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Fingerstyle and Fingerpicking Lessons for Acoustic Guitar
Rating: 3.7 out of 5(87 ratings)
595 students
Last updated 8/2017
English

What you'll learn

  • Introduction to folk style techniques
  • How to hold the guitar when playing fingerstyle or fingerpicking
  • Beginning concepts of fingerpicking and fingerstyle guitar.
  • Basic chords in the fingerstyle or fingerpicking style
  • How to get optimal sound while playing this style
  • Learn to play folk style songs
  • Learn the Travis Picking technique pioneered by Merle Travis
  • Learn techniques inspired by Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell, and other greats
  • How to play the beautiful orchestral sound popularized by James Taylor
  • More advanced techniques in the folk and classic rock styles

Course content

1 section7 lectures2h 20m total length
  • Fingerpicking Techniques Course - Intro1:51
  • Fingerpicking Techniques Course - Chapter 118:48
  • Fingerpicking Techniques Course - Chapter 216:07
  • Fingerpicking Techniques Course - Chapter 323:52
  • Fingerpicking Techniques Course - Chapter 429:15
  • Fingerpicking Techniques Course - Chapter 534:04
  • Fingerpicking Techniques Course - Chapter 616:46

Requirements

  • You need an acoustic or electric guitar.

Description

Taught by Grammy Award winning guitarist John Konesky, these fingerpicking techniques will take you from basic to advanced.  They include folk style, basic chords, Travis picking, acoustic blues, and how to play in style of Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell, James Taylor and other greats.  

You'll learn every technique you'd ever need to master acoustic guitar, including: how to make chord changes effortlessly, adding rhythmic elements such as the chuck and rhythmic slap, a nifty little trick that lets you totally change the sound and tone of a chord with just one finger, learning hammer-on and pull-off chords, and a myriad of new chords, pseudo bar chords, strum patterns, and much more.

Who this course is for:

  • Anyone who wants to learn what's known as "fingerstyle" or "fingerpicking" technique on guitar