Fingerstyle for the Curious Guitarist

Complete fingerstyle guitar class. Fingerpicking techniques for all levels.

*Be sure to download the PDF in the Projects & Resources section.  (It's called "Fingerstyle for the Curious Guitarist - PDF.")  It's 16 pages long & contains all the text & tabs that'll be helpful for this class.  (If you have issues downloading it from your mobile device, then download it from a computer or laptop.)  Don't wait - get it now!

Welcome to Fingerstyle for the Curious Guitarist! This is a complete fingerstyle guitar class for all levels of playing & improvising using fingerstyle & fingerpicking technique. Fingerstyle is a widely popular technique for playing guitar and can be used in many styles of music. Guitarists will often study this style alongside regular flatpicking playing.

Any kind of six-string guitar will work well for this class - electric, acoustic, or classical guitar.

The first few lessons will quickly get you up-to-speed with the terminology, such as our string names, reading TAB, and naming our picking fingers. Next, we'll use finger rolls, dyads, & triads (plus combinations of these) to play through chord progressions using only fingerpicking. We'll explore technique after technique of fingerstyle approaches to playing anything & everything without the use of a pick. We'll also work on traditional classical & Spanish techniques using open-handed strumming.

Everything in this class is in TAB form - no music reading required.

Many of the lessons will have a page number included in the title, which corresponds to the PDF attachment for that lesson (downloadable in the Projects & Resources section.) These are the tabs, rhythms, & text guitar lessons.  Be sure to get the PDF.

Class Requirements:

• This class is for everyone - including complete beginners.
• You only need a guitar - any kind of guitar with six strings.

Who this class is for:

• Anyone who wants to learn fingerstyle guitar.
• Beginner, intermediate, & advanced guitarists.
• Guitarists wanting to level-up their fingerpicking skills.
• Guitarists wanting to improvise using fingerstyle technique.

What you'll learn:

• Every common fingerstyle technique.
• Modern & classical methods.
• Be able to play anything using fingerpicking techniques.
• Common finger rolls.
• Improvise & be creative with your fingerpicking.
• Open-handed strumming.
• Chords & solos using fingerstyle techniques.
• Fast fingerstyle scale runs.

By the end of this class, you'll have all the tools you need to play anything on the guitar using a fingerstyle approach.

I'm glad you're here - let's begin.

• Preview
• Welcome to the Class
• Guitar Basics (page 2)
• PIMA (page 3-4)
• Rest Stroke & Free Stroke
• Dyads & 2-String Rolls (page 5)
• Triads & 3-String Rolls (page 6)
• Full Use of PIMA - flams & rakes (page 7)
• Thumb Strum
• Invisible Pick
• Rasqueado (page 8)
• PI for Scale Speed (page 9)
• Roll #1 PIMI (page 10)
• Roll #2 PIPI (page 11)
• Roll #3 P (IM) P (IM) (page 12)
• Roll #4 PIM (page 13)
• Roll #5 MIP (page 14)
• Roll #6 P (IM) (IM) (page 15)
• Going Forward