9 GREAT MOMENTS IN ACOUSTIC FINGERSTYLE PLAYING
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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
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