Folk of the Wood is a branch of Acoustic Forest ... which encompasses quite a few established web sites ... with many more to come. Folk of the Wood houses online lessons covering a variety of acoustic instruments, including: 5-string banjo, 6-string banjo, 12-string banjo, acoustic guitar, mandolin, squareneck Dobro, violin, fiddle, mandola, octave mandolin and dulcimer.

Some of the other related branches include: Mystic West Productions, Wisdom of the Wood, Acoustic Forest, Ragtime Guitar, American Primitive Guitar, Resophonic Guitar ... and many others.

Currently, Folk of the Wood is focused on music instructional materials ... such as the following books: Mandolin Crosspicking Technique, Guitar Crosspicking Technique ... and the following DVD's: Introduction to 5-String Banjo, Introduction to 6 & 12-String Banjo, Introduction to Mandola, Introduction to Octave Mandolin, Introduction to Mandolin, Introduction to Squareneck Dobro, Introduction to Violin and Fiddle, Introduction to Acoustic Guitar ... and many other soon to be released titles.