Acoustic guitar pandemic academy

May 20, 2021 3:32 PM

SInce the pandemic, many musicians have taken to Youtube, sometimes to deliver instruction to the world's locked-down amateurs. Three electric guitar examples of note, for me, are Kirk Fletcher, Guthrie Trapp, and Tom Bukovic. There must be people who started a similar project, free-form instructional content or playing with some explanations, on Youtube, but with acoustic guitar, not electric, and here is where you tell me who they are!
posted by thelonius to Media & Arts (7 answers total)

South African guitarist Derek Gripper is amazing for acoustic guitar versions of west african kora and guitar music. He has lots of materials, and you can also take zoom group or individual lessons with him. I take a lesson a month with him and it has totally transformed my playing. His methods are really well thought out, and the group classes aren't that expensive.

He teaches some bach too, but I just work on the african music. I think of him as a kind of recovering ex-classical guitarist, in a way. He is very committed to not being overly fussy about technique, and doesn't impose his exact way of playing on anyone else.

Feel free to memail me if you have any questions.
posted by umbú at 5:14 PM on May 20, 2021 [1 favorite]

Many acoustic guitarists were already moving to online instruction as one of many income streams. These have aggregated somewhat. Try ArtistWorks or Peghead Nation
posted by blob at 7:02 PM on May 20, 2021

Lessonface has a lot of great teachers, including names you may know.
posted by stupidsexyFlanders at 11:25 PM on May 20, 2021

Response by poster: There must be people who started a similar project, free-form instructional content or playing with some explanations, on Youtube, but with acoustic guitar,
posted by thelonius at 1:04 AM on May 21, 2021

I think Marty Schwartz might fit what your looking for - a lot of his stuff is w/ acoustic
Marty Music - (searched 'acoustic')
posted by mrmarley at 7:12 AM on May 21, 2021

For bluegrass centered content:

Lessons With Marcel
posted by vocativecase at 8:42 AM on May 21, 2021

Going to recommend the Guitar at Work channel by Shane Simpson. Shane's a guitar teacher here in Ottawa. He's taught both my kids and has really expanded his online presence during the Pandemic. He is an excellent teacher.
posted by kaymac at 10:52 AM on May 23, 2021