What Is Torrefaction and How Does It Affect the Tone of an Acoustic Guitar?
For players chasing the warmth and sweetness of a played-in, aged acoustic guitar, torrefied tops…
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How to Finance a New Acoustic Guitar
Financing a guitar can be a great way to add value to your purchase, whether…
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The Bluebird Cafe: Where Songs Are Sacred
Nashville is widely known as the country music capital of the world, so it might…
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How Body Woods Contribute to Acoustic Guitar Tone
Along with body shape and top woods, the woods used for the back and sides…
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Anatomy of the Taylor Neck
The playability of a Taylor guitar neck is legendary. It starts with a comfortably slim,…
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All About Handfeel
The way a guitar feels in your hands when you play is important. Here’s everything…
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Serviceability: The Taylor Advantage
Good product design for items that are built to last and will experience wear over…
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The Craft: Back To The Beginning
The Craft Editor’s Note: We’re pleased to introduce a new column by Taylor luthier Andy…
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34 Easy Ways to Make Your Guitar Solos and Improvisations More Interesting by Shawn Persinger
On first glance this list of “34 Easy Ways to Make Your Guitar Solos and…
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How to Learn New Chords and Create Your Own Chord Melodies by Shawn Persinger
When I was less experienced player and I wanted to add some new chords…
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Using Dynamics In Your Strumming with Nate Savage
Have you ever been learning a new song or writing one of your own and…
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Using Accents In Your Guitar Strumming with Nate Savage
This lesson is going to take a look at adding accents to your strumming patterns.…
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Developing Your Guitar Strumming Timing with Nate Savage
You don’t have to be the world’s greatest strummer to make great sounding music. In…
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Teaching Kids to Rock: Inside the Center for Creative Youth
Since 2009 I have had the privilege of teaching music at the prestigious Center for…
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The Constant Strumming Technique with Nate Savage
As guitar players strumming is our bread and butter. Having said that, there are a…
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What is the Most Common Chord Progression in the World? with Shawn Persinger
The Ubiquitous I V vi IV Chord Progression. I am quite…
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Latin Guitar Grooves with Wayne Johnson
I’m excited to share one of my favorite guitar-playing techniques: a Latin rhythm fingerstyle pattern with percussive…
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Rhythm Changes (Evolution)
Here’s a lesson I wrote while teaching my Swing Guitar class at Guitar Intensives Camp…
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Slowly But Surely
Becoming a great guitar player requires serious dedication, but with busy lives, most of us…
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Triplet Strumming Pattern with Nate Savage
In the past few lessons we have taken a look at some ways to polish…
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Celtic Style Strumming Pattern with Nate Savage
I am part Irish but I am not a hardcore “Celtic Style Guitarist” by any…
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How I Got That Sound by Jody Whitesides
Composer and Taylor strummer Jody Whitesides recently invited fans into his studio to hear how…
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How to Become a Natural
Think you lack the innate talent of other players? With enough desire and commitment, you…
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Breaking the Mold with Wayne Johnson
Ed. Note: We’re pleased to welcome Wayne Johnson, a Grammy-winning guitarist and Taylor Road Show…
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“Angels We Have Heard on High” by Daria Musk
Google+ musician Daria Musk teaches players how to play “Angels We Have Heard on High.”
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