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Complete Beginner's Guide to Fingerpicking Guitar

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Overview

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Here fingerstyle guitarist Chris Murrin teaches you how to get started with fingerpicking on guitar. In this 27 minute course Chris takes you from the very beginning of fingerstyle and shows you how to develop great technique. By the end you will be playing with all your fingers on your right hand and fingerpicking across all six strings. The main objective of this course is to set you up so you can learn any fingerpicking song in the future with great technique. 

This course is perfect for people that are brand new to fingerpicking and can even be taken by students that have never played guitar before. It lays the essential foundations you truly need to master the art of fingerpicking.

If you enjoy this class why not check out '20 Essential Super-Beginner to Beginner Fingerpicking Patterns'.

Syllabus

  • Beginner's Guide to Fingerpicking Introduction
  • Finger Selection
  • Pattern 1
  • Pattern 2
  • Pattern 3
  • Pattern 4
  • Mixing it Up
  • Fingerpicking Chords
  • Applying The Patterns
  • Thumb Indepence
  • Thumb Indepence Part 2
  • Putting It All Together
  • Building Speed
  • Final Thoughts

Taught by

Chris Murrin

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