Five Fingerpicking TIPS to Save Months of PRACTICE

[@georgemiller9212]

I've only watched a couple of your videos so far but already I am hooked. You're a good teacher and give good advice.

[@sarahlee8022]

Ditto!!!

[@mrnoodle3777]

Ikr? I watched like two and already I’ve learned more about finger picking that’s in a month.

[@Wizdoc]

Hello there Marco my name is Jeremy I've been listening to you about 11 months now and I appreciate the teacher that you are I have skyrocketed from a beginner advanced to now almost to grandmaster level... And it's all because of you buddy.

[@AmandaSnoise]

This is what its about...playing drills that sound beautiful and musical. Drills dont have to suck! I hate practicing lame scales. This makes it super fun and soothing! Anyone complaining about going too fast should just sub your patreon. I learned to play guitar a year ago and learning fast now w/ all your excellent drills (and stacks of patreon tabs)

[@woleistner]

People like you enrich KZbin. I am a big fan of yours and have already watched some of your videos. Thanks to you, I have rediscovered my love for playing the guitar at almost 60 years old. Thank you for that.

[@dip286]

What a beautiful line said by you... "Don't challenge yourself with the things that too easy"... love from India ❤️

[@niranjantoppo5614]

I watched it two years ago . I'm still watching it Today but I've never become tired of watching it because it's so worth watching.. it's applicable for all beginners intermediate and advanced . I'm completely memorized by how you teach us. how great of you .

[@witnesspharell9156]

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[@willytoussaint]

I have started being boring with guitar. But your lesson is helpful to continue enjoying it.

[@abinash-subba]

Hey bro I am from India..❤ and I am an Indian litrelly I love your Guitar playing style that's so cool man keep going ❣️lots of love from India ❤

[@JerelTeh]

you just made me love classical music

[@MarcoCirillo]

Yesssss 🎸🎸

[@gins8781]

If I haven’t commented before…. I have reached a place where I am able to implement these tips and techniques. I am grateful for your generosity in sharing your knowledge.

[@praveenlokhande1983]

With other instructors I feel I know a bit to play but with Marco even the simplest tip sets a beginner like me to the path of practice I either never either complete or next level seems miles away.🤣. Jokes apart Marco's you're a genius guitarist who shares loads of information here all for free...

[@hvmzvsh]

I LOVE HOW YOU PLAY GUITAR MAN. ITS JUST AMAZING I WANT TO ACHIEVE THIS LEVEL

[@prasannakhanikar1778]

I am learner but want to be guitarist..

[@insideman7501]

@@prasannakhanikar1778 how is it going so far?

[@faitdetreseul9767]

@@prasannakhanikar1778 Im late but remember 'pain is temporary but music is forever' :)

[@3516mos]

*PRACTICE*

[@legendaryjoshua5058]

That's not so hard bro u just need a couple of months to achieve it 👍 keep it up

[@dawnagardner932]

Totally hooked. Great lessons

[@shubhamvijay7890]

1. Basic patterns but challenging chords 2. Practice scales with purpose 3. Implement travis picking 4.Learn classical pieces 5.Challenge your Rhythm

[@2fik2ooooo3]

Already in the description...if u can add at least the video shortcuts for each tip, that would be useful

[@doratheexplorer8274]

@@2fik2ooooo3 agreed

[@hariommishraparashar3159]

Thanks

[@aadarshmusic]

Please name some classical pieces

[@lifeafterkings6315]

Thankyou will take a screen shot of that

[@believeinpeace]

You are an amazing guitarist and teacher!

[@sulgypolo]

Musically your tabs and music come from your heart ,tho I'm not a patreon,something I notice alot of foolishness stuff on internet is music but very boring,I like house,punk,indie,80s new romantic electronic,country,..so I find your stuff stimulating whenever I copy your stuff,also because your very advanced,obviously I choose my own take on the your tunes..cheers.

[@kumaraekanayake7901]

Thank you for a very helpful tutorial. This will avoid a lot of time wasting. It is a noble thing to share your knowledge and skills. The pleasure you get from this is immeasurable. I am a surgeon and I do train surgeons and you are no different. May your dreams come true.

