Acoustic Guitar Videos

The Sound of Silence beginner guitar lesson fingerstyle- EASIEST

One of the most beautiful fingerstyle songs of all time is Simon & Garfunkel’s “Sound of Silence” which features a memorable guitar fingerpicking melody into. But is it a song that a beginner can play- it sounds so intricate?In this “The Sound of silence beginner guitar lesson fingerstyle” we are not only going to learn the easiest way to play that famous intro, but I will also show you all the melodic substitute chords for the body of the song […]
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Faster than Tapping? Let’s find out

Here’s a guitar run that I often use that I’ve been playing now for about 10 years. At first it was a struggle to get the speed up to where I have it now. But with metronome practice which always starts at a slow tempo, the passage started to get faster and faster over time. I’ve found this to also be an amazing warm up, really at any speed. The key again is to learn it slow at a slow […]
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Don’t Think Twice – Fingersyle Guitar Lesson Series

Directions: If you are getting here for the first time, please sign into my guitar VIP group below and the system will (should) send you the link to download. This saves me from individually emailing out the sheet music & tab to over 9000 students. I pay for this service but I also keep it free to my great students. If you are in the group already and want this sheet music, please check your email as I sent you […]
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Stefano Barbati fingerpicks Jimi Hendrix

Stefano Barbati: The Wind Cries Mary By Miche Archetto: Stefano Barbati is an eclectic solo guitar player. Here is one of his best arrangements available on youtube: The Wind Cries Mary. I’ve found this a very impressive and tasteful blend of fingerpicking, percussive techniques, harmonics, and nice chords. Here is his bio from his official website: “Stefano Barbati is an eclectic Italian guitar player. His technique is inspired by great acoustic guitar masters like Michael Hedges, Tuck Andress and the […]
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Unique Tuning 1 – 2 fingered Chords

Please enable JavaScript Email Marketing by Benchmark Unique Tuning 1 – 2 fingered Chords is a series based on a song called “Valley View” which uses a unique tuning that makes it possible to play a sophisticated sounding song much easier by using 1 and 2 fingered chords. The focus of the lessons (yes, there’s more to come!) can therefore become right hand technique (specifically a good workout for the thumb. Lessons go as follow: 1. This Lesson – […]
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I Walk The Line- FAMOUS INTRO – Fingerstyle

Here’s the fingerstyle version of the popular I walk the Line Intro, which features an in depth look into a fingerstyle form called Travis Picking (or sort of). In this video (and free sheet music and tab) we will also focus in on the single string melody notes, and play it with the thumb- either with a thumbpick or without. This style technically is not exact Travis picking due the fact that we are not muting the bass notes. The […]
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Fingerpicking Chords (and moves) for Beginners: QUICK TIPS

Fellow Fingerpickers! Here’s a series that will lead us into playing an UNreleased Paul McCartney Song that I saw him perform on an interview with Les Paul (this is going back a ways). The first part of this series is called Quick Tips, and it’s a prep course for the Paul McCartney Fingerstyle song. If you want to get all the sheet music the Paul McCartney song, Join my free VIP Guitar Group and I’ll e mail you the material. […]
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Beginners: Play Your First Fingerstyle Song in 60 MINUTES!

Attention Beginners… Here’s a very easy fingerstyle song for you to learn in a series called “Play your first fingerstyle song in 60 Minutes. What makes these lessons so easy for beginners just starting out on the guitar is the use of 1 fingered chords used in this complete song. In fact, it’s so easy on the left hand that we don’t even have to change notes for 2 of the chords (A7sus2 to Em). This system (new fingerstyle guitar […]
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Fingerpicking For Beginners- Learn Fingerstyle Guitar

For those of you that have a guitar laying around the house and have never picked it up (or picked it up years ago and want to learn), here’s your chance to learn fingerstyle guitar and be able to play a little in 12 minutes or less! Fingerpicking for Beginners- Learn Fingerstyle Guitar… what’s it all about? Many of the fingerstyle guitar lessons that I’ve come across on YouTube are either too complex for guitar beginners, focus on teaching a […]
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Tony Pusztai: Guitar From Another Planet

Tony Pusztai, two pieces Okay, I’ve watched this 8 times in a row and I although this is going into the classical guitar category, this is serious jazz as well folks. Good luck being able to breath once you hear this… Tony Pusztai… is one of the most skilled guitarist I’ve ever heard. Maybe a lot of you are going to faint from his dissonant chord embellishments, or maybe some of you are going to think that Tony takes way […]
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Andrés Godoy: Fingerstyle (and Chords) With One Hand

Lapislázuli Andrés Godoy To see more Andrés Godoy videos, click here. (Absolutely incredible!) I am never ceased to be amazed by guitarist Andrés Godoy. Obviously nothing was about to stop his immense musical talent including the obvious (if you indeed are watching this video.) For this video, Andrés performs a song entitled Lapislázuli which can be found on his latest CD entitled “Dedos Felices”, (Happy Fingers). I wanted to include a link below for immediate download but had trouble locating […]
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Maneli Jamal Plays the Blues at the Canadian Guitar Festival

If you follow the world of acoustic guitar, you would have to have heard of guitarist Maneli Jamal. And if you’ve been a fan of Acoustic Guitar Videos, you will notice that we’ve featured Maneli quite a lot here. In this new live performance which took place last week at the Canadian Guitar Festival, Maneli once again shows why he’s one of the best guitarists out there. Maneli who has been getting into the Blues lately, takes it to another […]
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