How to play guitar on your lap using two-hand tapping By Mike Dawes published 20 August 19 Mike Dawes shows you how to adopt a piano-style approach to your playing
Travis picking: how to fingerpick like Merle Travis By Mike Dawes published 25 June 19 Learn to alternate notes with your thumb and you'll expand your fingerstyle abilities no end
New Horizons in Acoustic Guitar: Using Unusual Techniques and Tunings By Mike Dawes published 22 February 19 Experimenting with new tunings can open up new creative avenues.
Mastering Two-Handed Percussive Techniques By Mike Dawes published 8 January 19 Learn how to emulate the sounds of a kick drum, snare drum and everything in between on an acoustic guitar.
How to Combine Melody, Chords and Percussive Sounds By Mike Dawes published 17 December 18 Learn how to develop a melody and harmonic framework coupled with fingerstyle ideas and percussive elements.
How to Develop a Simple Melodic Idea By Mike Dawes published 2 November 18 Learn how to put the melody first when writing a piece.
Mike Dawes: The Influence of Celtic Music on My Acoustic Playing By Mike Dawes published 3 January 18
How to Create Independent Polyrhythms By Mike Dawes published 12 December 16 Back in my October 2016 column, I detailed some of the concepts I utilize in the song “The Impossible,” from my album What Just Happened.
Boogie Shred: Exploring Percussive Acoustic Guitar Techniques By Mike Dawes published 21 November 16 People often ask me how to play "Boogie Shred" from my album What Just Happened?
Creative Ways to Incorporate Harmonics, and How to Play “Somewhere Home” By Mike Dawes published 8 September 16 For my original composition “Somewhere Home,” which appears on What Just Happened, one objective was to investigate musically creative ways to weave the sound of harmonics into the composed melodies.
