Allan Abbott

About Allan Abbott

After moving to New Zealand from Canada in 1986 looking for an adventure, Allan is part-owner of a computer development company in New Zealand. When not playing the guitar, he likes to build furniture - its hard finding time to do everything! His guitar playing goal is to become competent and to enjoy the journey to competence. You can write Allan at [email protected]

Posts by Allan Abbott:

If You Could Read My Mind – Gordon Lightfoot

Allan Abbott

A hearty welcome back to Allan Abbott, who brings us a beautiful and easy to play chord melody of this classic Gordon Lightfoot masterpiece.

More Tips and Riffs From The Forty-Something Guy

Allan Abbott

Allan’s back and this time he’s got a lot of good advice to pass along on the subject of power chords and double stops. As in his first article, Forty-Something Guy Learns Guitar From The Internet, this piece includes a lot of links to other helpful articles as well as numerous musical examples.

Forty-Something Guy Learns Guitar Via The Internet!

Allan Abbott

It sounds like the headline from a tabloid, but more and more people are learning that they can learn how to play guitar. And while the Internet certainly can be of help, all the choices can also seem pretty overwhelming! First time contributor Alan Abbott has been kind enough to write of his experiences, in a well thought-out, step-by-step manner, and includes many websites that can help you start to realize your guitar dreams.