Guitar Tricks Insider December Issue | Page 51

9 GREAT MOMENTS IN ACOUSTIC FINGERSTYLE PLAYING 8 9 FLEETWOOD MAC “LANDSLIDE” (1975) ANDY MCKEE “DRIFTING” (2005) The capo is an essential acoustic tool for quickly changing keys without learning new fingerings. On this gigantic Fleetwood Mac hit, guitarist Lindsey Buckingham clamped a capo on the third fret of his guitar and fingerpicked these easy but incredibly effective chords. On the studio version he added electric licks in the background. A true YouTube phenomenon, Andy McKee released this video a decade ago and it has since earned over 55 million views. Andy is a master of a percussive style of acoustic playing that combines radical techniques (such as fingerpicking over the fretboard) with rhythmic bongo-taps on the body. The result is something of a reinvention of the acoustic 6-string and one of the most popular guitar tracks of the new millennium. McKee’s guitar is tuned DADGAD for the piece, one of the essential “open tunings” for acoustic guitar. “Drifting” by Andy McKee DECEMBER SPECIAL DIGITAL EDITION GUITAR TRICKS INSIDER 51