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How to Fingerpick the Beatles’ “Julia”
Posted by Tricia Baxter on
Stray from always playing the root note first for an interesting twist on alternating bass fingerpicking.
Jazz Guitar Tip: Improvise with a Familiar Chord Progression
Posted by Anita Evans on
When improvising, you can use single-note lines to outline the harmony of a song. Use today’s excerpt from Fingerstyle Jazz Guitar Essentials to work on improvising through a progression. Excerpted from Fingerstyle Jazz Guitar Essentials When improvising, it is important to be able to outline the harmony of a song with single-note lines. We can start to work on improvising through a progression by creating lines that are found, for the most part, within a familiar chord shape, like the common Cm7 chord voicing in Example 1. Keep that shape in mind as you look at Examples 2 and 3, which illustrate the arpeggio and chord scale...
Learn How to Navigate the Modulations in Circle-of-Fifths Progressions
Posted by Anita Evans on
This excerpt from Weekly Workout: Full Circle introduces you the concept and explores circle-of-fifths progressions using seventh-chord arpeggios in one position.
Piano-Ballad Style Fingerpicking Pattern
Posted by Kelsey Holt on
Move between monotonic bass lines and plucked treble notes for a fingerpicking pattern similar to “Tears in Heaven.”
How to Combine Fretted Notes with Slide Notes
Posted by Tricia Baxter on
Mixing up fretted notes and slide notes over an alternating bass sounds great. Learn how to play this classic blues technique with this excerpt from Acoustic Guitar Slide Basics.