Many of you may have already learned this, but it is part of learning how to apply percussive fingerstyle, and I think this is still one of the best songs to use this for. This actually USES the body of the guitar to create percussion as opposed to the “Aerial Boundaries” lesson that can be interpreted either way.Read More »Percussive Fingerstyle Guitar In Use
In this tutorial we’ll explore low melody and high melody by studying a rendition of the song “Danny Boy” in which we’ve applied fingerstyle. The song snippet itself isn’t hard to play or even finger, but you’ll see that there are a quite a few note-related points of interest. This is VERY common in fingerstyle guitar. You really have to understand note values and how they relate, so I decided to add that right here before everything gets too complex. Before we begin this second introduction to fingerstyle guitar, we have to learn something very important.Read More »Fingerstyle Guitar: Low Melody And High Melody
Difficulty: Advanced
To play this one you’ll first need to tune your guitar to D-G-D-G-B-E. All you have to do is tune your low E string to a D note and tune your A string down to a G note. This is where a chromatic tuner would come in handy. Every serious guitar player needs an easy to use and accurate tuner at hand.Read More »“Wheels” by Chet Atkins
Classical left-hand technique in fingerstyle covers a wide spectrum of factors, ranging from the most basic hand position to the finer points of execution and… Read More »Fingerstyle Guitar Picking