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Fingerstyle for the Curious Guitarist
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Fingerstyle for the Curious Guitarist

Complete fingerstyle guitar course. Fingerpicking techniques. Beginner to advanced.
Created byDan Dresnok
Last updated 9/2025
English
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What you'll learn

  • Every common fingerstyle technique.
  • Modern & classical methods.
  • Be able to play anything using fingerpicking techniques.
  • Common finger rolls.
  • Improvise & be creative with your fingerpicking.
  • Open-handed strumming.
  • Chords & solos using fingerstyle techniques.
  • Fast fingerstyle scale runs.

Course content

1 section19 lectures1h 42m total length
  • Welcome to the Course11:33

    This course guides you from quick tab and chord refreshers to building fingerstyle techniques. It enables you to play any song without a pick with rhythm and comfort.

  • Guitar Basics4:19

    We'll quickly review the string names names and how to read TAB.

  • PIMA3:54

    This is the terminology that fingerstyle guitarists use.  We'll learn it and use it in all our lessons.

  • Rest Stroke & Free Stroke10:06

    These are the most fundamental fingerstyle movements that stem from classical technique.

  • Dyads & 2-String Rolls12:11

    Here, we'll begin our practice of modern fingerstyle guitar with two strings.

  • Triads & 3-String Rolls8:06

    We continue on to use three strings for a modern fingerstyle sound.

  • Full Use of PIMA (flams & rakes)8:26

    In this lesson, we'll learn how to use all of PIMA at the same time, as well as some new techniques to enhance our rhythms.

  • Thumb Strum5:30

    This seemingly basic lesson shines light on the most effective use of your thumb for strumming.

  • Invisible Pick4:13

    You'll never have to go looking for your pick ever again!  The invisible pick is always in your grasp.

  • Rasqueado4:23

    This is a powerful flamenco technique that many modern players have adopted.

  • PI for Scale Speed5:46

    This is a technique for the fingerstyle player to use to match speed with their flatpicking counterparts.

  • Roll #1 PIMI4:12

    This is a common & useful roll.

  • Roll #2 PIPI1:51

    This is a common & useful roll.

  • Roll #3 P (IM) P (IM)2:22

    This is a common & useful roll which incorporates dyad harmonies.

  • Roll #4 PIM2:55

    This is a common & useful roll in a 'three' feel.

  • Roll #5 MIP3:02

    This is a common & useful roll in a 'three' feel.

  • Roll #6 P (IM) (IM)2:31

    This is a common & useful roll in a 'three' feel which incorporates dyad harmonies.

  • Going Forward4:33

    Our course has come to its conclusion.  We'll discuss ways for you to continue to practice and evolve as a fingerstyle guitarist.  Thank you for going through this course with me!

  • Bonus Lecture2:15

Requirements

  • This course is for everyone - including complete beginners.
  • You only need a guitar - any kind of guitar with six strings.

Description

Welcome to Fingerstyle for the Curious Guitarist! This is a complete fingerstyle guitar course 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 course - 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 course is in TAB form - no music reading required.

Many of these lesson videos have PDF attachments which are the tabs & text lessons. You can download, save, & print these. Be sure to get all the PDFs.

By the end of this course, 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.

Who this course is for:

  • Anyone who wants to learn fingerstyle guitar.
  • Beginner, intermediate, & advanced guitarists.
  • Guitarists wanting to level-up their fingerpicking skills.
  • Guitarists wanting to improvise using fingerstyle technique.