About this course
Perfect for absolute beginner folk fingerpicking guitar players.
Covers Folk fingerpickng techniques such as the Bass Strum Thumb style, Alternating Thumb style and the Arpeggio style. This dynamic course features step-by-step guidance with real music examples, and comes complete with audio and video resources to make learning easy and enjoyable. Explore exciting topics like Basic G Chord Licks, The Major Scale, The Chromatic Scale, and grow your confidence by playing music you’ll love.
Fingerpicking techniques and Folk guitar styles are covered, focusing on progressive patterns and song accompaniment.
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Fingerpicking techniques covered: country, open tuning, jazz, rock, blues, and ragtime.
Chord diagrams are covered, featuring left-hand fingering, string damping, and barring techniques for effective application.
Read and interpret guitar tablature, a notation system for representing musical notes on the fretboard.
Techniques for creating complex rhythms using individual fingers are covered.
Proper playing position for fingerpicking guitar includes seating, instrument hold, and hand placement.
Finger placement and thumb positioning in left and right hands are covered.
The optimal fingernail length and shape are considered in relation to their impact on guitar playing technique and tone.
The free stroke technique involves moving fingers freely to pick guitar strings.
Picking techniques for 4th, 5th, and 6th strings using the thumb.
Introduces standard notation for left and right hand fingers used in music reading.
Correct finger placement in the first position enables effective right-hand picking techniques.
The development of finger placement on the guitar focuses on mastering the correct positioning of the right-hand fingers.
Techniques for achieving proper right-hand position include resting the little finger or bottom of the hand on the guitar.
Introduces folk chord progressions based on the I, IV, and V chords in a key.
Covers the 16-bar folk progression, commonly used in Folk music, with application to keys of G and D.
Introduces techniques for modifying the 16-bar Folk progression, featuring V7 and I7 chord variations.
The eight-bar Folk progression is covered, including variations, key changes, and V7 chord applications.
Basslines combine thumb-picking and strumming techniques to create complex rhythms and add depth to chord progressions.
Introduces fundamental folk song repertoire and a versatile bass strumming pattern incorporating pickup notes and varied bar lengths.
Three-four time songs in folk ballads are examined, featuring Who's Gonna Shoe Your Pretty Little Feet as an example.
Up-strum technique and accompanying blues songs like Going Down the Road Feeling Bad are covered.
Covers various bass strum techniques used in Folk guitar, including alternating bass notes.
Introduces techniques for constructing melodic bass lines by connecting chords through ascending and descending sequences.
Hammer-on technique is introduced for producing artificial notes and playing chords with precision.
Introduces techniques for playing repetitive fingerpicking patterns on guitar, emphasizing thumb-driven bass lines and rhythmic eighth-note playing.
Fingerpicking patterns and chord changes for complex progressions are introduced.
Optimize your playing with a technique that skips the final note in each measure, streamlining chord progressions.
Chord progressions are facilitated through the use of open strings to create smooth transitions between notes.
Reversing string order develops finger independence and adds variety to playing techniques.
Folk fingerpicking guitar techniques are covered, providing a solid foundation for further development.
Fingerpicking techniques emphasizing rhythmic variation and nuanced timing.
Introduces advanced finger positioning techniques for right-handed piano players, covering six essential patterns.
Introduces alternative fingerings for chords, including the D/F# variant, to enhance right-hand versatility.
Modifying standard bass lines for 3/4 time and creating fingerpicking patterns with treble string notes are covered.
Covers the arpeggio picking style used in Folk ballads, including its unique characteristics and application in music.
Introduces advanced F chord fingerings for expanded bass note possibilities.
Adds extra notes to fingerpicking patterns using Major and Blues scales.
Covers techniques for crafting G chord-based riffs incorporating notes from the G major and Blues scales.
Introduces techniques for crafting melodic phrases with notes from the C major scale and blues scale, enhancing C chord playing.
Introduces the concept of chord construction, focusing on triads and the principles behind combining notes to create harmonically rich sounds.
Introduces techniques for creating D chord licks using notes from the D major and Blues scales.
E major and Blues scales used to create E chord licks, including alternative fingerings for added notes.
Techniques for achieving balanced tone and volume in four-note picking exercises are covered.
Introduces the pull-off method for producing artificial notes on the bass guitar using a left-handed approach.
Introduces techniques for crafting A chord-based licks by combining notes from the A major and blues scales.
The use of an alternative fingering for the root-six major bar chord enables playing of F chord licks with increased left-hand freedom.
Root-five major bar chord creates versatility for building B chord licks through variations.
Fingerpicking techniques applied to popular songs combine melody, bass lines, and rhythmic accompaniment.
Pinched and picked fingerpicking techniques used to combine melody and bass lines.
Combines melody and bass lines to create engaging guitar arrangements, covering arpeggio picking techniques.
Alternative fingerings for the D7 chord cover substitutions and strumming approaches.