[@SethLoweakaSquid]

That’s a great lesson bro, thanks.... i play for a living, and NEED to practice more & more.... the more i learn, the more I realise there is soooo much more to learn! You’re a good teacher, cheers!

[@CramoJJEEDC]

What you play at 1:20 is a simplified version of Romance De Armour. Definitely using this to practice with

[@onurtosyal8164]

what is the next one tho? in part 3

[@patrickblay4732]

Very intelligent teaching Thank you very much.

[@danielbueno466]

This is the reason why i started playing guitar

[@risingtalent1960]

This is the same reason why I will stop play guitar...Ha ha ha

[@waynecwk]

You are an amazing player and teacher! I'm three years late finding this gem, but I'm glad I did. :D

[@allaccount3936]

Classical songs he played here- 1.Malaguena 2.Asturias 3.Romance de amor

[@MultiCugel]

Thank you! I was looking to see if he mentioned the names.

[@shreyasjoshi9216]

U can copy it with your sharingan even if it is impossible

[@perkinwarbeck3029]

Practicing your melodies when I began were an extremely helpful exercise that got my left hand used to a lot of the more difficult chords later on in my guitar career. Thanks for your videos mate

[@vahiddamangiri]

really tnx dear marco...best lessons in the world

[@johnlong4335]

Ok. I’m hooked. Stumbled across your channel this morning. Finally someone teaching guitar and not just how to half play a song. Will it be challenging to learn? YES. Will I enjoy every minute of it? Probably not, it’s practice right. But will I enjoy the guitar more in the future because of. Absolutely! Marco thank you for videos. Became a subscriber right away. Can’t wait to wade through some of your other videos.

[@Dutchy1949]

For those down below looking for the tabs, become a patroen. For $5 a month you get the tabs and you can take your own time to practice. If I want a 1/2 hour lesson where I live it costs £12.50. £25 per hour. I know I paid it. Now I find it easier to subscribe and become a patroen to Marco but it takes patience man. You have to take it slowly if you are a beginner - intermediate as I am its not easy. But when I hear those sweet notes, this is MY type of picking. Forget about AC/DC and your heavy metal, this kind of picking is sweet folk and blues and even some spanish thrown in. For a $5 dollar subscription thats not even the price of 2 beers. Enjoy

[@Kingkaabu]

dude u are amazing bro amazing.......the tip nmbr 2 was awesome.....❤️ my heart say like don't teach me just play a music in tip 2 . ❤️ that was awesome man.!!! i have no words to how to admire your this skills ❤️❤️❤️🙈 god bless you ❤️🙏 keep it up 💕❤️

[@BrandoBaggins23]

Dude these videos are so helpful! I've been playing guitar for 20 years now, mostly just strumming and simple arpeggios. These vids are helping me improve finger picking quite a bit

[@pivipivivu9957]

Excellent teaching way!

[@tanmoysarkar9375]

Always stay behind us like this. Finger picking is legendary but we have no good teacher in India in finger picking. And a little place like our village here we don't have any good teacher in guitar. But I am learning and able to play some chords and scales but I feel that there is something missing in my playing. But whenever I watch your video I enjoy and enriched. Recently I started to play finger style but not able progress my self. This video will immensely help us. Lots of love from India....♥️♥️♥️♥️

[@1233-k6v]

I'll save this video for when I become an intermediary player. For now I'll look for beginner stuff.

[@gsmusicals6249]

I want to learn from you sir..... U r the perfect guitar teacher I have ever seen in YOU TUBE...... please sir I want to go this level...

[@kei1749]

Actually your the one who hook me to buy a guitar and its so cool that i practice what you say

[@SaurabhGuptaMumbaiIndia]

same here

[@chueyxuey8175]

Dont get too comfortable with just chords or when you start finger style, when switching between notes that are not next to each other you're gonna touch other notes or strings you dont want to and it'll be very uncomfortable. Try to let your left hand loosen so its not always so use to being held down by your thumb. Jumping around note to note will be like going from a bike to a unicycle if your fingers and left hand isn't use to being free. Im saying this because this is me right now, I got too use to having my thumb just wrapped around the neck to reach the Low E string that if I don't have it there to anchor my left hand I will touch strings I don't want to.

