Musicians' Resources - Guitar - Links

Acoustic Guitar Magazine
Hosts online discussions for guitar teachers and beginners.

Acoustic Guitarist's Annotated Guide to the Internet Best of the Net
This page links you to dozens of essential resources on the net - from alternate tunings to health issues - specifically focused on the acoustic guitarist/songwriter. No frills text site.

Alternate Tuning Guide for Contemporary Folk Music
This page lists over 30 contemporary folk artists who have made alternate tunings a way of life, from Dar and Ani to Michael Hedges and David Wilcox. Hours of fun.

Alternate Guitar Tuning Application Best of the Net
An online Applet that automatically shows you how to play any chord in any tuning - many extra features. Download works for Windows only. Very cool.

Celtic Fingerstyle Guitar
This site is a fine, info-rich resource for Celtic guitar playing including its origins, tunings, techniques and practitioners.

Crossroads Guitar
Commercial online instructional site. Guitar tabs, streaming videos, sound clips, tablature, live on-line lessons and more.

Fingerstyle Guitar Magazine
Good on-line features include a full transcription of a song from the current issue. Each issue of the magazine comes with a CD. Featured players include all the top artists.

Guitar - balladtree.com
balladtree.com's guitar guide has created an excellent site for guitarists and enthusiasts.

Guitar College
Online learning with Rich Severson, a former GIT instructor and author of guitar instruction books. Virtual correspondence course. Free downloads of blank music forms

Homespun Tapes
Find instructional guitar audio and video tapes by artists like Patty Larkin, Kelly Jo Phelps and Keb Mo'.

National Guitar Workshop
This organization, headquartered in Connecticut holds popular week-long summer workshops around the country.

Stefan Grossman's Guitar Workshop
On-line catalogue of excellent instructional guitar videos, audio tapes and books by a variety of masters.

Bensusan, Pierre
A visionary acoustic guitarist who combines traditional folk, jazz, pop, ethnic and classical melodies, free and fusion styles, all played immaculately. Revolutionized the guitar world with his use of the DADGAD tuning.

Newsgroup - news:rec.music.makers.guitar.tablature
This active group exchanges guitar tabs that they've figured out - all genres.

Newsgroup - news:alt.guitar.tab
This active group exchanges guitar tabs that they've figured out - all genres.

String This
Online source for strings in bulk at great prices.

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