Bobby Howe
emailWant to learn about double stops? The style of Chet Atkins? Then Bobby Howe is the instructor for you. Coming to you out of Illinois, Bobby is an experienced teacher who will show you everything from how to hold your guitar to intricate fingerstyle arrangements.
- Instructor Since:
- July 18th 2006
- Total Lessons:
- 90
- Latest Lesson:
- Chet Atkins Style Artist Study
Acoustic Guitar
Artist Studies
Double Stops
Country and Bluegrass
Christmas Jazz
Understanding Scales
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Chet Atkins Style Artist Study
In this tutorial, I'll first introduce the elements of the Chet Atkins style; then for those of you new to fingerpicking, I'll also talk about how to use a thumbpick and fingers....
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Scales Into Solos: Major Pentatonic
This tutorial is the result of frustrations of the instructor as he taught scales to students in a traditional sequence. After much trial and error, it became evident that...
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Scales Into Solos: Minor Pentatonic
This tutorial came about as a result of the frustrations of the instructor trying to teach scales to students in his private teaching in a traditional sequence. After much trial...
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Restring & Tune Your Acoustic Guitar
Every guitar player should have a working knowledge of how to change his/her guitar strings. What happens if you break a string on a gig? You should know how to put on a new...
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Even More About Double Stops
Material from this tutorial builds upon material from the previous two tutorial sessions, Double Stops - How They Work and More About Double Stops. This tutorial introduces 5ths...
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More About Double Stops
Parallel thirds (double stops) are commonly used in many styles of guitar playing. Both non-inverted and inverted thirds are used. Unfortunately, it's not a nice and neatly...
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Double Stops: How They Work
In this four lesson tutorial, the student will learn the theory, the mechanics, and the fingerings of double stops and why they work as they do. Simply put, double stops are the...
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Red Wing, Double Stops
Red Wing is an old American traditional fiddle tune which for this tutorial series has been arranged and adapted to the guitar. This arrangement greatly takes advantage of the...
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Wildwood Flower, Double Stops
I have received e-mails from subscribers requesting more lessons on double-stops similar to what was done on the lesson for the Wabash Cannonball. This song Wildwood Flower is...
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Wabash Cannonball, Double Stops
Double-stops are used a lot, not only in country playing but in blues, jazz, and rock as well. Becoming familiar with how to use double stops will bring the learner closer to...
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Christmas Jazz: Angels We Have Heard on High
In addition to learning about how fingerstyle jazz works as far as the right hand is concerned, you will also learn many advanced chord shapes such as M7, min 7, aug 5, flat 5,...
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Scarborough Fair
Scarborough Fair is a traditional song with it's origins in Medieval times, and the Simon and Garfunkel recording was a hit in the 60s. In this tutorial, instructor Bobby Howe...
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Old Joe Clark
Old Joe Clark is a traditional bluegrass standard dating back to the 19th century. Here, three-finger "banjo-roll" style guitar picking is explained in great detail to get that...
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Black Mountain Rag
Several subscribers have indicated an interest in learning more about the Chet Atkins thumb and finger style, so this tutorial has been created to go into quite a bit of detail to...
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Midnight Special
Midnight Special is a traditional song performed by many different artists over the years. This tutorial is based on an original arrangement by Bobby Howe, and takes an in-depth...
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The Bells of St. Mary's
How to achieve syncopation between the thumb and fingers as one plays this style, some of the trickier parts explained in detail, some of the chords that were typical Chet Atkins...
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Restring & Tune Your Acoustic Guitar
Every guitar player should have a working knowledge of how to change his/her guitar strings. What happens if you break a string on a gig? You should know how to put on a new...
-
Scales Into Solos: Minor Pentatonic
This tutorial came about as a result of the frustrations of the instructor trying to teach scales to students in his private teaching in a traditional sequence. After much trial...
-
Double Stops: How They Work
In this four lesson tutorial, the student will learn the theory, the mechanics, and the fingerings of double stops and why they work as they do. Simply put, double stops are the...
-
Chet Atkins Style Artist Study
In this tutorial, I'll first introduce the elements of the Chet Atkins style; then for those of you new to fingerpicking, I'll also talk about how to use a thumbpick and fingers....
-
Old Joe Clark
Old Joe Clark is a traditional bluegrass standard dating back to the 19th century. Here, three-finger "banjo-roll" style guitar picking is explained in great detail to get that...
-
Scales Into Solos: Major Pentatonic
This tutorial is the result of frustrations of the instructor as he taught scales to students in a traditional sequence. After much trial and error, it became evident that...
-
Midnight Special
Midnight Special is a traditional song performed by many different artists over the years. This tutorial is based on an original arrangement by Bobby Howe, and takes an in-depth...
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Scarborough Fair
Scarborough Fair is a traditional song with it's origins in Medieval times, and the Simon and Garfunkel recording was a hit in the 60s. In this tutorial, instructor Bobby Howe...
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Wabash Cannonball, Double Stops
Double-stops are used a lot, not only in country playing but in blues, jazz, and rock as well. Becoming familiar with how to use double stops will bring the learner closer to...
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Black Mountain Rag
Several subscribers have indicated an interest in learning more about the Chet Atkins thumb and finger style, so this tutorial has been created to go into quite a bit of detail to...
-
Red Wing, Double Stops
Red Wing is an old American traditional fiddle tune which for this tutorial series has been arranged and adapted to the guitar. This arrangement greatly takes advantage of the...
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Wildwood Flower, Double Stops
I have received e-mails from subscribers requesting more lessons on double-stops similar to what was done on the lesson for the Wabash Cannonball. This song Wildwood Flower is...
-
More About Double Stops
Parallel thirds (double stops) are commonly used in many styles of guitar playing. Both non-inverted and inverted thirds are used. Unfortunately, it's not a nice and neatly...
-
Christmas Jazz: Angels We Have Heard on High
In addition to learning about how fingerstyle jazz works as far as the right hand is concerned, you will also learn many advanced chord shapes such as M7, min 7, aug 5, flat 5,...
-
Even More About Double Stops
Material from this tutorial builds upon material from the previous two tutorial sessions, Double Stops - How They Work and More About Double Stops. This tutorial introduces 5ths...
-
The Bells of St. Mary's
How to achieve syncopation between the thumb and fingers as one plays this style, some of the trickier parts explained in detail, some of the chords that were typical Chet Atkins...
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How to Hold Your Guitar
Holding the guitar correctly...how to properly use a guitar strap...position of the foot make a difference in how you hold the guitar and how you play...more.
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How to Hold Your Pick
This video lesson will show you how to hold your pick...talk about all the different motions a player will have when holding the pick properly...show you the way not to hold a...
