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Here’s a song that’s been equally popular in Scotland and Ireland for at least 200 years. 'Rattlin’ Roarin’ Willie,' a tune celebrating the adventures of a freewheeling, hard-drinking fiddler, is the only song in this collection in 9/8 slip-jig time. Think of it as a jig-and-a-half if it seems elusive at first.

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The invisible line between performer and audience is a barrier that, for most musicians, is best to break. Making a connection with your listeners and engaging them is important for a few reasons. First of all, you will have more fun during your performance, but the audience will also enjoy themselves more (and your tip jar will reflect that). Additionally, you’ll increase the chance that the person who hired you will call you back. Some performances require musicians to be nothing more than wallpaper, but even the most subtle attempts to break the audience/performer barrier can have a positive impact. These ten tips should ensure that you and your audience have a good time.

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The blues shuffle rhythm has a swing feel that always gets the party started and can be heard throughout the blues world. In this lesson, we’ll look at the basic elements of this rhythm pattern with some examples to help get you shuffling over the I, IV, and V chords of a 12-bar blues in E.

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Thank you for supporting Acoustic Guitar. With all the challenges involved in publishing a magazine these days, we're counting on you, our most committed readers, to thrive. Your investment will make it possible for us to continue offering affordable subscription rates to the majority of our readers and ensures we can continue to produce the high-quality publication you rely on from us. Here’s what your sustaining subscription includes: The print edition mailed to your door for two years The digital edition to download on your computer, tablet, or smartphone for two years Acknowledgment of your contribution in each issue of the magazine 10% discount code emailed to you to use on all your orders in our online store Option to gift a one-year subscription to the library, school, student, or friend of your choice Postage and Delivery The fee for postage and delivery in the United States is included in the subscription price. If your subscription includes magazine delivery to Canada, the fee is $2.00 per issue; for all other international destinations, the fee is $3.00 per issue and will be added to your order as shipping at checkout. For Current Acoustic Guitar Subscribers If you have an active subscription, please make sure you enter your name and address exactly as it appears on your magazine label. Doing so will ensure that this purchase will be entered as a renewal and will extend your current subscription by 2 years. ( The expiration date of your subscription can be found on the upper right-hand corner of your magazine label.) Automatic Renewal Option Choose the auto-renewal option to set-it-and-forget-it! (We'll email you in advance of your next billing so there are no surprises, and you have the option to cancel at any time, for any reason.) We understand that this level of subscription is not possible for everyone. For our standard subscription offer, please click here.

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On the Cover: Alan Lomax It’s difficult to overstate the role that Alan Lomax and his father, John A. Lomax, played in shaping musical history as they traveled the back roads of the Southern United States collecting traditional music for the Library of Congress. Here, Nathan Salsburg details Lomax’s remarkable seven-decade career. Songs: Fleetwood Mac – “Landslide” Nick Drake – “Pink Moon” Buck Curran – “Song for Liam” Traditional – “Whiskey Before Breakfast” Traditional – “Home on the Range” Mandolin Orange – “Golden Embers” Traditional (arranged by Al Petteway) – “The Choice Wife” Features: Eric Skye discusses his Santa Cruz signature model; inside Nick Drake ’s idiosyncratic guitar style; Recording and Marketing Yourself: A primer on capturing and sharing your music in the digital age; Jim D’Addario on his family’s string-making legacy; Great Acoustics: The Guild M-20 “Nick Drake” guitar; and more Lessons: The Basics – An introduction to building chords Ask the Expert – Can bridge pins change your sound? Weekly Workout – How to produce and use harmonics Gear Reviews: Taylor Grand Pacific 717 and 517e Builder’s Editions Collings C100 CloudVocal iSolo Choice wireless mic system CEntrance MixerFace R4 portable recording interface