[@AnnaëlleD]

4:39 Indeed! That's the first time I hear someone showing an exercice that shows the link between a chord and the corresponding scale.

[@glorioskiola]

Marco is the best fingerstyle teacher on youtube.

[@pierrejons6183]

You've always been my favorite teacher .you are still my teacher and you'll always be my pattern in my guitar playing .

[@russellnewton6660]

Never heard scales sound so good.

[@kapitankovidak9723]

Perfect finger position Perfect timing and a good guitar will sound like that

[@Pranavjha1234-c6p]

I love your videos❤️

[@jlm649]

Exactly what I was looking for...learn scales but also make up melodies...so much more inspiring and encouraging to learn this way plus all your other tips here are excellent!! thank you so much!!!!

[@leterrencebell5597]

Absolutely appreciate your dedication to the Art😎I've learned a great deal from your guitar lessons

[@dimwitsadvocate6264]

I saw this video a year ago and didn't do anything with it. I don't know why. I find this to be an inspiring way to learn the guitar. I don't know why I didn't respond to this video last year, but today I am going to get on one of the higher tiers on Patreon for this guy. Let's see how it goes. One thing I would like to see in your tabs is what chord is playing at the moment. That way I could also see whether I am hitting the root, third, fifth, or whatever of that chord.

[@sarojnepal4654]

You are the genius guy. I have been struggling even to play basic notes but till now could not get success.

[@negringo4470]

DUDE !!! CANT THANK YOU ENOUGH .....BEEN FOLLOWING FOR ALMOST A YEAR .

[@thegreatrest-exslave-slave9450]

I like the way you get to the point and give absolutely brilliant advice very clearly and with minimum waffle. 👍👍👍

[@MarcoCirillo]

Thanks ☀️🎸

[@bekkaadair854]

Im a super newb but am committed to learn this instrument! This video helped me sound like I could actually play! Thank you so much!!! Im super inspired and will def be checking out your lessons on patreon!

[@neilboiser1482]

Me after watching this video finally a good teacher

[@randomness200]

Can't help falling in love with you😍...the one you played on Travis picking

[@onurtosyal8164]

whats the song

[@nisalk]

You play so smoothly & effortlessly! How do you do that man

[@bobnathanielpoloyapoy4440]

Your tutorial serves its purpose. Keep sharing nice tutorials for us. Very good teacher.

[@BarryFence]

This is one of my favorite videos of yours. I especially liked tip number 2 as I find scales a little boring. Thanks again!

[@jonathancamacho9770]

I appreciate your tutorial and much more your presentation and the kind of melody that you stitch into music... As you would always say,,, beautiful... Mellow sound and rhythm

[@jonathancamacho9770]

From the philippines... the southern part of the archipelago

[@tracekat6456]

These are great tips and its helping me progress much faster. Spanish music is my grooooove🙄

[@gregoryboyce6871]

Man o man...wish you were my neighbor!!!!! You would have a new best friend. Been following you for awhile. Love your work. Thank you so much.

[@jasonmadden3615]

Love this guy! I am definitely following from now on

[@iamrhazell]

I am just starting to learn fingerstyle/fingerpicking....this is a good reference. :)

[@purrrfectpillow]

Its been 1 month, how are you now?

[@Honour940]

it's been 3 years am sure you are advanced player now

[@markjaysombrero5858]

Finally someone maid it simple. Thanks for sharing. Can't wait to practice with my guitar

[@AnthonyCarrier]

Thanks Marco...

[@nakedfrets2157]

Thank you.! I’ve been looking for tip #2 for a long time. Not starting on the root every time, picking a few notes from each scale…. I’m excited to focus on using your advice in my practice sessions. I’ve been missing the purpose part and your example is the perfect starting point to get past that. I’d either practice scales with improv over backing tracks or songs with little to no lead work but never really both at the same time -chords with nice little melodic fills between chord changes. That is exactly what will take my playing to the next level. Thanks again for sharing this!

