Complete Fingerpicking Guitar

Covers traditional and contemporary fingerpicking styles, including Folk, Country, Blues, Ragtime, and Jazz, with techniques for left and right hands.

Electronic tuners simplify the process of achieving accurate guitar tuning.

Guitar tablature is a visual notation system that represents musical notes and fingering techniques.

Advanced guitar techniques covered include hammer-ons, pull-offs, slides, damping, bending, and vibrato.

Introduces black dot tablature and left-hand finger placement for guitar playing.

Visual representations of guitar scales are explored, relating to improved playing and music theory comprehension.

Fingerpicking basics covered, including introductory concepts and beginner-friendly exercises.

Correct playing position for fingerpicking guitar is covered, encompassing seating, instrument hold, and arm placement.

Finger placement, thumb positioning, and wrist angles are covered for classical and modern guitar styles.

Optimal fingernail length and shape for guitar string picking, along with basic finger positions and naming conventions.

Introduces fundamental finger placement and movement techniques for first-position cello playing.

Thumb-picking techniques for guitar cover classical and contemporary positions.

Combines thumb and fingers to play bass notes and melodic lines.

Introduces the Alternating Thumb Style fingerpicking technique, its rhythmic foundation and beat creation.

Alternate thumb fingerpicking patterns for G and E chords introduced.

Introduces techniques for mastering chord progressions using fingerpicking patterns.

Fingerpicking patterns, including the pinch, are introduced.

The course covers alternative bass lines and techniques, including moving bass lines, adding extra bass notes to chords, and using bass runs.

Pick-up notes, three-note picking patterns, and waltz time adaptations are covered.

Arpeggios are introduced with fingerpicking techniques and various patterns.

Arpeggios are covered, with focus on timing, bass note emphasis, and rhythmic adaptations.

Hammer-ons, slides, and bass string hammer-ons are covered, along with exercises like Red River Valley and accompaniment.

Covers techniques for adding embellishments to basic chords, resulting in intricate fingerpicking patterns.

Fingerpicking techniques are covered, including playing solos with first and second endings, incorporating arpeggios towards the end.

Fingerpicking techniques for combining melodies with bass lines are covered, featuring examples from popular songs.

Walking bass lines, country bass patterns, and advanced guitar arrangements are covered.

Introduces extended chord licks, banjo picking style, and chord progressions from popular songs.

Constant bass lines and A major scales for blues fingerpicking are covered.

Introduces the fundamentals of triplet rhythms in blues music and techniques for precise string bending.

Elevate your Blues guitar skills with instruction on constant bass lines in E, vibrato techniques, and turnaround licks.

Right-hand muting, doubled bass lines, lead-in notes, and blues-inspired runs are covered.

A minor pentatonic and A blues scales are covered up to higher fretboard positions.

Rhythmic patterns in Ragtime guitar are explored through study of 3/4 time signature, simple notation, and cut time bass lines.

Syncopated rhythms and chord changes in Ragtime style are covered, introducing techniques for complex and interesting music-making.

Ragtime fingerpicking techniques are demonstrated through solo performances showcasing mastery of the style.

Covers iconic Ragtime compositions by Scott Joplin, including timeless hits such as The Entertainer and Maple Leaf Rag.

Bass chord-style jazz fingerpicking techniques for left and right hands, including damping methods.

Covers jazz chord shapes, string muting techniques, and rhythm creation with major, minor, seventh, and bass chords.

Covers advanced Jazz chord techniques, including lead-in chords, arpeggio style, major sixth chords, minor sixth chords, and ninth chords.

Eleventh chords, thumb percussion, thirteenth chords, diminished chords, finger roll, ghost notes, and thumb slapping are covered.

Produces bell-like harmonics and combines them with normal fretted notes, artificial harmonics, and pull-offs.

Advanced jazz chord shapes covered include seven flat five, seven sharp five, minor seven flat five, and others.

Covers single note runs in jazz fingerpicking guitar, including major and natural minor scales, right hand techniques, and common patterns.

Introduces techniques for combining chord progressions with single-note runs, arpeggios, and octaves to create a Jazz-style fingerpicking piece.

Jazz fingerpicking arrangements combine chords, single-note runs, and melody lines.

Open tunings of iconic fingerpickers Ry Cooder, Leo Kottke, and John Fahey are explored, featuring harmonious chords achieved without fretting.

Tunes the guitar to its own resonance and introduces Dropped D tuning, a widely used and versatile open tuning.

Tuning options include Dropped G, a popular altered standard used across multiple music styles.

Open G tuning fundamentals cover chord construction and techniques for playing octaves and bar chords.

Introduces the fundamentals of open D tuning and covers classic songs such as Dee Day and Country Stomp II.

Tuning a guitar to Open C explores its distinctive sound and application in chord progressions and soloing.

Tones and semitones in scale relationships are examined.

The chromatic scale is introduced as a sequence of semitones covering all possible notes within one octave.

The major scale's tonal sequence, semitone structure, and application in creating recognizable sounds are covered.

The three types of minor scales are introduced, including their distinct tone and semitone patterns.

Major pentatonic scales are constructed by selecting specific notes from the major scale.

The Blues Scale's fundamental structure and characteristics are examined, including its role in blues and rock music.

Introduces the concept of musical structure, examining the relationships between notes, scales, and keys.

Relative keys are explored, where major and minor scales share the same notes and key signature, with a focus on distinguishing between them.

Understanding scales, modes, and enharmonic spellings enables playing in any key.

Changing keys preserves melody and rhythm while adapting songs for vocal performance.

Transpose sheet music from challenging keys to easier ones with techniques and strategies for beginners.

Major scales are used to form chords, with each note determining a specific chord.

Musical notation, pitch, and rhythm concepts, notes, rests, durations, time signatures, intervals, semitones, tones, timbre, and vibrato.