Acoustic Guitarist Blog

Voodoo Chile Acoustic Guitar Tutorial

Tony Hogan — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 00:50:25 +0000

Here is a simple and sensible Youtube Video Tutorial of an acoustic version of Jimi Hendrix’s Voodoo Chile

gratitude to the publisher

Tagged: voodoo chile acoustic guitar youtube

How to Improve Your Guitar Playing

Tony Hogan — Sat, 16 Mar 2013 11:28:37 +0000

These So many guitar players want to improve their guitar playing but ignore some fundamental things. Here are some tips that are easily missed by inexperienced players.

Learn the notes on the fretboard
Learn the sound / texture of chord types
Learn how to hum and play simple melodies
Learn something new every day
Listen to all styles for inspiration
Play music not theory, it might be clever but if it sounds terrible, why bother?
Learn to play slowly and in time
Learn each song in a couple of keys if possible
Learn to memorise songs
Don’t compare yourself to others or criticise

These things may seem simple but they are things that are highly worth considering

Tony Hogan

Tagged: beginners guitar tips, guitar tips, How to be a better guitar Player

Antoine Dufour

Tony Hogan — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 00:56:07 +0000

Antoine Dufour – Acoustic Guitar These Moments

Hammer ons, pull offs , taps, harmonics open tuning and beauty.

Tagged: antoine dufour, open tuning, tapping

Jam With Google Chrome

Tony Hogan — Mon, 12 Nov 2012 12:40:27 +0000

This is an interesting concept and had to happen sooner or later, jamming with Google Chrome

Google Chrome Jamming

I will go in and test it at some point soon when I come up for air.

Haven’t been blogging for a couple of years but I am back and will be posting regularly at my blogs after a couple of years off. And why wouldn’t I as these were recocgnised as the best acoustic guitar blogs in the world by the other guitar bloggers.

NBC News Jamming With Google Chrome article

tony Hogan

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T Bone Walker Blues Guitar Youtube

Tony Hogan — Sun, 08 Apr 2012 14:12:53 +0000

This is a wonderful Blues on semi-acoustic guitar with T Bone Walker and Shakey Jake on vocals

for more Blues check out Mississipi John Hurt

Tony Hogan

Tagged: T Bone Walker Blues Guitar

Acoustic Guitar Youtube Duet

Tony Hogan — Sun, 01 Jan 2012 00:11:49 +0000

Beautiful Celtic Acoustic Guitar Duet played by Steve Baughman and Robin Bullock called ’Dans Keff Avec” a tune from Brittany

For more brilliant Acoustic Guitar listen to Antoine Dufour

Tagged: Celtic Guitar, Robin Bullock, Steve Baughman

Bert Jansch Youtube

Tony Hogan — Sat, 29 Oct 2011 04:09:28 +0000

I only just got the news that the wonderful British Folk Guitar player Bert Jansch has gone to the big gig in the sky.

Kind thoughts to Friends and Family

More Bert Jansch Youtube

Tagged: Bert Jansch RIP, bert jansch youtube

How To Play Bossa Nova Guitar

Tony Hogan — Sat, 20 Aug 2011 06:24:05 +0000

Bossa Nova Guitar , some players who are born in the right country know how to play it because they got it genetically or by osmosis from growing up in the environment … think Brasil, Others need to learn it. I was looking around for a simple tutorial on playing Bossa Nova Guitar and found this site . Bossa Nova Guitar The tutorial has an mp3 audio track to follow and is written in standard music notation. In the 60′s Bossa Nova came to the fore with players like Joao Gilberto , Laurindo Almeida and particularly the music of Jobim

Check out the Tutorial Bossa Nova it has a few reasonably simple chords
Even if your eading skills aren’t strong, just break it down and count it.

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Acoustic Guitar Bluegrass Youtube

Tony Hogan — Tue, 07 Jun 2011 00:33:46 +0000

Here’s a nice bit of Bluegrass Acoustic Guitar by Dave Grier and Wyatt rice

For more Acoustic Guitar check out Tony Rice

Tony Hogan

Tagged: Acoustic Bluegrass Guitar, David Greier, Wyast Rice

Tommy Emmanuel Youtube – Rare Video

Tony Hogan — Wed, 04 May 2011 10:17:45 +0000

Duck Backer the great Acoustic Guitar player just posted this video of Tommy Emmanuel , Duck Baker and Buster B Jones. They are sitting around jamming to the jazz standard, Stomping at the Savoy, it’s very casual but some great guitar lines there back in 2000

For more Tommy Emmanuel check out Tommy Emmanuel Youtube Tutorial

Tagged: Duck Baker, Tommy Emmanuel Youtube

Country Blues Guitar Scales

Tony Hogan — Sun, 03 Apr 2011 02:55:40 +0000

Acoustic Guitar Country Blues players: Thought I’d republish this doco of Scales which I put together a couple of years back. The fingerings of some are little unusual, and my reasons for doing them this way is intentional just to create a little more interest and snapping the mind out of its normal patterns. How you apply them is the next step, I will write a simple article about that soon.

View this document on Scribd

Enjoy

Tony Hogan

Tagged: Acoustic Country Blues Guitar Scales

Emily and the Woods – Never Play Youtube

Tony Hogan — Thu, 17 Feb 2011 21:41:23 +0000

There are many acoustic guitar players who just want to play and sing and not necessarily play like virtuosos Vicente Amigo, Pierre Bensusan, or Michael Hedges. So I thought I’d do a number of short acoustic guitar articles / posts on some of the new singer guitarists who play material which sound musical and is based around simple chord patterns. The following tune is by Emily and the Woods called Never Play

Emily Woods on Myspace

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Gerry Rafferty RIP – Baker Street Youtube

Tony Hogan — Tue, 04 Jan 2011 23:02:21 +0000

Gerry Rafferty thank you for the beautiful music, Rest in Peace

BBC News - Gerry Rafferty

Right down the line

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Doc Watson Youtube Acoustic Guitar

Tony Hogan — Thu, 16 Dec 2010 11:39:21 +0000

This youtube video is of Doc Watson playing his Gallagher guitar complete with banjo player. The tune is the Cuckoo a traditional folk song. Its one of the most haunting songs I’ve ever heard.

For more Doc Watson, check out Deep River Blues

Tagged: Doc Watson, The Cuckoo Bird

In Memory of Joshua

Tony Hogan — Wed, 17 Nov 2010 01:46:43 +0000

Today is the anniversary of my oldest s child passing away. About 10 years ago I recorded a song in the dark in my bedroom on an ADAT on a guitar I made. I had wanted to express the emotions I was feeling at the time. It is rather loose in structure and was originally to be a slo guitar piece. At the time my intention was never to make the tune for public listening, but as it is a milestone in my life I have decided to share it.

Click Play Button to Listen

Download: the_bardo.mp3

The title of the tune comes from the Buddhist Tradition. The Bardo is the gap between the worlds.

Tony Hogan

Tagged: Joshua Hogan, The Bardo