[@rooneymechis]

I love how it sounds at the same time ❤️

[@EbrahimJohnson]

Amazing Tips and great video Marco... would love to hear you play more and teaching some classical peices for us.... Please Marco

[@lkkhi]

You'r lessons are great. I've benefited so much. Thank you!🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@nxgraphics]

wow man, that's really impressive, i guess your culture and skills gave something really unique! true player

[@lyndontaylor1380]

Thanks for this excellent video. One of the most instructive and useful guitar tuition videos I've ever seen (and I've watched a lot!)

[@joneastelow3242]

Blows your mind, great stuff Marco......More practice needed for me....I actually fell into the last exercise of thumb slapping, fingernail strum by accident not long after I picked a guitar up, it seemed to sound pretty good without picking to many strings.

[@vahidaRehman1]

Really useful video 👍🏼 thankyou so much 💐

[@MrWierdwildstuff]

Your melodies are always amazing. I appreciate your teaching!

[@eddiet2]

This is what most of us need. Thank you, Marco!

[@rishabhsharma6084]

you have some god level guitar skills😍😍

[@thecatoftime8152]

This is beautiful man, you’re a beautiful player.

[@andrescosta2992]

And a beautiful Guitar in between us

[@mikhailalifanau8438]

Thank you a lot Marco. I believe its really hard to be consistent about your uploads and also giving us some actual useful information. And you do it just right. Your tips and lessons are great, so as you are

[@LivE-bo4ez]

i appreciate your talent and passion for this, you're very very amazing at guitar. Thank you fro sharing your talent, truly amazing i want to be able to do it as well as you can!

[@areejkhalid904]

You're the best teacher ever!!!!, I've learned sooooooo MUCH FROM YOUR VIDEOS!!!!

[@guitarDad100]

Wow. Very effective but simple lesson. Thanks for sharing.

[@richardclements9052]

You're great on the guitar man, thanks again for passing on your gift

[@asmitrai1035]

This is the only video I found useful... Thanks man

[@Rikkifitness680]

Thanks buddy it helped a alot❤❤

[@sarcadistic9762]

I'm pretty new to your channel. You're a really good teacher! For months I was wondering why I wasn't improving, but you helped me figure out where to go next. I'm going to watch all of your videos!

[@kz_cbble9670]

Which one is that from your dp?

[@mambricanmambisa374]

Awesome lesson. Would've been even better if we had an image of the fretboard showing notes as you play, maybe replacing that facial shot

[@kenneth4500]

Tip 1 0:21 Tip 2 2:10 Tip 3 5:18 Tip 4 6:45 Tip 5 9:15

[@robhead22]

Beautiful. And beautifully simple. I’m on it!

[@napsternapster5288]

I really need this kind of finger style exercises. Thank you for sharing, sir ❤

[@kokoroplays6876]

Thanks for this sir from philippines,

[@blacksunangel636]

Man you rock at it 😎👏👏

[@petermeijer3019]

Very very good lesson!!!

[@alphameta2199]

I just discovered your channel and I loveeeee it.

[@mk00918]

Cool... Even the first exercise is awesome..

[@gideonsings6639]

Thanks Marco. Helped me a lot.

[@puqpetmaster]

no bullshit, good tips, good channel, chill dude. thanks mate!

[@christianpolak3011]

I was really hearing the progression of Nothing Else Matters in the beginning

[@tunod-]

Hey, I hope youre still reading your comments because I really want to know what the classical pieces are called. And youre an amazing teacher, the notes you play are just beautiful and thats what I want to learn from my guitar experience.

[@janna1878]

Excellent! Thank you.

[@ramadhannzabamwita4759]

Thanks sir,all your lesson are so useful.we owe you

[@diondellaparicio2843]

I really love your video 😍

[@captainred441]

Thank you so much! Great video. I love the sound of the Travis technique but my fingers and thumb are just not cooperating just yet. Will start slowly.

[@harrygoldsmith1739]

Excellent lesson, thank you very much.

[@5ivzakadoublea107]

Thank you Marco Cirillo.

[@sarah.hodophile505.]

Love your lessons. I've started practising. Will tell my friends to subscribe.