The Nuts and Bolts of Fingerstyle Guitar
A 2 hour CD-ROM video which gives you the tools necessary to speaking extemporaneously on the guitar.
Here's what you'll learn:
- The 4 Basic Building Blocks of Fingerpicking
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Combining the building blocks
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Pattern picking; a means, not an end
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Improvise melody while keeping the bass going
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Exploring syncopation (Grandfather's Clock)
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Accompaniment; guitar as "answering voice" (Pallet On Your Floor)
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Create your own instrumental
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You can play Country Blues!
The main body of the lesson concentrates on mastering constant alternate bass style, which allows you to improvise melody, bass lines, or both.
The 20 minute Country Blues section is in the Texas style; simple and powerful stuff, like Lightnin' Hopkins played.
- If you know a few basic chords on the guitar, then you're ready to start working with this video.
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If you've played fingerstyle guitar for 20 years, but never quite gotten beyond playing specific arrangements of tunes, or if you feel that there's still something missing in your playing, then you are also ready for this video!
- Available as a CD-ROM only. (Sorry, not DVD.)
Send check ($23 postpd for CDROM) payable to:
Rolly Brown
612 Washington Ave., Sellersville PA 18960
About CD-ROM: This video uses "Real Player" software to display the video on your computer screen. The software is a free download at www.Realplayer.com, but is not included on the CD-ROM.