Messing With My New Santa Cruz OM
When you get a new guitar, you want to put it through its paces. Here, I'm just getting warmed up after receiving this beauty last year. Not exactly a "Lick of the Day," but maybe you'll enjoy it anyway.
Here are some useful guitar licks and playing tips by Homespun owner/instructor Happy Traum and others. Homespun Performances are excerpts from lessons by some of our great artists that are worth listening to just for pleasure. Keep checking back as we'll be adding to them frequently. And take a look at Happy's Blog. He has had a fascinating journey through more than six decades of playing, writing, and studying about American folk music, and he has quite a few stories to tell.
When you get a new guitar, you want to put it through its paces. Here, I'm just getting warmed up after receiving this beauty last year. Not exactly a "Lick of the Day," but maybe you'll enjoy it anyway.
Here's a neat, ear-catching turnaround in E that combines an ascending line in the bass with a descending line in the treble.It's not too hard and it's fun to play
Play some great licks and learn how to get around the fretboard at the same time! This will be a real help to learning players.
Our very popular instructor, Toby Walker, has offered us this neat lick to end blues (or other) songs. Give it a try. ,
This lick can be used to end songs, verses or just phrases, and will come in very handy.