This lesson explores adding open strings around common chord shapes. Several chord pattern examples are provided along with the general theory of how these chords are organized into progressions. A …
Fingerstyle Guitar Primer
Performing music using fingerstyle guitar technique is one of the most beautiful methods of playing the guitar that we have available to us. It offers us the ability to perform arpeggiated chord …
Basic Fingerpicking Patterns
Fingerpicked patterns are not only fun to play, easy to learn and sound great, but they offer the guitar player a chance to become better at their picking hand accuracy. In this lesson, we explore the …
Folk Fingerstyle: Part 1
Folk fingerstyle guitar pieces are often made up using a combination of finger-picking patterns. This not only generates consistency within a piece, but it also adds a unique feel to the way the …
Bass String Patterns for Folk Ballads
Folk guitar pieces will often apply fingerstyle patterns combined with underlying bass runs. This creates a beautiful effect across chord changes by highlighting chord tones in the upper register …
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Adopting Classical Fingerstyle Technique
Fingerstyle guitar is applied within many different forms of guitar music. We will find it in; folk, blues, jazz, country and classical. For many guitar players, the classical approach is never fully …
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