Post archive
“What a Wonderful World” for acoustic guitar
The classic song, recorded by Louis Armstrong and many others, arranged for acoustic guitar.
Guitar Sessions 53: Play Jesse Welles’ “Pilgrim”
Learn to play a powerful folk rocker by the breakout singer-songwriter Jesse Welles.
Guitar Sessions 52: Play John Prine’s “Souvenirs”
Learn to fingerpick the John Prine classic.
Guitar Sessions 51: Play Jason Isbell’s “Strawberry Woman”
Learn to play Jason Isbell’s lovely, wistful song, and unlock the secret of its unusual meter.
Guitar Sessions 50: Play Bob Dylan’s “Tomorrow Is a Long Time”
Learn to play Bob Dylan’s simple, serene love song, complete with a fingerstyle instrumental break.
Guitar Sessions 49: Play Gillian Welch’s “Tear My Stillhouse Down”
Learn to play Gillian Welch and David Rawlings’ classic song, a jam session favorite, in dropped-D tuning.
Guitar Sessions 48: “Box of Rain” for two guitars
Learn an arrangement of the Grateful Dead’s classic “Box of Rain,” played on two guitars with different tunings and capo positions.
Guitar Sessions 47: The low fifths trick
Learn a simple way to create powerful and distinctive chord voicings.
Guitar Sessions 46: Play Neil Young’s “Old Man”
Learn the perennial favorite “Old Man,” from the signature riff to the chord shapes and groove.
Guitar Sessions 45: Easy open-string chords up the neck
Explore open-string chord shapes up the neck that give you alternate-tuning-like sounds with easy fingerings—while staying in standard tuning.
Guitar Sessions 44: Play “Deep Elem Blues”
Play a funky dropped-D guitar arrangement of the classic traditional song, inspired by the Grateful Dead.
Guitar Sessions 43: Play an acoustic “Sunshine of Your Love”
Learn an acoustic arrangement of the Cream classic, played in dropped-D tuning.
Guitar Sessions 42: Inside the“Day Tripper” guitar riff
Learn how to play the original George Harrison guitar riff, and then how to adapt it for other keys and other songs.
Guitar Sessions 41: Play Don Henley’s “The Boys of Summer”
Learn an acoustic arrangement of Don Henley’s classic song, with a guitar adaptation of the original synthesizer riff.
Guitar Sessions 40: Four-note scale workout
Try this exercise to improve your fretting finger dexterity and strength and practice alternate picking too.
Guitar Sessions 39: Limber up with scales in thirds
Here’s a great exercise for warming up and playing melodies and lead too.
Guitar Sessions 38: Play Jimmy Cliff’s “Sitting in Limbo”
Learn a fingerstyle guitar arrangement of the Jimmy Cliff classic from The Harder They Come.
Guitar Sessions 37: Play Brandi Carlile’s “You and Me on the Rock”
Learn the correct tuning and the intro riff for the Brandi Carlile’s Joni Mitchell–esque song.
Guitar Sessions 36: The sweet sound of sixths, part two
Part two of a video lesson on playing sixths intervals on guitar, as used in classic riffs from songs by Cat Stevens, Van Morrison, Jim Croce, and more.
Guitar Sessions 35: The sweet sound of sixths, part one
Explore sixths intervals on guitar, as used in classic riffs from songs by Van Morrison, John Fogerty, Cat Stevens, and more.