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SESSION 10 – Fingerstyle Guitar
B o n u s R e s o u r c e s
RESOURCES
Key Concepts
Fingerstyle Technique
Simple Finger Patterns
How to Get Control & Speed
Skills Gained in this Session
Gaining Proper Fingerstyle Technique
Familiarity with Finger Patterns Developing Motor Skill Control of Fingers
When one puts up a building one makes an elaborate scaffold to ge t everything into its proper
place. But when one takes the scaffold down, the building must stand by itself with no trace of
the means by which it was erected. That is how a mu sician should work.
- Andre Segovia (1893 -1987), the most influential Classica l guitarist of the 20th century
Session Overview
This session covers a very rewarding style of guitainvolves using your fingers to pluck the notes instead of the pick. For this you will use your r playing – Fingerstyle. Fingerstyle guitar
thumb and the first three fingers of your fingeringway involves overcoming some physical and motor ski hand. Using these fingers effectively in this ll issues. Three simple finger patterns
are introduced to help you gain muscle control over these fingers.
Proper right hand (fingering hand) technique includbringing your thumb slightly forward. In this bonus resource book is a section that shows how es having a relaxed fingering hand and
to build a good Fingerstyle hand position in 5 stepeach finger to have freedom of movement. As the strings are plucked, the thumb moves in a s. The goal of a proper hand position is for
circular motion and the other fingers will cup up i nto the palm of the hand.
There are exercises in the lesson book as well as ethe three finger patterns. As you play them concenxercises in the bonus resources on each of trate on the physical movements of your
hand. Try to play them as smoothly and evenly as p ossible.
Along with the songs in the lesson book, two new sofirst is Dm Etude. An ETUDE is a piece of music designed to help the pngs are given in the bonus resources. The layer develop a
technical ability. Fingerstyle guitar. The bonus resources also incluIn this case, the technical ability is the finger ide a revised version of Canon in D. The ndependence needed to play
version of Canon in D in the lesson book on page 62the last line in the 3rd and 4th bar which is corrected in the bonus resources version. Also, includes a small error in the tablature on
playing notes are given to help you learn the finge rings of this song.
Fingerstyle is a challenging but beautiful way to ashould have a working knowledge of the basic componpproach guitar playing. Every guitar player ents of Fingerstyle playing. This is a
great skill to add to your increasing body of guita r knowledge.
Keep Learning!Go for CONTROL
not SPEED.Focus on training
your fingers to do
what your brain is
telling them to do.CONTROL &
SPEED KEYS
Work with a
metronome.
Slow Down.
Use Proper Right
Hand Technique.
Repetition,
Repetition, &
Repetition.