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Fingerstyle for the Curious Guitarist

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About Fingerstyle for the Curious Guitarist

Preview

Guitar Basics (page 2)

PIMA (page 3-4)

Rest Stroke & Free Stroke

Dyads & 2-String Rolls (page 5)

Triads & 3-String Rolls (page 6)

Full Use of PIMA - flams & rakes (page 7)

Thumb Strum

Invisible Pick

Rasqueado (page 8)

PI for Scale Speed (page 9)

Roll #1 PIMI (page 10)

Roll #2 PIPI (page 11)

Roll #3 P (IM) P (IM) (page 12)

Roll #4 PIM (page 13)

Roll #5 MIP (page 14)

Roll #6 P (IM) (IM) (page 15)

Going Forward

What You Will Learn?

  • Complete fingerstyle guitar class. Fingerpicking techniques for all levels..
  • *Be sure to download the PDF in the Projects & Resources section.  (It's called "Fingerstyle for the Curious Guitarist - PDF.")  It's 16 pages long & contains all the text & tabs that'll be helpful for this class.  (If you have issues downloading it from your mobile device, then download it from a computer or laptop.)  Don't wait - get it now!.
  • Welcome to Fingerstyle for the Curious Guitarist! This is a complete fingerstyle guitar class for all levels of playing & improvising using fingerstyle & fingerpicking technique. Fingerstyle is a widely popular technique for playing guitar and can be used in many styles of music. Guitarists will often study this style alongside regular flatpicking playing..
  • Any kind of six-string guitar will work well for this class - electric, acoustic, or classical guitar..
  • The first few lessons will quickly get you up-to-speed with the terminology, such as our string names, reading TAB, and naming our picking fingers. Next, we'll use finger rolls, dyads, & triads (plus combinations of these) to play through chord progressions using only fingerpicking. We'll explore technique after technique of fingerstyle approaches to playing anything & everything without the use of a pick. We'll also work on traditional classical & Spanish techniques using open-handed strumming..
  • Everything in this class is in TAB form - no music reading required..
  • Many of the lessons will have a page number included in the title, which corresponds to the PDF attachment for that lesson (downloadable in the Projects & Resources section.) These are the tabs, rhythms, & text guitar lessons.  Be sure to get the PDF..
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  • By the end of this class, you'll have all the tools you need to play anything on the guitar using a fingerstyle approach..
  • I'm glad you're here - let's begin..