Fingerstyle for the world

My online series covering all things related to fingerstyle guitar. I seek to help guitarists around the world develop a keen understanding of musicianship and an appreciation of the music they play.

Fingerstyle for the World also includes a 3-part online course for you to learn fingerstyle guitar from beginner to advanced levels.

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Technique

How to Strum Down Up with Fingers | Beginner Tips to Get You Started!

Introduction Strumming with a pick is straightforward enough, but what about fingerstyle strumming? While a pick looks and feels the same...

Hammer-ons and Pull-offs with One Hand | 3 Tips for Easy Tapping!

Introduction Hammer-ons and pull-offs are some of the first fancy guitar tricks we learn to spice up our guitar playing. Though they may...

Guitar Finger Stretching Exercises (Advice from a Medical Doctor)

Introduction Playing guitar is an athletic activity, and just like we need to stretch our muscles before a run, we also need to stretch...

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Theory

5 Movable Chord Shapes to Play EVERYTHING on Fretboard!

JUST FIVE chord shapes to play every chord on the entire guitar fretboard! Master these five shapes and you can play any chord in...

7 Scale Positions To UNLOCK The ENTIRE Guitar Fretboard

Did you know you ONLY need 7 scale positions to unlock the ENTIRE guitar fretboard? Let me show you how and why you just need these 7...

How to Improvise with Diatonic Arpeggios on Guitar: 4 Unique Approaches!

Improvisation, especially with diatonic arpeggios, is to me the most important element of good musicianship and guitar-ship. Being able...

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Musicianship

Don't Be An Innovative Guitarist!

Introduction Guitarists like to innovate, and innovation is great. Have you ever thought of creating a new technique, a new style, a new...

Should I Learn Sight Reading for Guitar? (YES... AND HERES WHY!)

Introduction Sight-reading might be one of the greatest fears of contemporary guitarists, and we're always finding reasons to avoid...

Why I Sing the Guitar Notes I Play (And Why You Should Too!)

Introduction Singing the notes you play on guitar not only sounds cool but is a great way to develop your musicianship skills. I'm going...

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Arrangement

How to Use Texture in Fingerstyle Guitar

Introduction Texture in solo fingerstyle guitar is a crucial and often overlooked element in creating meaningful and musical fingerstyle...

Call and Response on Guitar

Introduction Call and response is a very popular musical arrangement device used in cultures all over the world, and today we'll be...

How to Play Fingerstyle Guitar Expressively (Less is MORE!)

Introduction Expressive playing is critical to elevating your fingerstyle guitar technique, distinguishing yourself from other guitarists...

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knowledge

What is a Slotted Headstock (And What Does It Do?)

Introduction In this piece we're going to be discussing slotted headstocks on acoustic guitars - why do they exist, what purpose do they...

Small Bodied Acoustic Guitars (5 Reasons You Will Love Them!)

Introduction In this piece we'll be delving into the world of small bodied acoustic guitars, also commonly called parlor guitars, and...

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Fingerstyle for the world

Helping musicians

become

better guitarists

free guides

Technique

Theory

Musicianship

Arrangement

knowledge