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Travis Picking Basics

In this excerpt from The Acoustic Guitar Fingerstyle Method, David Hamburger introduces us to travis picking and explains the steps involved in establishing the bass notes.

Fingerpicking the Blues: The Alternating-Bass P...

Get to grips with the alternating-bass pattern by playing through the two examples in this excerpt from Country Blues Guitar Basics.

Learn to Play the Christmas Anthem "Joy to the ...

The Christmas anthem "Joy to the World" works beautifully for solo fingerstyle guitar. Learn to play the intro with the help of this excerpt from Holiday Songs for Fingerstyle Guitar.

Learn to Play the Classic Blues Song "Oh Daddy"

This excerpt from Arranging Folk and Blues Songs focuses on thumb rolls and how they can help “fatten up” the sound of the solo guitar.

Up-The-Neck Octave Exercises

Get ready to stretch. These up-the-neck octave exercises from the Weekly Workout series will help you learn the fingerboard.

Move Up the Fingerboard with Ascending Seventh-...

In the Weekly Workout called “Move It On Up,” we worked on patterns that move up the fingerboard instead of across it. This workout takes a similar approach with some...