The Acoustic Guitar Fingerstyle Method

Focuses on two fingerstyle approaches: alternating-bass "Travis" picking and steady-bass blues style. This instruction starts at the most basic level then progresses, lesson-by-lesson, as new techniques are added. Techniques included are: blues scales, walking bass lines, chord substitutions, double stops and moves up the neck. Each concept is followed up with a classic song or instrumental from the blues, country, folk or ragtime traditions

(Guitar Method). A complete collection of all three Acoustic Guitar Method books in one volume! Learn how to play guitar with the only beginning method based on traditional American music that teaches you authentic techniques and songs. Beginning with a few basic chords and strums, you'll start right in learning real music drawn from blues, folk, country and bluegrass traditions. You'll learn how to find notes on the fingerboard, expand your collection of chords by learning songs in various keys, and learn different kinds of picking patterns. When you're done with this method series, you'll know dozens of the tunes that form the backbone of American music, using a variety of flatpicking and fingerpicking techniques. Songs include: Bury Me Beneath the Willow * Delia * Frankie and Johnny * The Girl I Left Behind Me * House of the Rising Sun * Ida Red * In the Pines * Little Sadie * Man of Constant Sorrow * Sally Goodin * Scarborough Fair * Will the Circle Be Unbroken? * and many more. Accompanying audio examples are all available for download!

(String Letter Publishing). Hone your technique and deepen your understanding of contemporary fingerstyle guitar with this full method taught by one of the masters of the genre. From fundamentals like properly positioning the fretting and picking hands to developing a solid alternating thumb technique, Alex de Grassi carefully guides beginning and intermediate players into the world of steel-string guitar. He then explores more advanced topics like cross-string playing, altering the texture and weight of notes and chords, slapping and tapping, and developing "depth of field" in your playing-techniques he has used in composing and arranging guitar music for over 30 years. This book includes standard notation and tablature as well as links to online audio tracks.

(Guitar Method). The Hal Leonard Guitar Method is designed for anyone just learning to play acoustic or electric guitar. It is based on years of teaching guitar students of all ages, and it also reflects some of the best guitar teaching ideas from around the world. Book 1 includes tuning; playing position; musical symbols; notes in first position; C, G, G7, D, D7, A7, and Em chords; rhythms through eighth notes; strumming and picking; over 80 great songs, riffs, and examples.

(Instrumental Folio). Instrumentalists will love this jam-packed collection of 101 timeless pop hits and favorite standards: The Boxer * City of Stars * Daughters * Every Breath You Take * Gabriel's Oboe * Have I Told You Lately * Just Give Me a Reason * Love Me Tender * Michelle * Never Enough * Perfect * She's Always a Woman * Strangers in the Night * Three Times a Lady * What a Wonderful World * Your Song * and more.

"National guitar workshop method, approved curriculum."

Learn advanced acoustic guitar fingerstyle techniques with Daryl Kellie