Kirby Jane

Kirby Jane is a Nashville-based guitarist specializing in solo jazz and Americana performance and fingerstyle arranging. Kirby is a protégé of Grammy-winning guitarist John Knowles, C.G.P, and has taught and performed alongside some of the industry’s top acoustic guitarists, including Thom Bresh, Joe Robinson, and Tommy Emmanuel, C.G.P. For more information, visit kirbyjane.net.

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Jim Croce’s Fingerstyle Tricks

Learn to craft workable arrangements on the fly with these simple patterns.

Scott Joplin’s Sweet Syncopations

Investigating the style of one of ragtime’s biggest names will undoubtedly improve your fingerstyle technique.

How Did Lenny Breau Do That?

Take a behind-the-scenes tour of how one of the most wildly inventive guitarists of his generation combined taste, technique, and an overwhelming sense of melody into a jaw-dropping package.

How to Handle Harmonics

It’s easier than you might think to create mysterious, ethereal notes that seem to float through the air.

Jerry Reed’s Red-Hot Picking

An in-depth look at the techniques used by one of the most influential fingerstyle guitarists of all time.

Fretboard Workshop: A Fingerstyle Manifesto

Don’t be intimidated by ditching that flatpick. Here are some quick-and-easy ways to get your fingerstyle chops up to speed.

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Kirby Jane

Jim Croce’s Fingerstyle Tricks

Learn to craft workable arrangements on the fly with these simple patterns.

Scott Joplin’s Sweet Syncopations

Investigating the style of one of ragtime’s biggest names will undoubtedly improve your fingerstyle technique.

How Did Lenny Breau Do That?

Take a behind-the-scenes tour of how one of the most wildly inventive guitarists of his generation combined taste, technique, and an overwhelming sense of melody into a jaw-dropping package.

How to Handle Harmonics

It’s easier than you might think to create mysterious, ethereal notes that seem to float through the air.

Jerry Reed’s Red-Hot Picking

An in-depth look at the techniques used by one of the most influential fingerstyle guitarists of all time.

Fretboard Workshop: A Fingerstyle Manifesto

Don’t be intimidated by ditching that flatpick. Here are some quick-and-easy ways to get your fingerstyle chops up to speed.