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A Holiday Favorite A Left-Hand Workout Arranging A Holiday Favorite Arranging Bach Bossa Nova Basics Bye Bye Baby Blues Chord-Melody Arranging Easy Fingerpicking Exploring D A D G A D Fingerpicking and Slide Fingerstyle for Flatpickers Frailing in Alternate Tunings Great Classical Exercises (Part 1 of 2) Great Classical Exercises (Part 2 of 2) Hot Lick Breaks Marching Through Georgia Minor-Key Fingerstyle Modern Fingerstyle Bass Lines Octaves in D A D G A D Percussive Fingerstyle Postscript Right-Hand Fretting Slack-Key Guitar: Wahine Tunings Slack-Key in Open G The Kansas City Lowdown

A Holiday Favorite Rick Ruskin walks you through his fingerstyle arrangment of the holiday classic, 'We Three Kings.' Return to Top

A Left-Hand Workout Developing left-hand technique for classical guitar. Return to Top

Arranging A Holiday Favorite Dylan Schorer walks you through his arrangement of 'Shchedryk' (the piece 'Carol of the Bells' was based on). Return to Top

Arranging Bach Dylan Schorer explains his approach to arranging classical pieces for alternate tunings, illustrated by his arrangement of Bach's Prelude from Cello Suite No. 1. Return to Top

Bossa Nova Basics Geoff Stewart explains how to capture the essence of bossa nova rhythms. Return to Top

Bye Bye Baby Blues Steve James shows how to play this country blues classic. Return to Top

Chord-Melody Arranging Ken Hatfield shows you how to arrange a melody for solo jazz guitar. In this lesson you will master an array of skills from drop-2 and drop-3 chords to harmonic, melodic, and rhythmic devices to play Ken's original song 'Sho' Nuff Liz.' Return to Top

Easy Fingerpicking Unlock the flowing rhythm of Coldplay's 'Clocks' with one simple pattern. Return to Top

Exploring D A D G A D Mark Hanson will help you get familiar with the popular D A D G A D tuning. Return to Top

Fingerpicking and Slide Covers basics of using various slides and slide tunings with a fingerpicking approach Return to Top

Fingerstyle for Flatpickers An introductory fingerpicking lesson using blues progressions and walking bass lines. Return to Top

Frailing in Alternate Tunings Learn how to use this wonderfully rhythmic clawhammer-banjo style on the guitar. Fingerstyle magus Steve Baughman goes step-by-step to demonstrate this right-hand technique and shows you how to play a cool tune in an alternate tuning. Return to Top

Great Classical Exercises (Part 1 of 2) Gary Joyner teaches some great classical guitar exercises to build your finger strength and dexterity. These lessons, based on classical-guitar exercises, are perfect for both nylon- and steel-string fingerpicking styles. Return to Top

Great Classical Exercises (Part 2 of 2) More great classical guitar exercises for both nylon- and steel-string fingerpicking styles. Learn to play the lovely 'Slow Waltz' by Matteo Carcassi. Return to Top

Hot Lick Breaks A lesson in firing up you fingerstyle leads. Return to Top

Marching Through Georgia Music by Henry Clay Work, arranged by Eric Lugosch. Get into step with a fingerstyle arrangement of the folk classic 'Marching Through Georgia. Return to Top

Minor-Key Fingerstyle Chris Proctor explains the ins and outs of playing in a minor-key alternate tuning, using his original piece, 'Swept Away.' Return to Top

Modern Fingerstyle Bass Lines With a little syncopation, phrasing, and a few percussive techniques, you can turn boring bass lines into fingerstyle funk fests. Return to Top

Octaves in D A D G A D Various ways to incorporate playing octaves in D A D G A D tuning. Return to Top

Percussive Fingerstyle Add driving backbeats to your arrangements with these percussive slapping and strumming techniques. Return to Top

Postscript Mark Hanson explains how to play his fingerstyle ballad. Return to Top

Right-Hand Fretting Expanding your palette of chord voicings with right-hand fretting. Return to Top

Slack-Key Guitar: Wahine Tunings Slack-key master Keola Beamer introduces two major-seventh ('wahine') tunings, and shows how to play two complete songs. Return to Top

Slack-Key in Open G Patrick Landeza will get you started playing slack-key guitar in Open G tuning. He finished the lesson with a complete song, 'Kahuku Slack-Key.' Return to Top

The Kansas City Lowdown Music by David Hamburger. Learn to play an open-C blues inspired by pianists like Jelly Roll Morton. Return to Top

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