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Play the Irish Tune "Whiskey in the Jar"
Posted by Tricia Baxter on
“Whiskey in the Jar” is instantly recognizable as an Irish pub favorite. Play the first eight bars with today’s excerpt from Irish Songs for Guitar.
Cross-String Picking Basics
Posted by Tricia Baxter on
Cross-string picking is when open and fretted strings are combined to play ascending/descending intervals on nonsequential strings. See the examples in today’s excerpt from The Alex de Grassi Fingerstyle Method.
Build Your Chops with a Harmonized Major Scale Pentatonic Workout
Posted by Anita Evans on
This excerpt from the Weekly Workout guide series will get your fretting-hand fingers moving in new ways and help you learn the fingerboard.
How to Use Open Strings When Playing in Flat Keys
Posted by Anita Evans on
Because one of the things that makes something “easy” on the guitar is the presence of open strings, let’s take a closer look at a few flat keys and see how many standard-tuning open-string notes can be found in the keys of Bb and Eb.
Learn How To Shift Between Chords
Posted by Alex Lydon on
Develop your chord shifting skills by changing between G and C chords with the help of this excerpt from Rhythm and Strumming Basics.