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Just noticed this new guitar website called guitareveryday.com. It has a free fingerstyle guitar lesson which is an instrumental piece by Peppino D’Agostino called "Bella Donna". It's in D-A-D-F#-A-D tuning but once you spend the time getting your guitar tuned correctly it will give you a whole new tonal flavour to experiment with. Something you'll find very rewarding especially if your into guitarists such as Andy McKee. Here's the link.

Bella Donna Fingerstyle guitar lesson

On quite a different tangent, the blog also features some nice video footage of guitarist Reb Beach (famous for playing in bands such as Winger and Whitesnake) performing at the Suhr guitars booth during this year's NAMM show (National Association of Music Merchants).

Labels: acoustic guitar technique, andy mckee, learn acoustic guitar

It seems that guitar playing got incredibly advanced during the eighties and early nineties (think Eddie Van Halen, Joe Satriani, Steve Vai etc) however this next video proves that there's always somewhere else to go. To be honest I'm not entirely sure where I stand on the whole "technique" versus "feel" argument as this is impressive yet dull at the same time and it proves that you really have to be something special to meld the two into something that people will want to listen to time and again.

I quite like the melody about two minutes into this video and its more impressive that this is performed on an acoustic guitar (if you can call it that!) but I'll let you make up your own mind.



This fantastic piece by Andy McKee however is a perfect blend of advanced acoustic guitar method, rhythm and melody that I find far more moving and certainly inspiring.



Man! I better get practising!

Labels: acoustic guitar technique, learn acoustic guitar

The online guitar tutorials market seems to be getting very competitive these days and we have been kept busy recently writing reviews of some really great courses. This of course means better deals for those learning guitar and it really is a buyers market out there. One of the products we have reviewed recently is , “50 Easy Songs To Play On The Guitar” and it is a great example of how publishers are giving away more and more free guitar lessons. Of course by doing this they are hoping you'll buy the full course but it just goes to show that if you want to learn the guitar then the internet is the place to look even if your budget is a big fat zero.

Elmore music's range of online guitar instruction products represent an excellent choice for the beginner and intermediate guitarist but these days you really are spoilt for choice as there are several great courses available. Based on our research the best selling guitar courses online include;

• Learn and Master the Guitar by Steve Krenz
• Jamorama and Jamorama Acoustic by Ben Edwards
• Amazing Guitar Secrets by Dan Denley
• Elmore music

Now some are more expensive than others and its worth noting that Learn and Master the Guitar by Steve Krenz is an 8 DVD set rather than an online guitar course (which tends to justify the cost) but all are professionally presented and well taught. Best of all more and more are giving away free lessons which not only means you get a great deal but you get a chance to sample the quality and teaching style of each product before you buy.

Several of these publishers also have new courses in the pipeline and we are looking forward to reviewing them in the near future. In the meantime check out the sites for yourself and most importantly enjoy playing the guitar!

Labels: free guitar lessons, learn acoustic guitar, learn guitar online

Just added a new review! It's The Beatles Collection by Mike Herbert and features the popular acoustic classics Yesterday, Blackbird, Here comes the sun, And I love you, Norwegian wood and a bonus video called "The secret to strumming guitar".

Read the full Beatles Collection review

Labels: learn acoustic guitar, mike herbert