Guitar Techniques

ED SHEERAN

ON VIDEO

To some, Ed Sheeran is merely a pop star who wields a small sized acoustic guitar. However, dig into Sheeran’s playing and you’ll discover a creative artist who works in an array of tunings and creates complex layered parts through his sophisticated use of looping. What’s more, Sheeran has dug deep into the world of fingerstyle and percussive guitar, spending time studying with altered tuning and percussive wizard, Preston Reed, when Sheeran was just a teenager.

One of the world’s most successful artists, Sheeran is refreshingly creative in what can be an otherwise stale pop world. Sheeran was interested in music from a young age, singing in a church

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