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Reason 1: Authenticity

The market, and particularly the web is flooded with guitar stores that promise to sell "Spanish guitars" or classical guitars made in Spain. Some of them even have spanish names but the reality is that they are made in China, Indonesia or some other far east countries. That should not be a problem as long as you know what you are buying, where is coming from and accept they limitations. Some other stores have a mix of products,…

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We'd like to invite all members of the Acoustic Guitar Community to come check out the brand-new website at AcousticGuitar.com. This is a completely redesigned home for Acoustic Guitar (and you!), full of great lessons, songs to play, guitar reviews, and more. You’ll see digital editions from the last two years of Acoustic Guitar magazine (available to…

Practice playing your guitar with your eyes closed or in a dark room.  By relying on your senses of hearing and touch (only) you will heighten their awareness in your brain forcing the muscle memories to be solidified in yet another way ~ so hear and feel your music!

Play on...

Marlene

Updated: 3-31-13

Have a listen to Cinder Jean. She is super talented and thought some of you might want to hear her great acoustic music. She is this week's featured artist on "Open The Door Spotlight"

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Great Used Collings C10 Koa, used All KOA Granata and used Breedlove Macassar Ebony all received price reductions today at Guitar Gallery  today!…

Focus on one picking pattern at a time, embrace it/own it/live it until it's rote. By giving your attention to learning one picking pattern at a time you will greatly increase the "I get it factor" because your muscle memory will be instilled solidly ~ then you'll be a pickin' and a grinnin'!

Play on...

Marlene

BTW...Jessica, a KPBS workshop attendee (January 2013), so embraced picking pattern #1 that she wrote and recorded a song. Check it out at this link. Way…

Hey guys,

I wanted to say hello.

I'm recording with Richard Smith and finishing up my new fingerstyle guitar cd. 

I would love your pledge and help.

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The challenge : to be able to transfer our musical ideas directly from our heads and onto our guitars. I created these interactive training videos to help the process

http://www.fingerpickingguitar.org/ear-to-instrument-training/

Your Guitar a la carte

At http://www.guitarfromspain.com we work directly with the leading manufacturers of Spanish guitars. This means we are able to customize your guitar and create a unique model that suits your needs, in very  little extra time.

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Last week I failed to write what happened when I went to the guitar building session.  Well,  it happened.  One of the sides broke under the stress of bending it.   They say it happens...   but why me...  OK enough whinning!  I am over it.  

Time for new wood.  I decided to…

If you have sore fingertips (a good problem), try icing them. It's a simple way to help relieve the inflammation and soreness ~ besides, icing your fingers means you're blazing those strings!

Play on...

Marlene

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Find another person who plays guitar and ask them to show you a skill that they know. Learning and trying new techniques from other guitarists is a great way to expand your playing, plus you'll have fun ~ guitar brings the nicest people together!

Play on...

Marlene

I have a new cd coming out and I need your help.

Can pledge or preorder a new cd?

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 In this exercise I’ve taken the developed blues chord progression from a previous post and added a guide-tone line.

The first time around I play the guide-tone line with accompanying chords. The second time around I’m only playing the chords leaving space for somebody else to play the guide-tones. Fancy a jam on a 12 bar blues ? The TAB is given beneath the video…

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Django's Castle, Django/Grappelli duet , full transcription @ www.darionapoli.com

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