Category Archives: acoustic
Bert Jansch Youtube
I only just got the news that the wonderful British Folk Guitar player Bert Jansch has gone to the big gig in the sky. Kind thoughts to Friends and Family More Bert Jansch Youtube
Emily and the Woods – Never Play Youtube
There are many acoustic guitar players who just want to play and sing and not necessarily play like virtuosos Vicente Amigo, Pierre Bensusan, or Michael Hedges. So I thought I’d do a number of short acoustic guitar articles / posts … Continue reading
Gerry Rafferty RIP – Baker Street Youtube
Gerry Rafferty thank you for the beautiful music, Rest in Peace BBC News - Gerry Rafferty Right down the line
Doc Watson Youtube Acoustic Guitar
This youtube video is of Doc Watson playing his Gallagher guitar complete with banjo player. The tune is the Cuckoo a traditional folk song. Its one of the most haunting songs I’ve ever heard. For more Doc Watson, check out … Continue reading
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Vicente Amigo Flamenco Guitar Youtube
Here’s a wonderful Flamenco guitar player by the name of Vicente Amigo This video was recorded in 1999, complete with Flamenco dancing and rhythm section. For more Vicente, check out this beautiful Flamenco song Vicente Amigo
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Antoine Dufour Harp Guitar Youtube
Here’s Antoine Dufour on Harp Guitar and Tommy Gauthier on violin playing an original composition called Solitude. Whereas many of the guitar tappers do acrobats and exhibit phenomenal skills which will push the acoustic guitar into new areas, Antoine always … Continue reading
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John Butler Youtube Zebra
With the great success of the new John Butler Trio Album (Review) , I thought it would be a good idea to poat about his old tune called Zebra, the tune that first put him on the musical map commercially. One … Continue reading
Peppino D’Agostino Youtube
Peppino D’Agostiino is a tremendous acoustic guitar player who I first heard in the 1980′s playing open tuned guitar (think DADGAD etc) . This youtube acoustic video is of Peppino performing live at the International Guitar Night Concert, which is … Continue reading
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Jan Akkerman Focus Acoustic Hocus Pocus Youtube
One of my all time electric guitar players (non jazz) is Jan Akkerman from the band Focus. I saw Focus live in the early seventies and Akkerman’s tone and mastery of the guitar was exceptional. I was very happy to … Continue reading
Jimi Hendrix Acoustic Youtube – Hound Dog
It’s 40 years since since I first heard Hendrix, I have never seen this. Jimi Hendrix playing Hound Dog on acoustic guitar. An absolute gem of a find. wow! Thanks to John Francis for bringing it to my attention … Continue reading
Dan Tharp – Acoustic Guitar Player Part 1
The beauty of the Blog / Web technology that we have at our finger tips now is it gives people like myself who like people and music the ability to quickly put information out to a broad audience. Readers of … Continue reading
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TAB or Music Notation
I”m trying to find out what format Guitar Players prefer guitar music written in today. Guitar TAB seems to be the standard these days. I find it very useful for Acoustic Guitar Open Tuning. What do you prefer? Please Select, … Continue reading
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Everlast Youtube – What it’s Like
I first heard this tune by Everlast called What it’s like, a few years back when a guitar stdent I had said he wanted to learn it. It’s very simple and that in itself is a great lesson in music. … Continue reading
Acoustic Guitar Makers – Linda Manzer
LINDA MANZER GUITARS For quite some years now Linda Manzer has been making some of the most beautiful guitars on the planet. A week or so back I wrote a short article about McGowan Guitars and also Olson Guitars. … Continue reading
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Kevin Eubanks Youtube Acoustic
Kevin Eubanks is very well known amongst Jazz players. To hear him on acoustic is a treat. I thought it would be great to introduce his playing to people that woudn’t generally get to hear him. He is from Philadelphia … Continue reading
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Paul Simon Youtube
Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel inspired many pop and folk singers to run out and buy an acoustic guitar. To watch Paul Simon develop as a musician over the years is a music lesson in itself. Graceland, the song has … Continue reading
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Davey Graham Youtube Acoustic Guitar
Many guitar players around the world that have played acoustic guitar for years and have been avid watchers and listeners of its development, would know the impact of Davey Graham the British guitar player. For many players he was their … Continue reading
