Yeah, that's strange. I think KZbin can be a bit glitchy sometimes.

I'm so glad it was helpful! This practice technique has helped me so much.

Nice tutorials idol I like it

Thanks! I'm so glad you like it.

@@JoshSnodgrassLessons Just bought the tab Josh..!!! Cant wait until I start learning it.. God Bless !

@@paulchristie9170 Awesome! Let me know if you have any questions.

@@JoshSnodgrassLessons Hi Josh - question : the open notes in the () Do I play them ? Or is that to symbolize they are ringing.. pls help

@@paulchristie9170 Hi, great question. The () indicates that the note is ringing out from the previous measure. So no, you don't pick those, you just let them ring.

That's so awesome and I'm glad it was helpful. How is playing the guitar coming along for you?

I'm making progress little by little and having a lot of fun. Chord transitions are the hardest part for me. Picking melodies comes a little more naturally, but I'm struggling to incorporate more than just the main notes from the melody. I think I know the answer though... more practice. 😄 Do you think it's a bad idea to focus on fingerstyle techniques before mastering the basics of rhythm guitar?

That's great that you're having fun, that's the main thing when you're starting out. About chord transitions, there's a cool exercise to help with that: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jJyaZZSso7GdocU -It helps, I actually still use it sometimes when I'm dealing with chords I don't normally use. About adding more than the main notes from the melody, you might just try playing the base note and letting it ring at each measure or chord change and then playing the melody over that. It's simple compared to a lot of fingerstyle music but it will give you the structure of the song. I expect it would also be a good challenge/exercise for you. As you get more comfortable you can add in some harmony notes to the melody. I often do this just by picking 2 strings with my 2 picking fingers (instead of just the melody note) and I often just use the adjacent note in whatever chord I'm playing. -It fills it out a bit. Eventually you can work up to arpeggios. About your question, I don't think it is a bad idea to focus on fingerstyle before learning rhythm guitar. The art of strumming is pretty much useless in most fingerstyle arrangements. It's a completely different skill and it's not really that relevant. I'm sure there are some great fingerstyle players that aren't very good strummers. I was a rhythm guitar player first but I hardly ever strum now. I hope that helps.

@@JoshSnodgrassLessons Thanks for the advice! That chord change exercise makes a lot of sense. I'm going to start incorporating that into my practice sessions. And that's really helpful to have some ideas for the first steps beyond the single note melody.

@@reedhewitt The first song I ever learned as a fingerstyle guitar song was "What Child is This". I know it's a weird time of year to work on this song but I have a lesson with some good arpeggios: kzbin.info/www/bejne/ZoOulq2hoMynb7ssi=-mPf0wQqNEiCQvUq

Hi, I have 3 guitar tab books at my website: www.joshsnodgrass.com/tab I also have some video lesson here on KZbin: www.youtube.com/@JoshSnodgrassLessons

@@JoshSnodgrassLessons thank you Brother!

Thanks Rick!

Hi, I have a video where I show my recording process here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/enKtqXqvZpZ5hbs

Hi David, Thanks so much for the encouragement. I had to "restart" learning guitar a few times as well. Stick with it, you can do it.

Hi Doug, that's a good question. I looks like I goofed up there. You're right that on that first beat I should be picking the lowest string for the bass note of that G chord and then the 2 highest strings at the same time but I didn't do that there for some reason. Sorry about the confusion.

Hi Doug, I'm sorry, the free give away was only for the first few weeks after I posted this video. It's now part of a tab book here: www.joshsnodgrass.com/tab/hymn-songbook-2

The video with me playing it is here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/h4XOZ5eNp7ZsodU It will be out in iTunes and all of those similar sources on March 21st. It will be on my new album titled "Hymns - Acoustic Guitar Volume 3

Thanks Alan! I'm so glad that you liked it. I've spent a lot of time recording fingerstyle and I want to share some of the little tricks I've learned. There are so many little tricks to it and it's hard to share it all in a video. Happy recording!

I am looking forward to getting back at it as well! My guitar is a Takamine EF508KC

No problem! I'm glad you enjoyed it!

Thanks! Yeah, getting the room cleaned up and organized so I can shoot videos has been a long time coming!

Thanks! God bless you too!

Great question. I am using a "drop D capo" so the red 2 is actually a "minus 2". It is the string left open by the capo so it's 2 frets lower than the capo. I know it's confusing since I am using that unusual capo but I think it's awesome for making it easier to play the chords and melody at the same time.

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