Guitar skills: Fingerstyle is one of the most brilliantly useful techniques to master. You can use it in all manner of genres and styles, from acoustic folk and country to Jeff Beck and Mark ...

Country guitar playing is defined by its unique picking techniques — from fingerstyle and Travis picking to hybrid picking. These methods blend melody, bass, and rhythm into one seamless performance, ...

Guitar lessons: Compared to simple strumming, the beautiful and intricate sounds of fingerstyle acoustic guitar are a step up, technically speaking. Still, you shouldn’t be intimidated by this way of ...

After playing some simple chords, Fred Sokolow demonstrates various patterns, licks, and grooves in five keys. While one camera stays on Fred, a second gives students a close-up, picture-in-picture ...

In his inaugural Guitar World column, the great Corey Congilio demonstrates how all players can benefit from a technique ...