Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Credit: Jack Robinson/Hulton Archive/Getty Images The acoustic guitar remains one of the most popular instruments among ...

Non-standard open or altered tunings crop up frequently in blues, folk and country music. One reason for this is that they can greatly facilitate slide playing. But another is that unusual chord ...

Last month, I delved into the world of fingerpicking in the Piedmont/Mississippi John Hurt/Rev. Gary Davis/Blind Blake style, with a look at the basics of this technique. As I detailed, it’s built ...

As discussed last time, open/alternative tunings are a great way to expand our chordal horizons without getting our fingers in a twist. However, we also mentioned that there are quite a few expansive ...