Latest about fingerstyle guitar
Nita Strauss reveals how Yvette Young inspired one of her favorite riffs she’s ever written
Strauss demonstrates a tapping and hammer-on/pull-off-heavy riff that featured on her 2023 album, The Call of the Void
After playing Joan Baez in A Complete Unknown, Monica Barbaro claims she is a guitar player for life
After learning the instrument for the once-in-a-lifetime role, Barbaro is now taking her guitar journey beyond the screen and into her day-to-day life
A Complete Unknown’s Monica Barbaro on how she went from never playing guitar to nailing Joan Baez's intricate fingerstyle technique
The actor reveals she had zero experience playing guitar before she landed the highly coveted role – and explains why the humble metronome was key to her learning-guitar-as-Baez journey
Sue Foley explains why your picking hand is the key to great guitar tone
Decent equipment helps – but, according to Foley, the picking hand is the crux of achieving a great guitar tone
Dolly Parton recalls writing Jolene’s iconic guitar parts and pushing the boundaries of her playing (before the long fingernails)
Jolene’s guitar parts were eventually recorded by Nashville session players Wayne Moss and Chip Young
Yasmin Williams on how Guitar Hero shaped her lap-tapping technique
The fingerstyle virtuoso reveals how the video game inspired her to flip her acoustic onto her lap and fingertap
Jared James Nichols reveals how he developed his unique fingerstyle technique – and the perks of going pick-less
Nichols also demonstrates how to achieve optimum attack and dynamics with his fingerstyle technique, which was inspired by Albert King, Derek Trucks and Mark Knopfler
Every guitarist wishes they were better at fingerstyle – and this lesson may make you want to ditch the pick for good
Whatever style of music you play, these tab workouts will improve your fingerstyle technique on both electric and acoustic guitar
