Arrangements | Acoustic Guitar EXCERPTED FROM ACOUSTIC GUITAR SOLO FINGERSTYLE BASICS TEXT BY ANDEW DuBROCK | VIDEO BY DOUG YOUNG Unless you’re Mozart or Beethoven, you probably don’t find complete symphonies floating around in your brain But you might experience nifty single-note melodies that come to you while you’re showering, doing the laundry, or perhaps eating a particularly tasty chocolate bar Turning these
The Sounds of 2025: Guitars and Gear that Carried the Acoustic . . . The acoustic guitar’s most storied maker, C F Martin Co , unveiled one of its most expansive lineups in recent memory—nearly 50 new instruments ranging from museum-level showpieces to everyday players The most elaborate of all, the D-300 ($300,000), commemorates Martin’s three-millionth guitar Its Adirondack top is patterned like a sycamore cross section, with silver and sycamore
Acoustic Guitar 356 Video | January February 2026 You’ve got the January February 2026 issue of Acoustic Guitar and you’re ready to go beyond the pages This is your one-stop destination for video lessons, gear reviews, and more, so grab your guitar and play your way through the latest issue!
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New From Acoustic Guitar— ‘Fingerpicking the Great American Songbook’ Now available in print and digital editions, it’s Fingerpicking the Great American Songbook by Christopher “Isto” White! Explore the rich harmonies, lyrical melodies, and rhythmic verve that defined early 20th-century American popular music So what is the Great American Songbook? Not a single book, but a loose canon of songs written from roughly 1900–1940—Tin Pan Alley hits and