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Greensleeves Video Guitar Tab
In this video guitar tab, Classic Folk Guitar instructor Dennis Whitt shares his version of the old English folk song "Greensleeves". The video includes audio playback so that you can here what the guitar tab is supposed to sound like making it easier to learn. [video...
Folk Music Videos
Check out some of my favorite folk music videos on YouTube!
How to Use a Guitar Capo
Before I get into “how to use a guitar capo” I need to explain a few fundamental facts about what a guitar capo is, what it does and why use one in the first place. What is a guitar capo? The guitar capo is a device which clamps down on the guitar strings behind...
The Musical Alphabet
"The musical alphabet" consists of seven notes that are named by the letters A, B, C. D, E, F and G. The distance between each note is called an interval and varies from a whole step which is 2 frets and a half step which is one fret. Below is a picture which...
House of the Rising Sun Video Guitar Tab
In this video guitar lesson, Classic Folk Guitar instructor Dennis Whitt explains how to read the guitar tab to "House of the Rising Sun". The video syncs to audio playback of the guitar tab which includes chords, first verse lyrics and right hand fingerpicking pattern.
The top 5 benefits of taking guitar lessons via Skype
Interactive Learning Like taking guitar lessons from a local guitar teacher, Skype guitar lessons are private, one-on-one and face-to-face. You can ask a question like, “am I playing this right?” or “could you show me that again?” Try doing that with an instructional...
How To Tune Your Guitar
In this free beginning guitar lesson instructor Dennis Whitt explains how to tune the guitar using the “adjacent string method”. Scroll down (below video) for guitar tuning reference tones. (Mp3)
What is a folk guitar?
The Short Answer… A folk guitar is essentially a steel stringed acoustic guitar. One might presume that a “folk guitar” is the type of guitar used to play folk music. This is not only an over simplification but it’s inaccurate as well. In fact, although acoustic...
Catch The Wind Video Guitar Tab
For this video guitar lesson, I used a program called “Guitar Pro” along with my screen capture software to create a video in which I sing along with the guitar tab. The song is “Catch the Wind” by Donovan who was a popular folk music artist from the 1960s and 70s....
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