Fingerstyle Guitar Essentials

Lesson 1: "Overview of the Beginner Series”. Performance of both songs covered in this series. Series objectives.

Lesson 2: “How to practice”. The goal of this lesson is to teach you how to get the most out of practicing. Too often are...

Lesson 3: "Fingerstyle Technique". This lesson will teach you proper technique regarding fingerstyle guitar. It's very important...

Lesson 4: "Chords: Em, C, D, and G". It's time to start learning some basic guitar chords. Learning chords may seem...

Lesson 5: "Wisp Part One". It's time to put our picking hand to work! This lesson will teach you the picking patterns...

Lesson 6: "Wisp Part Two". This lesson finishes teaching the picking patterns related to the first song in the series, “Wisp”. Upon...

Lesson 7: "Thumb Independence and Palm muting". In this lesson we will start working on thumb independence and...

Lesson 8: “Paradise Island Part One”. "Paradise Island" will put to practice everything you have learned up to this point.

Lesson 9: "Paradise Island Part Two". This is the last lesson of the "Beginner Series". Once you complete this lesson...

Lesson 10: How to tune a guitar without a tuner. Don't you hate when your playing a guitar that is terribly out of tune and there's no...

Fingerstyle Essentials: Part Two

Start understanding your fretboard by learning how to find every note. This lesson is a prerequisite for the upcoming lessons.

Sharps and Flats: Learn all of the notes in between A, B, C, D, E, F, and G. Material Covered: Sharps, Flats, Learning excersize.

It's time to tackle the dreaded barre chord. Without proper technique, learning barre chords can be a near impossible...

Learn how to play minor barre chords with the root note on the low E string. Material Covered: Barre chord theory...

Learn how to play major barre chords with the root note on the A string. Material Covered: Barre chord theory...

Learn how to play minor barre chords with the root note on the A string. Material Covered: Barre chord theory...

Learn how to alternate bass notes between the E, A, and D strings. By the end of the next two lessons you will have a new...

Continue learning "Interstate Picking" and the associated picking patterns. Learn how to alternate bass notes between the...

Learn the importance of hammer-ons and pull-offs in fingerstyle guitar arrangements. Material Covered: Hammer-on...

Learn proper hammer-on technique. Material Covered: Importance of using fingertips, Hammer-on exercises...

Learn proper pull-off technique. Material Covered: Definition of pull-offs, Importance of pulling, Pull-off exercises...

Learn how to hammer-on and pull-off at the same time. Material Covered: Final hammer-on / pull-off exercises...

Make your guitar sing by learning how and where to play harmonics. Material Covered: Harmonic technique...