Introduction to Fingerpicking Guitar

SKU: MB.GW1073

5.75x4 inches.

This lesson is intended for players that have already learned most of their open position chords but have not yet tried plucking strings using multiple fingers. I will guide you through exercises that will introduce the most fundamental rhythms and fretboard moves of old time picking. Then, we?ll work our way through a series of tunes of increasing difficulty, taken from the repertoire of the greatest old-time pickers: Mississippi John Hurt, Elizabeth Cotten, Sam Chatmon, Etta Baker and Sam McGee. Titles include: You?ve Got to Walk That Lonesome Valley, Chatmon Family Rag, Rock House Joe, Farther Along, Lonesome Road Blues, Carolina Breakdown, New Year?s Eve and Buck Dancer?s Choice Detailed tab/music PDF file on the DVD. 90 minutes. DVD is region 0, playable worldwide.