Will McNicol

Here we're looking at Andrew York's approach to hammer-ons and his strong rhythm style, plus Antonio Forcione's slides, chord hits and arpeggio strums.

Harmonics are a great way to embellish an acoustic guitar piece with chiming melodies. In this video lesson, natural, artificial and harp harmonics are used alongside one another.

In this video lesson, we're looking at Celtic folk and American Bluegrass styles where those basic hammer-on and pull-off techniques are often formed into long runs of notes.

Repeating the exercises daily for a few minutes each will help you to see improvements in your pick hand technique.

If you consider yourself a true acoustic buff then you surely must be familiar with that staple altered tuning known as DADGAD.

Often considered the easiest and the 'first' altered tuning thanks to only having to retune one string, drop D is a versatile tuning provided you plan to play in the key of D.

Improve your fingerstyle technique with these fundamental patterns.