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Inspiring kids to play and sing for keeps. What makes a child fall in love with learning to play music? How does talent develop? When is the right time to start lessons? Which instrument is the best fit? Why is practice so challenging, and what can parents do to keep kids musically motivated? Where can a parent learn about music programs, camps, books, recordings, and other important resources? This groundbreaking book answers these questions and many others, serving up healthy portions of insight, humor, research, practical advice, fresh ideas, and heartfelt encouragemnent for making the most of musical development from pregnancy through the elementary years. It provides everything parents need to nurture children so they may begin to discover their own unique voices. If one book can keep kids from quitting, this is it. "This book will help you find a new relationship with your child, and perhaps, yourself—it's never too late." — Graham Nash

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On the Cover: The Sounds of Simon. Paul Simon has had a creative hand in some of the most beloved songs of the 20th century. In this feature lesson, Adam Levy goes deep on Simon’s sophisticated, evocative acoustic work—with Garfunkel and on his own. Songs: Paul Simon – “50 Ways to Leave Your Lover” Gwenifer Raymond – “Requiem for John Fahey” Led Kaapana – “Radio Hula” Features: Martin Simpson – Guitar Talk with the British fingerstyle master; Stores That Do More: Community minded music retailers that go beyond just selling instruments; Island Style: How Hawaiian music helped make the guitar America’s instrument; an interview with Tompkins Square Records founder Josh Rosenthal; the truth about fingerboard oil; and more! Lessons: The Basics – Gretchen Menn breaks down the blues scale Weekly Workout – Creative uses of Travis picking Here’s How – Learn to Play Faster by Slowing Down Gear Reviews: Alvarez-Yairi DYHMD Honduran DYM60 HD Guild B-240E and Jumbo Junior acoustic basses Fishman Matrix Infinity Mic Blend pickup/preamp system C. F. Martin & Co. Authentic strings

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On the Cover: Dip into the Delta Blues — A special section devoted to the players, places, and music from the richest bottomland in the world, which gave everlasting voice to the blues. Highlights look at the Mississippi Blues Trail; how to play like Charley Patton; Jimbo Mathus of the Squirrel Nut Zippers; a list of essential books and albums. Songs: Woody Guthrie - “Do Re Mi” Charley Patton - “Pea Vine Blues” Will Ackerman - “Anne’s Song” Features: Windham Hill founder Will Ackerman; Jug Band cohorts Jim Kweskin and Geoff Muldaur reunite. Lessons: Learn to pick like a piano player 4 easy steps to natural harmonics Surviving—and thriving—as a solo singer-songwriter Gear Reviews: Gibson Hummingbird Vintage Guild M-20 Martin DCX1AE Macassar Michael Kelly Forte Port. Plus: Joan Baez ’s 75th birthday concert album; Benjamin Scheuer ’s musical The Lion; and 5 Minutes with Parker Milsap.

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Get an entire decade's worth of lessons, gear reviews, and artist profiles plus music notation and TAB for more than 475 great songs by artists like The Beatles, Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell, Richard Thompson, the Rolling Stones, Mississippi John Hurt, Tommy Emmanuel, John Prine, Gillian Welch, Lead Belly, Neil Young, Molly Tuttle, Django Reinhardt, Willie Nelson, Alex de Grassi, Glen Campbell, Joan Baez and hundreds more of your favorite composers and performers. All issues included in this archive are available to download instantly, along with a complete table of contents for all the songs to play.

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In Gospel Songs for Fingerstyle Guitar, virtuoso fingerstyle guitarist and clawhammer banjoist Steve Baughman shares a rich collection of 17 hymns and gospel songs, in a variety of tunings, arranged for solo guitar. Regardless of religious affiliation, Baughman’s refreshing approach to these timeless songs will provide an enjoyable challenge to intermediate-to-advanced guitarists seeking to expand their fingerstyle repertoire. Each selection includes tuning info, background information, technical tips, and humorous asides, as well as access to in-depth instructional videos performed by the author. This comprehensive guide is available in two different formats: Book & Video Download package: 60 pages with written instruction, notation and tab, plus accompanying video instruction for all music examples, performed by Steve Baughman, available to download. PDF & Video Download package: Downloadable version featuring the complete written instruction (including standard notation and tablature) from the book, plus accompanying video instruction, performed by Steve Baughman. Includes: Down by the Riverside Fairest Lord Jesus Great is Thy Faithfulness Pass Me Not, Oh Gentle Savior Rock of Ages Shall We Gather at the River When the Roll is Called Up Yonder At Calvary Just As I Am Old Rugged Cross Whispering Hope Go Tell it on the Mountain It Is Well with My Soul Nearer, My God, To Thee Love Divine, All Loves Excelling Softly and Tenderly What a Friend We Have in Jesus

