8 Pop Songs for Finger-Style Guitar

Learn the finger-style arrangement of whiter shade of pale, focusing on a busy left-hand bass and a simple right-hand arpeggio, with F major chord variations and rolling strings.

Learn to play 'A Groovy Kind of Love' in a finger-style approach by applying classical techniques to pop repertoire, including hammer-ons, legato, rest stroke, and position shifts.

Explore finger-style guitar for 'a groovy kind of love,' detailing chords such as C major, F, G, and Em, hammer-ons, and playing across first and fifth positions with bar-by-bar notes.

Explore yesterday in G major through an arpeggio pattern using G major, D major, B7, and E minor. Master left-hand pull-offs and rest-stroke within bar-based phrasing for finger-style pop guitar.

Explore finger-style guitar techniques for Yesterday, through arpeggio patterns and chord transitions, covering F sharp, E, A, B, D major, G major shapes, and rest strokes with the pinky.

Learn a finger-style Scarborough Fair by Simon and Garfunkel, blending classical techniques with Paul Simon's approach. Start open-position, then capoed versions on 2nd and 5th frets, with a right-hand pattern.

Develop double hammer ons and hammer on pull offs from bar 21 across the fourth and second strings, building right-hand control and smoothness in Scarborough Fair part 2.

Master the first part of the Forrest Gump main title in the key of G, using hammer-ons, a walking bass, and G, C major 13, and A minor shapes.

Explore the feather theme from Forrest Gump part b using hammer-ons and pull-offs, with scale runs and careful left- and right-hand coordination in finger-style guitar.

Learn the Game of Thrones theme part 1 with finger style acoustic guitar, capo on the third fret, hammer-ons and pull-offs, and A minor to G and D chord progressions.

Tackle the Game of Thrones theme part 2 by practicing difficult bar chords with a capo, rolling the hand, and thumb bass, using A minor shapes to imply C minor.

Explore the Blackbird arrangement by the Beatles, focusing on a constant right- and left-hand pattern in 3/4 time in the key of G, with recurring bass and chord shapes.

Master finger-style arrangements of pop songs, including 'Fragile' by Sting, across eight selections to boost technique, rhythm, and accuracy.

Explore fragile by Sting as a pop piece for classical guitar, using major sixth intervals on first and third strings, with intro and solo in ninth position in e minor.

Explore fragile part 2 verse and chorus on finger-style guitar, starting seventh fret and fifth fret for the chorus, with four-bar repeats. Listen to the song for timing.

Master a complex solo based on the E harmonic minor scale, starting in the ninth position with 1-3-4 fingering, then shift through the tenth position with triplets, slides, and harmonics.

Final thoughts from the fragile solo and outro lesson guide finger-style guitarists to master the E harmonic minor, memorize the notes, and navigate triplets with the 'Saturday' rhythm cue.