Are interested in learning how to play fingerstyle guitar? There are many styles of fingerstyle from Travis Picking, as popularized by Chet Atkins and later Tommy Emmanuel, to classical and flamenco styles, to ragtime and even blues fingerstyle. The one common theme of fingerstyle guitar is that it creates the illusion of multiple guitars being played at once. This is done through a method of playing bass lines, chords and melody all at once - think of it like using the guitar to sound more like the full sound of a piano.
"Martin and Tommy provide an object lesson in how players from such apparently diverse disciplines can make great music together."
-Guitar Techniques Magazine, April 2013
Plus, there's a new Q & A with Tommy Emmanuel where he talks about how he got started playing guitar, his first gig, and a whole lot more.
It’s probably not ok that my son’s first word was “Spongebob.” I remember looking at my wife and thinking, “Did he really just say that?” Why, yes….yes he did, but more on that later.
As I sit here writing this blog on my laptop, I have my iPad open to my e-mail account while it plays my favorite tunes on internet radio. Of course, it has me well-trained. As soon as I hear the tell-tale “ping” of a new message, I will drop what I am doing and find out what “important” business awaits. Additionally, my cell phone is next to me just in case someone needs to reach me immediately via text or call.
There is no denying that technology has become intricately laced into my day to day routine. But in spite of its complications, there is nowhere in my life I am more positively impacted by technology than in my life-long quest to become a better guitar player.
We're having a contest to give away a brand new Martin Taylor "Virtuoso" Archtop guitar courtesy of Peerless Guitars. Martin Taylor worked extensively with Peerless to design and build the Virtuoso Archtop, which is perfect for anyone who plays fingerstyle or jazz guitar.
Sign up at the official contest form here to enter, or you can enter through Facebook and double your chances to win by sharing the contest link with your friends!
Update: this contest is open to everyone, including residents out of the United States. For full contest rules, click here.