Fingerstyle Guitar Boot Camp
Ready to stop strumming and start playing fingerstyle? Learn how to turn any song into a fun fingerpicking tune!
This workshop is geared towards folks with some playing experience who want to learn how to play fingerstyle. You will learn how to play fingerstyle arrangements of songs in folk, celtic, country, rock, blues and jazz styles. We’ll start with the basics in arpeggio and Travis picking patterns and move on to basic chord melody. You’ll get tips and techniques for playing basslines and melodies at the same time. You’ll get easy to understand tablature and notation for all the arrangements.
The guitar is one of the few instruments that can play all three parts of a song- melody, harmony and rhythm. Come learn how to make your guitar a complete band with vocalist!
Songs will be derived from both traditional and contemporary sources.
This class will take your playing to the next level!
This workshop is geared towards folks with some playing experience who want to learn how to play fingerstyle. You will learn how to play fingerstyle arrangements of songs in folk, celtic, country, rock, blues and jazz styles. We’ll start with the basics in arpeggio and Travis picking patterns and move on to basic chord melody. You’ll get tips and techniques for playing basslines and melodies at the same time. You’ll get easy to understand tablature and notation for all the arrangements.
The guitar is one of the few instruments that can play all three parts of a song- melody, harmony and rhythm. Come learn how to make your guitar a complete band with vocalist!
Songs will be derived from both traditional and contemporary sources.
This class will take your playing to the next level!
You will learn:
• The two most important fingerpicking patterns used in thousands of songs
• The best chords and positions for chord melody arrangements
• The 5 primary chord shapes and major scales and how to use them
• How to play any melody in any key anywhere on the fretboard
• How to turn a simple strum tune into an elegant fingerstyle piece
• The two most important fingerpicking patterns used in thousands of songs
• The best chords and positions for chord melody arrangements
• The 5 primary chord shapes and major scales and how to use them
• How to play any melody in any key anywhere on the fretboard
• How to turn a simple strum tune into an elegant fingerstyle piece