Like many players of a certain age, my first guitar was a nylon-string. I don’t think it had a brand name, but it was definitely a cheapo. I’d caught the rock ’n’ roll bug much earlier, which meant ...

GUITAR SHOWCASE 2022: Getting your getting in tune, staying in tune and intonating well is the vital first step to a good playing and tone experience. There are a number of factors involved – ...

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In this lesson, we’ll be looking at an unaccompanied acoustic piece. The tempo marked is approximate as this was played ‘freehand’ without a metronome. Flatpicking is a bit of a catch-all term since ...