Open Tuning Fingerpicking Guitar

Popular open tunings for fingerpicking guitar are covered, including dropped D to open C, with chord charts, examples, and solos.

Reads chord diagrams and explains left-hand fingering techniques, covering symbol meanings such as dots, numbers, and bars.

Tablature is introduced as a notation system for guitar, with applications in navigating open tunings on the fretboard.

Tablature symbols for hammer-ons, pull-offs, slides, bends, and harmonics are covered.

Fingerpicking techniques, including fundamental principles and benefits of prior experience.

Properly positioning yourself for fingerpicking guitar involves seating, instrument hold, and arm alignment.

Finger placement, thumb position, and wrist alignment in left and right hands are covered.

Techniques for optimal fingernail length and shaping for effective guitar playing are discussed.

Fingerpicking fundamentals: covers the free stroke technique, featuring finger movement between adjacent strings.

Introduces techniques for thumb-picking on guitars, covering classical and contemporary styles as well as efficient string transitions.

Covers the notation systems for distinguishing left and right hand fingers in music theory.

Introduces proper finger placement for right-hand index and middle fingers in first-position playing.

The technique focuses on mastering the coordination between i and m fingers, with i playing the third string and m playing the second string.

Improves fingerpicking and guitar playing by mastering right-hand bracing techniques for enhanced tone and control.

The Dropped D Tuning lowers the 6th string from E to D, suitable for fingerpicking and open chord applications.

Electronic tuners enable quick and accurate pitch adjustment for precise guitar tuning.

Acoustic Guitars Tuning techniques for acoustic guitars, including using built-in microphones and troubleshooting common issues.

Tuning and playing acoustic-electric guitars for optimal sound quality.

Comparative string analysis for self-tuning and harmonious resonance.

Introduces basic chord shapes for dropped D tuning, a fundamental concept in playing songs.

Covers techniques for mastering movable bar chords and their application in dropped D tuning.

Altered standard tuning introduces a lower fifth string from A to G, yielding distinct sounds and expanded chord options.

Tuning techniques for dropped G guitar settings are explained.

Introduces chord shapes and diagrams for A, Am, A7, C, D, Dm, D7, E, Em, E7, and G in dropped G tuning.

Introduces movable bar chord shapes for dropped G tuning, covering Root Six, Major, Minor, Seventh and Root Five, Major, Minor, Seventh variations.

Introduces the concept of open G tuning, a variation of dropped G tuning featuring a distinctive G major chord pattern.

Tuning the first string to a high D note is achieved through two alternative methods.

Essential chord shapes for open G tuning, including adaptations of familiar chords.

Octaves are explored in open tuning, covering intervals between identical notes separated by 12 frets.

Bar chords in open G tuning cover major, seventh, sixth, suspended, add ninth, and ninth chord shapes.

Open A tuning is a variant of open G that produces an A major chord.

Adjusts guitar to Open A tuning by modifying four strings across three steps.

Covers chord shapes for playing popular songs like 1712 Overture and An Open and Shut Case in open A tuning.

Introduces the open D tuning, where four strings are lowered to form a D major chord.

Tuning the guitar to Open D requires four steps: lowering pitches and adjusting strings to produce a distinct sound.

Basic chord shapes for open D tuning are covered, including visual aids and practical exercises.

Covers techniques for identifying playable octaves in open D tuning and recognizing common notes across strings.

Open D chord variations covered: major, seventh, sixth, suspended, add ninth, and ninth.

Introduces Open E tuning, a variation of Open D, characterized by an E major chord.

Raising pitches and adjusting strings yields unique sounds as tunings are raised and strings adjusted.

Covers chord shapes and bar chords in open E tuning, including diagrams of major, seventh, sixth, suspended, add ninth, and ninth chords.

Covers alternative guitar tuning techniques and their unique sounds, introducing Open C tuning with its distinct chord formation.

Tunes the guitar to Open C with four simple steps.

Introduces essential chord shapes in open C tuning, featuring C, C7, F, G, and G7.

Recognize and play popular octaves in open C tuning with a focus on patterns.

Introduces open C tuning bar chord shapes for major, seventh, sixth, suspended, add ninth, and ninth variations.

Tone and semitone patterns are explained, with coverage of major, minor, pentatonic, and blues scale types.

The chromatic scale is a sequence of semitones covering all notes within an octave, with applications extending to other chromatic scales.

The major scale's fundamental structure and common patterns are examined.

Covers the three types of minor scales: natural, harmonic, and melodic, with examples illustrated using A as the tonic.

The Major Pentatonic Scale is a fundamental musical concept covered, including its construction and typical applications.

Introduces the blues scale concept, focusing on its distinct sonic features and structural composition.

Introduces key signature concepts, relating them to major scales, including shorthand notations for sharps and flats.

Relative keys explain the connection between major scales and their corresponding minor keys through musical notes and chord progressions.

Introduces the fundamentals of playing in various keys, including E and A, while covering vocal accompaniment techniques.

Introduces the process of forming chords using major scales, with accompanying construction and formula charts.

Musical concepts and terminology including pitch, duration, rhythm, tempo, timbre, staff notation, clefs, key signatures, chords, scales and more.

Fingerpicking techniques are explored in various styles including Blues, Rock, and Folk.