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LisaMcC
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LisaMcC
Guitar Tricks Instructor
Joined: 11/02/06
Posts: 3,976
07/29/2009 4:45 pm
Hello Edward, and welcome!

If you are just getting started with fingerpicking technique, this tutorial and the subsequent follow-up tutorials ought to get you into pretty good shape:

ACOUSTIC FINGERPICKING FOR BEGINNERS 1: GETTING STARTED
http://www.guitartricks.com/tutorial.php?input=596

At the culmination of this series, there are a couple of fingerstyle instrumentals that may be interesting for you to learn.

Also, if you want to apply the fingerstyle technique to more ambient and improvisational sounds, you might enjoy trying "Open Barre" chords, putting the guitar into an alternate tuning, or using a "capo trick" to easily create some interesting harmonies and progressions.

DADGAD 1: INTRO, SWAMP THING, SHADY GROVE
http://www.guitartricks.com/tutorial.php?input=502

COOL CAPO TRICKS
http://www.guitartricks.com/tutorial.php?input=396

”OPEN BARRE” CHORDS
http://www.guitartricks.com/tutorial.php?input=432

Let us know how it's going - best wishes, Lisa
Lisa McCormick, GT Instructor
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