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Eddie James “Son” House played and sang the blues as if he were possessed by demons. His style was a visceral mix of string popping, bottleneck slide, and dramatic physicality. Though he favored open tunings like G, D, and D minor, he sometimes used standard. In this lesson we’ll focus on House’s work in open G (low to high: D G D G B D).

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Five of Acoustic Guitar ’s master teachers—Ron Jackson, Adam Levy, Sean McGowan, Jane Miller, and Jeffrey Pepper Rodgers—deliver a dozen four-week workouts designed to engage both your fingers and your mind as you develop musical vocabulary and fluidity, while putting chords, harmonies, and progressions at your fingertips. Learn to play moveable chord shapes, suspended chords, jazz harmonies, blues and jazz bass lines, and much more. This comprehensive guide is available in two different formats: Book & video package. 72 pages of instruction, including standard notation and tablature. Plus, more than three hours of accompanying video for all music examples available to download. PDF & video package. Downloadable version featuring the complete written instruction (including standard notation and tablature) from the book and more than three hours of accompanying video instruction. Includes: Moveable Chord Shapes Suspended Chords Drop-D Chord Changes Blues Bass Lines Driving Rock Rhythms Walking Jazz Bass Lines with Chords Exploring Thirds Using Sixths in Minor-Key Settings Building Chords from Pentatonic Scales Expressing Chord Changes Through Melody Jazz Reharmonization Harmonizing Like Chet Atkins

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Skip James’ work is characterized by haunting themes, due in no small part to the use of open-D-minor tuning (low to high: D A D F A D). The guitarist picked up this tuning from a fellow Mississippi musician, Henry Stuckey, who had learned it from Caribbean soldiers while serving in France during World War I. James used open D minor to create insistently repeating musical motifs, often based on just one or two chords, for hypnotic effect.

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If you've ever hunted for Beatles arrangements online, chances are you've grumbled in frustration over the surplus of wrong chords. No longer! In the book Fingerpicking Beatles, the arrangements are carefully written for intermediate-level guitarists to get you playing 30 songs perfectly. Each solo combines melody and harmony in one superb fingerpicking arrangement, and includes an easy introduction to basic fingerstyle guitar. Includes: Across the Universe All You Need is Love And I Love Her Blackbird Can't Buy Me Love A Day in the Life Dear Prudence Eleanor Rigby Free as a Bird Here, There and Everywhere Hey Jude In My Life Lady Madonna Let it Be The Long and Winding Road Love Me Do Michelle Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown) Nowhere Man Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da Octopus's Garden Penny Lane Please Please Me Something Ticket to Ride We Can Work it Out When I'm Sixty-Four Yellow Submarine Yesterday You've Got to Hide Your Love Away

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Everything you need to get started writing your own songs or to take your songwriting craft to the next level—from “pre-writing” tips and tricks for generating ideas that can serve as the basis for new songs, to making the most of your guitar as a writing tool, to strategies for changing the chords, feel, tonality, and time signatures of existing songs to develop ideas for new songs of your own. Includes chapters on essential major- and minor-key progressions and blues/rock changes, as well as exercises, resources, charts, and advice from songwriting specialists such as Paul Simon, Elvis Costello, Joni Mitchell, and others. Plus over 65 minutes of video with author Jeffrey Pepper Rodgers. Includes: Start Writing Songs Unlocking I-IV-V Chord Progressions Free Writing Writing Songs With a Guitar 21 Songwriting Tips from the Masters Major-Key Progressions Minor-Key Progressions Blues / Rock Changes Simple Chord Substitutions Rewriting Other Songs How to Write a Bridge

