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Fingerstyle guitar allows you to play the bass, harmony, and melody of a song all within the context of a single guitar part.
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Jim Deeming is a modern master of fingerstyle guitar. In this series you will learn basic fingerstyle techniques as well as some beautiful fingerstyle music.
Lesson 1
This lesson serves as an introduction for Fingerstyle Guitar with Jim Deeming. Come on in and get started!
Length: 24:32 Difficulty: 0.5 Member Only
Jim demonstrates a basic fingerstyle exercise that you can use with any of the chords you know.
Length: 16:05 Difficulty: 1.5 Member Only
Jim expands on lesson 2 and teaches several different picking patterns. He also covers the basics of muting.
Length: 14:23 Difficulty: 2.0 Member Only
Jim Deeming explains how to integrate basic syncopation into your rhythm playing.
Length: 17:00 Difficulty: 3.0 Member Only
This lesson is all about picking melody notes. Fingerstyle guitar really gets interesting when you combine bass, harmony, and melody.
Length: 33:00 Difficulty: 3.0 Member Only
Jim Deeming teaches a fingerstyle version of the classic Civil War era song "Aura Lee."
Length: 43:23 Difficulty: 3.0 Member Only
Jim explains key components of Chet Atkins' guitar style.
Length: 18:12 Difficulty: 2.5 Member Only
Jim Deeming teaches a fingerstyle arrangement of "Bicycle Built for Two." He uses this piece as an example of 3/4 or waltz timing.
Length: 37:34 Difficulty: 3.0 Member Only
Jim Deeming teaches a fingerstyle arrangement of "Yankee Doodle" and "Dixie." Both songs are played simultaneously!
Length: 30:03 Difficulty: 2.5 Member Only
Jim Deeming teaches the basics of open G tuning. He also teaches a song entitled "Spanish Fandango" to show how the tuning can be used.
Length: 39:58 Difficulty: 3.0 Member Only
Jim Deeming introduces a playing style called "Carter Family Style." The technique is also referred to as "Frailing" or "Clawhammer" style.
Length: 13:07 Difficulty: 3.0 Member Only
Jim Deeming teaches the many wonders of DADGAD tuning.
Length: 32:25 Difficulty: 2.0 Member OnlyLesson 13
Jim Deeming tackles the topic of thumb independence.
Length: 31:51 Difficulty: 1.5 Free Sample Lesson
Jim Deeming teaches a more advanced version of the aptly named "JamPlay Song."
Length: 7:24 Difficulty: 2.5 Member Only
Jim Deeming teaches a fingerstyle version of the classic song "The Wayfaring Stranger."
Length: 31:27 Difficulty: 2.5 Member Only
Jim Deeming answers one of the most common fingerstyle questions, "which thumbpick should I use?"
Length: 13:03 Difficulty: 1.0 Member Only
Jim Deeming presents his thoughts on how to properly grow and groom your fingernails.
Length: 7:07 Difficulty: 1.0 Member Only
Jim Deeming teaches a fingerstyle arrangement of "The Entertainer," a classic piano song ported over to the guitar.
Length: 20:40 Difficulty: 2.0 Member Only
Jim Deeming teaches the skills necessary to transform any song into a solo fingerstyle masterpiece.
Length: 37:04 Difficulty: 4.0 Member Only
Jim talks more about arranging fingerstyle songs. This time around he discusses harmonization and chord inversions.
Length: 13:35 Difficulty: 2.5 Member Only
Jim Deeming demonstrates alternate ways to play the CAGED chords that can be very useful when playing melody and accompaniment simultaneously.
Length: 30:38 Difficulty: 1.5 Member Only
In this lesson Jim Deeming talks about a simple way to add harmony notes to the melody section of fingerstyle songs. This technique is quite simple and can add a whole new dimension to your playing.
Length: 5:51 Difficulty: 2.5 Member Only
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