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 "Extra" Bass Notes by Larry Sandberg.
"Extra" bass notes. March 1998. 
Song: Will the Circle be Unbroken
Composer: Traditional
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30 Ways to Improve Your Tone by Scott Nygaard and McGowan. Improve your fretting-hand, flatpicking, and fingerstyle tone with these tips and techniques. With video. December 2009. Watch video.
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4/4 Rhythm Patterns Lesson by Adam Perlmutter. Learn to wield the shuffle, boom-chuck, Bo Diddley beat, and other classic rhythm figures in 4/4 time. With audio. June 2009. 
Song: 12-Bar Rhythm Study
Performer: Adam Perlmutter
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A Lesson in Connecting Chords with Flair by Karen Hogg. Beef up your rhythm guitar playing with riffs and bass lines between the chord changes. With audio examples. April 2008.
Song: Bury Me Beneath the Willow
Performer: Karen Hogg
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A Lesson with Rodrigo y Gabriela by Dan Apczynski. Fusing musical styles from flamenco to rock, incendiary Mexican guitar duo Rodrigo y Gabriela is rewriting the rules for the nylon-string guitar. An exclusive Acoustic Guitar lesson. With audio examples. April 2008.
Song: Tamacun
Performer: Rodrigo Y Gabriela
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A Life in the Blues by Julia Crowe. Blues guitarist John Hammond keeps his music fresh by writing songs and covering contemporary songwriters like Tom Waits and Bob Dylan. But he still finds inspiration in the music he learned from blues legends like Blind Willie McTell and Son House. In this exclusive lesson, he illustrates some of his favorite slide licks, many of which were inspired by blues greats like Robert Johnson, Blind Willie Johnson, and Lightnin' Hopkins. January 2006.
Song: Come to Find Out
Composer: Words and music by John Hammond
Performer: John Hammond
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A Private Lesson with Adrian Legg by Doug Young. The noted fingerstylist and effects wizard talks about how to organize and utilize "sounds and textures" to communicate in music, and his ongoing "search for legato." With audio examples. July 2007.
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A Private Lesson with Andrew Hardin by David Hamburger. Tom Russell's longtime lead guitarist demonstrates some of his hot, country-rock lead lines, full of multiple slurs and ringing scale tones. March 2006.
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A Private Lesson with Chris Eldridge by Scott Nygaard. The young bluegrass prodigy discusses chord voicings and rhythm-guitar techniques. April 2007.
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A Private Lesson With Chris Proctor by Andrew DuBrock. The fingerstyle master shows how to break away from the routine. With the Lick of the Month. December 2007.
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A Private Lesson with Chris Sharp by Orville Johnson. The bluegrass phenom explains his Lester Flatt-inspired rhythm style. March 2007.
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A Private Lesson with Dean Magraw by Gary Joyner. Minneapolis-based guitarist Dean Magraw discusses tough-to-grab tonal colors and his own improvisational philosophy. With the Lick of the Month. With audio. May 2008.
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A Private Lesson with Del Rey by Orville Johnson.
The boogie-woogie fingerstyle pro discusses arranging songs in different keys, and gives a great fretting-hand workout. February 2007.
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A Private Lesson With Duck Baker by Teja Gerken. The brilliant arranger and fingerstylist talks about the challenges of improvising as a soloist and building an effective musical vocabulary. With audio examples. October 2007.
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A Private Lesson with Ed Gerhard by Doug Young. The acclaimed fingerstylist tells how he expresses emotion in a song, how to create movement in an arrangement, and where tone comes from. June 2006.
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A Private Lesson With El McMeen by Doug Young. The Celtic interpreter reveals his methods for creating variations within traditional arrangements. With audio examples. November 2007.
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A Private Lesson with Fingerstyle Champ Don Alder by Ron Forbes-Roberts. The 2007 Winfield fingerstyle guitar winner sheds some light on the tricks that helped him claim last year's championship title. With the Lick of the Month. With audio. April 2008.
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A Private Lesson with Frank Gambale by Sean McGowan. The jazz-fusion master shares his secrets on sweep picking. With audio examples. May 2007.
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A Private Lesson with John Knowles by Ron Forbes-Roberts. The veteran Nashville guitarist shows how to use the circle of fifths to reharmonize—and make new—a familiar old tune like "Red River Valley.". July 2006.
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A Private Lesson with John Stowell by Andrew DuBrock.
The jazz chord master talks about chord-melody arranging, accompanying others, and how he creates lush, pianistic-sounding chords November 2006.
Song: Over the Rainbow
Performer: John Stowell
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