I'd love a pdf of everything you played.

Do you ever use a thumb pick? I still can’t decide after years of going back and forth….

Thanks David , i had to revisit Ray Charles’ “ Halleulah I love Her So” and try and squeeze your chord in - results vary. And “Hit The Road Jack “ too.

Excellent

E7 from heaven, great stuff Dave.

That's a great video!!

Always great playing and easy going instructions. Many thanks.

Tha is so sweet, thanks Dave.

The helped me immensly! Thanks for the tips.

Jaw droppin’ finger pickin’!!

I loaded the tab I thought that started on page 10 but it was the original tab.

The link for the tab goes to the three part workshop. This is the third time I've brought this to your attention. Thankyou.

fascinating, but I think I must have missed where you went from A to E

I love how you focus on songs first, not just licks and tricks.

I am at the level "just get the fundamental, with an embellishment maybe, and the vamp" and I work on the "start here" and the current month simultaneously. It has been great!

Thank you!

I love this version !!! One of my favourite songs ever.

Gold....

Really nice. Out here in the sticks we REALLY appreciate these efforts.

I'm really looking forward to this series in the class. I've tackled this one before and always been amazed at how good you can make it sound. Now I get 3 months to work on it? Awesome!

Bravo! Very nice! I couldn’t help but feel the groove there!

Isn’t a sixth six notes up from a tone, not down? I’m confused by this

The recent free masterclass was excellent; definitely signing-up. Best blues tuition out there.

That rings my bell! I’ll be in there.

Been strumming chords for decades, Is it too late to learn Fingerstyle at 60 years old? 🧐

Looking forward to learn this tune from fundamental to all the way with walking bass. I have a few walking bass lines working on the tune How Long Blues and love it. Thanks!

Fabulous

This is exactly what I needed.

Taj is an underappreciated legend.

You have quite definitely nailed the most difficult part of this style of playing. Rhythm, especially shuffle groove and triplets, is everything. Sub'd and joined. Thanks so much!

Thanks for answering that most urgent and important question. I have THREE Epiphone Casino Coupes. Love their light weight and the fact they can be played acoustically. But you’re right about the look of the mini-humbuckers, I even looked into replacing the P90’s but it’d be a long haul for a short gain.

I’m much more drawn to standards than blues (but can play both equally badly). Thanks for the nod to us standards lovers, and thanks for all the great explanations on the mysteries of chord substitutions. Looking forward to the NEXT lessons on standards!

That opening number needed an ENCORE!!!!

These are great, thanks! Where I want to get, the gap you mentioned....wow. I'm way too scattered, so much great music out there, I have trouble focusing. I'm trying to narrow down to fingerstyle blues, like Gary Davis, Jorma Kaukonen, Mississippi John Hurt, but then I listen to Kottke, or John Fahey, or some of the electric stuff, Michael Bloomfield, Muddy, SRV, etc. So I watch too many online channels, I buy instruction and song books, and wind up not spending the time with a guitar in my hand putting in the work. That's why I haven't committed to the Fingerstyle Five, because I know it would be wasted on me if I didn't really dedicate the time to it. Excuses....

Dear David, great tutorial, phantastic playing. Thanks a lot. One little downside: overall volume ist rather low, so it's somewhat difficult to listen to in not so quiet surroundings. Greetings, Dennis

Love the nuanced insights David! Regarding "mistakes"...I recall Miles Davis apparently said "It's not the note you play that's the wrong not, it's the note you play afterwards that makes it right or wrong." With the Blues improv - if you are paying attention - it's not so hard to move chromatically from a "wrong note" , back to where you need to be.

David - very much enjoyed your workshop series. Thanks for your time, effort and wisdom. Your rendition of the full tune at the start of Class 3 was fantastic and inspirational. Something to aspire to..... someday!

Got here twelve hours late today but grateful for the concept of the workshop and the execution. The real deal in fingerstyle blues - - thanks, David!

DAMN GOOD! Shuffling blues groove.. Love it.

Cool name for your channel

Great lesson. Thank you David.

Incredible teacher and playing. Thanks again David.

Your playing has so much movement in it, something I blow at......

Anyone know what time is class #3 tomorrow?

At the end of this most edifying lesson, you asked participants to let you know what their perceptions of "being good" might be. I'm in my mid 70's and started playing about a year and a half ago, with virtually zero knowledge of music. I have spent a lifetime learning "stuff" in general (mainly science) and music was for a long time on the "to do" list and it's time has finally come. I started by trying to absorb what I could about rudimentary theory (keys, scales, triads, etc.).... remarkable stuff for the uninitiated. Then moved on to the practical matter of actually playing. Looking at the possibilities (for acoustic guitar), I settled on trying to learn to play with my fingers. I happened on Travis picking and plugged away at that until I could make a reasonable pass at three tunes: Dust in the Wind, Landslide and the Boxer. Pretty satisfying, but then I came across Tommy Emmanuel and David Hamburger talking about something called "Fingerstyle", as opposed to "finger-picking patterns". Aha...now this seemed quite an exciting concept compared to Travis picking!! Thumb independance?!...let's give it a run! In that regard I learned to play Elizabeth Cotton's Freight Train, and Lindsay Buckingham's Never Going Back Again. Not so easy as the other three, but I can make a pretty good pass at both of them after some months of daily work. It still doesn't seem like thumb independence the way you talk about it, but a little step in that direction maybe. I am telling you something of my journey here simply to demonstrate that "getting good" is a moving target at my level. The more "possibilities" I'm exposed to, the more I know what aiming a sensible amount higher might look like. The repertoire you seem to specialize in (the traditional blues tunes you teach ) appeals greatly to me and I'm excited to study how this music morphed into rock and pop..... a real revelation for someone who only first heard the term 12 bar blues about a year ago! This three part class in deconstructing How Long Blues has really whet my appetite for more of your method of teaching. You're right when you say there are lots of online resources / teachers out there and some do indeed have good stuff to offer. On balance though, for me, you're way at the top of my list....It seems to me your process is really well thought out and of course your skills are jaw dropping (and you seem like a nice, good intentioned, no B.S. person...which ain't nuthin', as the saying goes..: )). No doubt there will be some students who will reply to your question saying "getting good" means playing with the ease and command of the instrument you have, as well as your knowledge and comprehension of music theory. I however, understand very well that the adage that the acquisition of any complex skill is an undertaking entailing 10,000 hours of work. I'm pretty sure that acquiring an appreciable skill in music, would fall into that category. You surely have put in your 10,000 hours!! For my part I am too old to make it to 10,000 hours and will content myself with the joys of each little incremental amount of knowledge and skill I develop from my daily practice and playing. "Getting good" for me will have to be setting attainable but moving goals and appreciating whatever "getting a little better" results from having attained those goals. BTW I intend to join the FS5...I have for some time felt a bit guilty using your stuff on youtube, without somehow compensating you for all your hard work to help people like me learn. I hope I'm not out of my league when I join!

Thanks for an enlightening lesson David, especially the concept of isolating the bass and melody to learn separately before merging them together as a whole. As a newer player, it's beneficial both now and in the future, and I think it will help me to the other side of the current intermediate plateau I'm slogging through. As for what I consider good on guitar, for myself, it's being able to express myself, and my life, in an authentic way that also resonates with others.

Appreciate your efforts.. Well done.. Like your insights and style

Enjoying this masterclass very much ❤