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Phil Keaggy Youtube Video – Acoustic Guitarist
This Youtube video features Phil Keaggy playing his Olson guitar and is more adventurous than my previous post where Phil Keaggy was playing more of a slow introverted tune. In this one the acoustic guitarist is using more contemporary techniques such … Continue reading
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Phil Keaggy Youtube – Acoustic Guitar
This youtube video of Phil Keaggy playing Acoustic Guitar is a very good example of a guitar player that is really thinking about texture. Although it’s great to play spontaneously, when you take the time to consider simple things such as when … Continue reading
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LaPatrie Classical Nylon String Guitars – Murwillumbah Music
The La Patrie nylon string guitars have become very popular lately, I’m not surprised either, value per dollar they are possible the best I’ve seen around. For those Australians that have been waiting a while to get their hands on … Continue reading
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Where Do You Go To Youtube – Peter Sarstedt
Where do you go to my lovely when you’re alone in your bed by Peter Sarstedt If you remember this song you’ll know why I’ve posted it. I’ve decided to post a couple of nostalgic Youtubes, songs that stand up by … Continue reading
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Don Maclean Youtube – Vincent Stary Starry Night
Acoustic Guitar song by Don Maclean Don Maclean arrived on the commercial music scene with his simple guitar and voice in the early seventies. His ability to paint pictures with his lyrics and tell a tale like a true baladeer … Continue reading
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Guitar Blog
Guitar Blogs, the idea of a Guitar Blog for some people I have met seems a little unusual. In fact any type of blogging seems crazy to some people. So I thought Im’d write a small article on why on … Continue reading
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Guitar Scales in Major Keys – Tony Hogan
Major Scales for Guitar are very common and it is truly worth your while learning them. They are not necessarily the absolute best for improvisation, they are useful to help train your ears and to learn what notes fall into … Continue reading
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Grateful Dead Youtube – Acoustic Blues Guitar
Many people may remember the Grateful Dead and the legendary Jerry Garcia, this youtube video features the Dead Guitarists playing acoustic blues guitar, it’s from the early eighties. The Dead are big part of musical history. This acousticblues has a bit … Continue reading
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Don Ross youTube – Acoustic Guitar
Don Ross is an exceptional acoustic guitar player. It’s almost politically incorrect these days to say ýou should’ but I’ll say it anyway, you should hear this guy. He use a thumbpick and fingers, lots of harmonics hammers and taps … Continue reading
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Blues Chords for Blues Guitar Scales
In my previous article about Blues Scales for Guitar I listed five essential blues scales. The basic Blues Chords to use witrh these scales are: C Blues = C7, F7, G7 (Please note you could also just use C7 F and … Continue reading
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Blues Scales – Learn Guitar – TAB and Dots
Have you ever been frustrated when people are playing a Blues and you’re not sure what scales and notes you can use to solo with? Suffer no longer. If you’ve been playing guitar for sometime, and don’t know these simple blues scales, I … Continue reading
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Kinks youTube Waterloo Sunset
The Kinks were very famous in the sixties and seventies, often people only think of the song Lola, love it or hate it. There was a song that I heard in the late sixties that would always make me turn … Continue reading
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Jerry Reed youTube acoustic guitar
Jerry Reed is a singer guitarist and songwriter….and even an actor. He had hits with a song called Guitar Man, a song that Elvis Presley covered, as well as receiving a Grammy, recording a hit called Amos Moses. He has … Continue reading
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Acoustic Blues Mance Lipscomb youTube
Most guitar players have heard of Lighning Hopkins, Muddy Waters, B B King, Robert Johnson but one legendary player that may have slipped past you is Mance Lipscomb. This tune is the Classic Baby Please Don’t Go. If you’d like to … Continue reading
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Jack Johnson Youtube acoustic guitarist
This youtube video of Jack Johnson is so refreshing to hear, he plays just what’s necessary, simple acoustic rhythm guitar that holds the songs together. Uncomplicated, melodic, a great lesson for us all when we take it all too seriously … Continue reading
