Friendly Guitar Lessons with John Calvin

For beginning and intermediate players of all ages…

first-timers or pickers with rusty fingers & strings.

Located in Seattle, Washington

Click on a link below to hear a short sample.
Files are as small as possible to speed download times.
Flatpicking Samples
The introduction to a popular folk song (mp3 format, 436K)
The melody is played on one guitar while a second guitar plays backup. (mp3 format, 1016K)
A guitar solo in Carter Family style (mp3 format, 732K)
Fingerpicking Samples
A lullaby in Open D Tuning (mp3 format, 656K)
A song introduction in chord-melody style (mp3 format, 396K)
A song introduction in DADGAD Tuning (mp3 format, 268K)
A waltz in chord-melody (mp3 format, 768K)
The thumb plays an alternating bass while the fingers play the melody. (mp3 format, 343K)
Dropped D Tuning with an alternating bass (mp3 format, 474K)