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Filling in the Gaping Holes of Guitar Tuition

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In response to my email asking how he was getting on with Fingerstyle 101, this is what Ted said:

 

“Hi, Dan the book is brilliant, this is the best guitar tutorial I have come across.

You seem to have looked at what every other guitar tutor puts across, then you cover it all, but you fill in the gaping holes of information that most others just gloss over.

I’m going to learn a lot from you, thank you for being so thorough.

I’ll leave a good review on Amazon for you also.

Great system Dan, thanks.”

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Q and A – With Assaf Levavy from “LickNRiff”

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Welcome to a new Q and A.  For this one, we have Assaf Levavy from LickNRiff.

I don’t follow many YouTube channels but when Assaf puts up a new video I usually take notice. He has plenty of great arrangements which are not only interesting but original too.

He teaches everything to do with fingerstyle and fingerstyle arrangements, as well as improvisation, advanced techniques, advanced theory and cool composition ideas and tools. Check out his channel HERE.

His channel is great for intermediate and beyond guitarists and if you are one of these I think you will love his lessons.

A lot of his lessons take students down different rabbit holes than what I see from other YouTube tutors, especially for those looking to get deep down and dirty with some new ideas.

Anyway, here is the Q and A.

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2 Super Simple Fingerpicking Exercises To Improve Your Fingerstyle Tone, Accuracy and Patterns

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A lot of guitarists can play a few fingerpicking songs and knock out some fingerstyle patterns but a lot don’t ever do any exercises for their fingerpicking hand. Yet, they wonder why they lack speed, dexterity and agility with their picking hand. This video, featuring two simple fingerpicking exercises will help you with this.  [Read more…]

Learn my “Medium” difficulty fingerstyle arrangement of ‘Silent Night’ – with tab, chords and a video play-through

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“Silent Night” is one of the most recognisable Christmas carols of all time, and in my opinion one of the most spiriting and emotional. Here we have the video of me playing it and the tab and chords below so you can learn it too!

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Learn the Amazing ‘Toccata and Fugue in D Minor’ on Guitar

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I love this piece of music. It is so dramatic, recognisable and it makes classical guitar a joy to play and listen to. So many classical pieces out there that are recommended for the guitar are either pretty dull or aren’t recognisable. ‘Toccata and Fugue in D minor’ is so far and away from those pieces. It just sounds amazing.
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Fingerstyle 101: Pattern #6 The “Ed Stream” Pattern video lesson

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If you have already downloaded the free eBook – Fingerstyle 101: : Learn 8 Beautiful Fingerpicking patterns That Every Guitarist Should Know, then you will have come across this simple but wonderful sounding fingerpicking pattern.

Now you can watch the video too. Some guitarists learn better via video and some via tab and eBooks. Most however learn better with a combination of both, so get the eBook out and watch the video to learn this super cool pattern.

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