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On the Cover: Lucinda Williams talks about her new album, The Ghosts of Highway 20, and the recent influences on her songwriting. Songs: Davey Grahm - “Anji” Glenn Campbell - “Gentle on My Mind” Blues Staple - “You Gotta Move” Features: Must-See Music Festivals —A bucket list of ten of the best festivals featuring acoustic music, from Strawberry to Freshgrass to Pickathon; an appreciation of legendary British fingerstyle master Davey Graham; “Blind Boy” Paxton ’s modern take on old-time tunes; Buddy Miller and friends recording at sea; David Bowie ’s Harptone 12-string; Luther Dickinson ’s family ties; music publishing basics for songwriters. Lessons: How to play like Robert Johnson Valuable fret-hand exercises Tips on playing funk on acoustic guitar Gear Reviews: Big Hollow ’s Plainsman guitar JazzKat ’s TomKat tube amp TC Electronic BodyRez acoustic pickup enhancer CD reviews: Kurt Cobain ’s Home Recordings, Cactus Blossoms ’ You’re Dreaming, Elvis Costello ’s Detour DVD.

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On the cover: Learn from the Best. An extensive and informative feature on Summer Guitar Getaways —guitar camps and workshops where players learn and hone skills to make them better musicians. Instructors ranging from Happy Traum and Jorma Kaukonen to Molly Tuttle, Frank Vignola, Bryan Sutton, and others, offer helpful advice on getting the most out your time at camp, and we list AG readers’ 25 top programs. Songs: George Harrison - “Within You Without You” Doc Watson - “Deep River Blues” Standard - “Avalon” Features: The State of the Independent Music Store talks about how guitar retailers are adjusting to changing times; change your guitar’s “voice” by putting different strings on your instrument; advice for How to Shop for a Used Guitar, Pt. 2 f rom Mamie Minch. Lessons: Learn to play like blues pioneer Charley Patton Expand your harmonic palette with moveable chords Use melodic tools to express chord changes Gear Reviews: Yamaha —the AC5R and the LJ16BC Bill Corgan Music Reviews: New discs by T ommy Emmanuel & David Grisman and Julian Lage & Gyan Riley; lots more!

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On the Cover: Dwight Yoakam and Steve Earle —interviews with two giants about their rise in 1980s, and more. Songs: Johnny Horton, arranged by Dwight Yoakam - “Honky Tonk Man” Norah Jones - “Don’t Know Why” Traditional - “God’s Gonna Ease My Troublin’ Mind” Features: Amps & Pickups, with advice on buying both; the new iRig interface pickup and AmpliTube Acoustic App. Lessons: John Doyle ’s 7 tips on playing Celtic music Primer on slurs and other techniques Exploring low alternate tunings Jim “Kimo” West ’s slack-key odyssey, with a song to play Gear Reviews: Martin 00L-17 Andrew White Cybele 1013W Cole Clark SL2EC-MMAH Plus: The brilliant return of Guild guitars.

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On the cover: Beyond Strumming! Tips and musical techniques for better accompaniment from Shawn Colvin, Martin Sexton, Mark Erelli, Anais Mitchell, and Anthony da Costa. Plus, Adam Levy ’s rhythmic toolkit lesson on sharpening your accompaniment and a guide to loopers and layering. Songs: Richard Thompson - “Shoot Out the Lights” (Reader’s Pick) Eric Clapton - “Running on Faith” (Reader’s Pick) Alberto Lombardi - “Birds” Features: An overview of the talking blues style, a favorite of songwriters and poets, with music examples how you can integrate this classic style into your set. Italian fingerstyle master Alberto Lombardi. Advice for How to Shop for a Used Guitar (Part 1) from Mamie Minch. Lessons: Play the Blues like Tampa Red Get more from accompaniment by playing less Gear Reviews: Taylor 352ce and 362ce 12-strings Mesa Rosette combo amp and Rosette DI Boss AD-10 Acoustic Preamp Plus: Will Ackerman on his guitars. A player’s guide to gigging with a single mic. How to record yourself to sound like yourself. A head-turning 1956 Gibson J-185.

