Alex de Grassi Fingerstyle Guitar Method

The Alex de Grassi Fingerstyle Guitar Method is a complete course in learning to play contemporary steel-string guitar, taught by a master of the instrument. Alex de Grassi carefully guides players through 29 in-depth lessons with definitive advice on fingerstyle technique, tone, phrasing, and arranging, and over 200 musical examples, exercises, and songs. This comprehensive method is available in two different formats:

• Book & Audio Download package: 192 pages with notation, tab, and audio downloads for all music examples, played by Alex de Grassi.
• PDF & Video Download package: A four-part download featuring the complete written instruction from the book, and 6 hours of accompanying video instruction.

Please ensure that there is adequate space on your computer's hard drive before downloading the PDF and video package. The written instruction (PDF) is delivered in the first of the four download files (664.3 MB including video). File size for each of the remaining three files is as follows: 638.5 MB, 589.6 MB, and 794 MB.

• Fingerstyle Guitar Design
• Holding the Guitar
• Tuning

• The Picking Hand
• The Fretting Hand

• Note Duration
• Legato Techniques
• Open Strings vs. Fretted Notes

• Strummed, Block, and Rolled Chords
• Chord Voicings
• Arpeggios

• The Alternating Bass
• Enhancing the Alternating Bass
• More Patterns

• Articulations
• Vibrato
• Pizzicato, Muting, and Harmonics
• Timbre and Dynamics

• Cross-String Techniques
• Barre Chords and Cross-String Arpeggios

• Voicings, Resonance, Modes, and Harmony
• Texture and Weight

• Cross-Rhythms
• Arpeggiated Figures, Syncopations, and Accents
• Phrasing

• Percussion
• Slapping and Tapping

• Depth of Field
• Orchestration