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Jose Gonzalez YoutUbe
Jose Gonzalez I don’t usually include many nylon stringers in my posts, but this is worth hearing if you haven’t heard it. It is Jose Gonzalez the Swedish born musician of Argentian descent. The song is called Heartbeats. He’s capoed … Continue reading
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Kaki King Youtube
I first became aware of the guitar player Kaki King when I read a Frets magazine a couple of years back, it had an article about her, in it they said she was one of the most interesting guitarists since … Continue reading
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Country Guitar Scales for Acoustic Guitar
Country Guitar Scales are worth knowing, they’ll save you hours of messing around. Really they are just Minor Blues Scales starting on a different note. I’ve done them in basic TAB and music notation for guitar. Most guitar players want … Continue reading
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John Mayer youTube on Acoustic Guitar
John Mayer is very young as a guitar player but he has already in a short period of time managed to mark his mark as a guitar player. His right hand technique is a little unusual, he plays a bit … Continue reading
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Poco youTube with Timothy B Schmit
Poco – Rose of Cimarron with Eagles bass player Poco was a band that had some brilliant musicians over the years. If you look closely at the bass player in this youtube video you’ll notice it’s none other than the … Continue reading
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Rockabilly Blues Riff Part 3 of 3
I’ve writen this three part Rockabilly Blues Riff because as a long term musician/ teacher and student of the guitar, I know it’s easier to be focused on developing our skills when have some short term outcomes to reach. If we … Continue reading
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Ani diFranco youtube 4 string
You may not be familiar with ani diFranco. This youTube video is of Ani plaing a beautiful looking (to me) four string guitar, used to be called tipples. I first became aware of Ani deFranco’s music when she toured here, … Continue reading
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David Crosby Graham Nash youtube – Guinnevere
The David Crosby Guinnevere youtube video is a follow up to my previous post about David’s song Thousand Roads which I wrote quite some time ago. This one is with Graham Nash former member of the Hollies. As stated in … Continue reading
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Loggins and Messina youTube House at Pooh Corner
Kenny Loggins and Jim Messina were one of a number of successful duets around in the early seventies. I’m thinking seals and Crofts, Batdorf and Rodney, England Dan and John Ford Coley. Loggins and Messina had some excellent albums in … Continue reading
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Rockabilly Blues for Guitar – Part 2 of 3
Rockabilly Blues for Guitar is the second of my three part TAB and Music Notation design to get the fingers going and get you playing a few riffs that you would never have played. They will sound familiar because I’ve … Continue reading
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David Crosby youTube Acoustic Guitar
This youtube features David Crosby. Crosby, the first name in the awesome band Crosby, Stills, Nash and later on, Young. He may not have had the same success solo as did Neil Young, but it was his solo stuff and … Continue reading
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Rockabilly Blues – Part 1 of 3
The Rockabilly Blues that I have written the Guitar Tab and Music Notation for is the first of a series of three. Once you get this one worked out play it fast but make sure it is in time. It … Continue reading
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Rockabilly Blues Riff for Guitar in G
Blues Rockabilly Riff, I wrote this a few minutes ago. I was thinking a little about Flatt and Scruggs the great Bluegrass players and I picked up the nearest guitar that I could find, which happened to be my semi-acoustic … Continue reading
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Dan Fogelberg youTube Acoustic guitar
I first heard Dan Fogelberg around the time that Souvenirs came out. In fact one of my all time favourite songs is Wysteria of the Homefree album If you want to do the Acoustic Guitar Singer Songwriter thing, thisis how … Continue reading
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James Taylor youTube Fire and Rain
James Taylor playing Fire and Rain, his flawless fingerpicking on an Olsen guitar is a reminder how a well written song can stand up over time. This acoustic guitar recording is about ten years old now. Gone is the hair, and the … Continue reading
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