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This song dates from about 1800 and is originally credited to the Scots poet Robert Tannahill. Traditional tinkering changed it over the years, but it remains as joyous a pastoral anthem as ever, and is worthy of a place on any shortlist of social sing-along tunes.

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Please note: This title is currently on back-order with an expected mail date in mid-August. When ordering, please understand that it will take longer to be delivered than our standard quoted shipping and handling time (allow a few weeks.) Thanks for your patience! On these pages, Acoustic Guitar contributing writer Gretchen Menn teaches 12 lessons on the basics of music theory. You’ll find everything guitarists need to know to identify the notes on the staff and where they fall on the fretboard, understand rhythmic notation, build scales and chords, and more—the tools that make it easier to learn and understand music!

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Explore the groundbreaking style of one of the most unique and influential guitarists in jazz! Django Reinhardt's groundbreaking style of playing was unheard of in his time. He was among the first of the European jazz musicians who could cop the jazz feel correctly, and he left an indelible stamp on the world of jazz guitar. Master his signature style with this Book & Audio Download package which breaks down Reinhardt's styles and techniques with 16 of signature tunes. Includes: Ain't Misbehavin' Belleville Daphne Dinah Djangology Honeysuckle Rose Limehouse Blues Marie Minor Swing Nuages Old Folks at Home (Swanee River) Rose Room Star Dust Swing Guitar Swing 42 Tiger Rag (Hold That Tiger)

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On the Cover: Rising singer-songwriter Joan Shelley on her influences, open tunings, and working with Jeff Tweedy; plus, play her song “Wild Indifference.” Songs: Bessie Smith - “Mama’s Got the Blues” Tom Paxton - “A Daughter in Denver” Features: Changemakers. A look at organizations and companies that are providing guitars, training teachers, offering lessons, and more to bring music to underprivileged and under-served communities in the US and abroad; a celebration of Scott Joplin, the famous ragtime composer, and music for his famous “Maple Leaf Rag.” Lessons: Six steps to improve your rhythm playing How to play the blues like Booker “Bukka” White Improve your flatpicking skills with precision picking Gear Reviews: Marchione OMC Waterloo WL-S Fender paramount PM-3 Michael Kelly 3D Grand Auditorium Taylor GS Mini-e Bass Fishman SA Performance Audio System Plus: The effort to halt illegal rosewood logging; a home recording primer for guitarists; strategies for landing your next gig; blues guitarist/singer Ruthie Foster; albums by “American Primitives” Max Ochs and Harry Taussig, Suitcase Junket, and George Thorogood (solo acoustic).

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On the Cover: Eric Clapton. Adam Levy’s in-depth lesson takes you inside the bluesy fundamentals of Clapton’s often-overlooked acoustic stylings. Plus: Guitarist Andy Fairweather Low on working with E.C. Songs: Eric Clapton – “Layla” Mary Flower – “Liberal Rag” Gospel classic – “It Is Well with My Soul” Nathan Salsburg – “B.B.” Features: Next-Generation Fingerstyle: Five rising fingerstyle stars share their many and varied inspirations and techniques. John Leventhal: Guitar Talk with the producer, songwriter, guitarist; Rory Block slides into a new blues tribute series; tips on how to navigate online guitar auctions, and more. Lessons: Scale Models, Part 2 – Familiarize yourself with the major scale in all positions Weekly Workout – Dropped-D fingerpicking Gear Reviews: Cort CJ-Retro jumbo acoustic-electric Art & Lutherie Roadhouse Q-Discrete parlor acoustic-electric D’Addario Cradle Capo ZeroGlide zero fret nut replacement