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 …
Level 1: Memorizing Intervals
Learn about the standardized ways that all professional music courses use to link musical sound to memory. Based upon proven techniques of 'association and recognition,' musicians can learn how to …
Level 2: Transcription Technique
Excellence with song transcription is one of the most valuable skills that a serious musician will work on achieving in their life-time. In this lesson post, the various techniques of song …
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 …