Guitar Lesson 1, how to play fingerstyle guitar. (GCH Guitar Academy fingerpicking guitar course)

How to play fingerstyle or fingerpicking guitar lesson 1 of a complete guitar course. Over the next few months and years this will be part of a complete guitar course on fingerpicking or fingerstyle guitar.
Here is the playlist for the complete fingerstyle guitar course;
• Book 1. How to play f...
or you can find it with the eBook that can be viewd online at;
www.ebooks4guitar.com/fingers...
Fingerpicking style guitar is used in virtually all styles of music and therefore is really useful to learn. Whilst fingerpicking guitar is most associated with acoustic guitar you don't need to learn fingerpicking guitar on an acoustic guitar as it can sound just as good on an electric guitar. Fingerstyle guitar is used in classical guitar, folk, bluegrass, rock, blues, jazz and virtually any style of guitar you can mention.
This is a series of carefully designed progressive guitar lessons that will carry you through from an absolute beginner on the guitar to a good level of proficiency in fingerstyle guitar. The GCH Guitar Academy guitar lessons are published to KZbin on a weekly basis just as if you were having private guitar lessons but with the advantage of having the guitar lessons exactly when and where you want them. This gives you time to practice the lessons on your guitar between lessons so that you get the most from each guitar tutorial and achieve your goals as a guitar player.
You will need some basic knowledge of guitar chords to do this course and basic knowledge of how to read guitar tablature so therefore I recommend you view the following 2 videos before starting on this guitar course.
How to speed up your guitar chord changes - • how to speed up guitar...
How to read guitar tablature - • How to read guitar tab...
Finger picking, lesson 1 - • Guitar Lesson 1, how t...
Finger picking, lesson 2 - • Guitar Lesson 2, how t...
All the guitar lessons will be listed above and will be in the playlist below, but If you want to be notified when new videos are uploaded please subscribe and allow notifications.
The eBooks of these lessons that can be viewed completely free online are at;
www.ebooks4guitar.com
#guitar #guitartutorial #acousticguitar #fingerstyle

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[@guitar-academy]

Thank you very much . . classical guitars do feel awkward at first .. 😊

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@@badbotchdown9845 yeah . . really. I started teaching for an established studio first and after a while I set up by myself. I'm not good with times and years . . lol

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[@guitar-academy]

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Me too started few days back

[@guitar-academy]

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I've been playing for a few years but am still a fairly basic 3 chord kind of person and I've been looking for a finger style course. This looks like exactly what I've been after so thanks.

[@guitar-academy]

that's great . . thank you 😊

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@@Rjhs001 You're both close(ish) . . I guess my accent is a little confused as I was born and brought up in Manchester, but my mum was Welsh and I've now lived in Wales for over 40 years. 😊👍

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Thank you so much sir... I was on long break from guitar due to education... Now i am regaining my older self and i am trying to learn fingerstyle for first time...

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Thank you and God bless you too . . . 😃

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[@guitar-academy]

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Never seen I tutorial so well designed........I think I'll finally learn finger style guitar After watching these tutorials and finally be able to play my favourite songs

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[@guitar-academy]

Thank you . . . to India from Wales . . 😊

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Am also from 🇮🇳India

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[@guitar-academy]

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I would love to be able and have a print out of your chart and have a dvd with these guides on how to improve stretch our fingers muscles and speed as well. You might recall I had no internet for aa while

[@guitar-academy]

Yes I do remember. Unfortunately I don't make DVD's but I will have the printable eBook ready soon. I will be giving it away on my website. . . 😊

[@guitar-academy]

I have just uploaded a downloadable and printable PDF for the fingerstyle lessons. Go to www.ebooks4guitar.com and look in lessons for the eBook library.

[@patrickpalmer3374]

I have to rest my fingers, I haven't played a cord in 4 months, step by step I'll get this. I noticed my hand lifting so I planted my pinky down so it's adjusting also, perfect I'm a complete rookie in progress.

[@guitar-academy]

be patient with yourself, and take your time . . 😊

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Long to.know finger picking finally I discover here the pattern and each finger names.Hope to get it better and sing at Christmas using finger picking to surprise my other mates wonder where I've learnt it.Thank you.

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Thank you . . . That's a great goal to have . . hopefully you really impress everyone 😊😀

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Amen

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Been 2 years and the comments are still being replied to. That's how you know he's good at what he does💯

[@guitar-academy]

Thank you very much . . 😊

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[@guitar-academy]

Thank you, I will 😊😃

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[@guitar-academy]

Thank you very much 😃

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When you realize that you didn't have to play the Em Chord and were struggling with the chord changes>:(

[@guitar-academy]

It's all good in the end. Even if you don't need that chord change now, you will do one day . . . . 😊

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Glad it was helpful! thank you 😊

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[@guitar-academy]

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[@guitar-academy]

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[@guitar-academy]

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[@guitar-academy]

So nice of you, thank you very much 😊😃

[@bgtrev]

Just completed this first lesson and from an old beginner, many thanks, it will take me a while to get coordinated but I can see it will be fun. Thanks for taking the time to put things together.

[@guitar-academy]

The coordination will come in time . . . . thank you very much 😊

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Thanks a lot for this best FingerStyle Course.

[@guitar-academy]

Glad you like it! thank you 😊😊

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[@guitar-academy]

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[@guitar-academy]

Thanks you very much and thanks for the sub . . 😊😃

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Subscribed!! Very beautifully explained..... Would love to see more this explanations. Keep it up

[@guitar-academy]

Thanks and welcome, this is just lesson 1, there's a play list in the description 😊😊

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[@guitar-academy]

It's my pleasure, thank you very much 😊

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[@guitar-academy]

It's my pleasure, thank you 😊😃