Fingerstyle Guitar

Genre and Style Guitar Course from Marcelo Berestovoy

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Marcelo Berestovoy returns to JamPlay with his Fingerstyle Guitar series. Learn the style of the greats like Merle Travis and Chet Atkins with Marcelo's one step at a time method.

10 Lessons

Complete course with step-by-step lessons and practice examples.

Multi-Camera

Course filmed with 6 cameras for the perfect angles.

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Full Course Breakdown

Learn fingerstyle guitar with Marcelo Berestovoy! Marcelo uses his one step at a time method to take you from novice to expert in no time!

Begin the Course
1

Series Introduction

Marcelo welcomes you to his Fingerstyle Guitar series.

5:13 Runtime

0.0 Difficulty

2

Fingerstyle One Step at a Time

In this lesson, Marcelo teaches us the foundation of his whole fingerstyle series. Learn each step to the classic Travis-style picking pattern, and before you know it, you will be sounding like a pro!

17:21 Runtime

1.5 Difficulty

3

12 Bar Fingerpicking Etude

Taking each of the fingerstyle steps, Marcelo now puts them into a 12 bar etude to get the most out of your practice time!

6:51 Runtime

2.5 Difficulty

4

Fingerpicking Different Chord Shapes

So far, Marcelo has had you concentrate on fingerpicking over the same shapes of chords. Now, he's going to show you how to take what you know, and apply it over many different chord shapes.

15:20 Runtime

2.5 Difficulty

5

Fingerpicking with Melody

Now that you've got a good grasp of the fingerpicking pattern over chords, it's time to add a melody line on top of the progression!

13:03 Runtime

3.0 Difficulty

6

The Sheik of Araby - Fingerpicking Lesson

Marcelo has played this stellar original arrangement of the standard tune, "The Sheik of Araby" for years. Now, here he is to teach you his version, incorporating the fingerstyle techniques you've already learned in this series!

18:12 Runtime

3.0 Difficulty

7

Reverse Arpeggios

Fingerpicking arpeggios in a forward manner is a natural motion for most of us. In this lesson, Marcelo takes on the less comfortable motion of playing arpeggios in the reverse motion.

14:28 Runtime

2.5 Difficulty

8

Horizontal Intervals Etude

This is a great exercise that will train you to use only certain fingers on your fingerpicking hand.

7:40 Runtime

3.0 Difficulty

9

Song Lesson - Solace

Marcelo now teaches us his original fingerstyle arrangement of the classic Scott Joplin song, "Solace".

22:24 Runtime

3.5 Difficulty

10

Right Hand Technique

What is the difference between free strokes and rest strokes? Marcelo teaches a great lesson here on the difference between the two and focuses on how to get the most out of the rest stroke technique!

12:45 Runtime

2.0 Difficulty

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Marcelo Berestovoy

288
  • Dallas, TX
  • Playing since 1982
  • 78 lessons at JamPlay
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This Latino artist, composer and guitarist, has inspired a new musical trend that he has called “Southern World Music”. This innovative mix of sounds is a blend of the tango from Argentina, flamenco from the south of Spain, and several musical styles from Southern California. Marcelo has done live presentations and recorded with artists like Ricky Martin, Selena, Leon Gieco, Daniela Romo, Sergio Arau and Bebu Silvetti to name a few. In television, he accompanied stars such as Jorge Moreno, Grammy Award winner in 2002 in the “Best New Artist” category. He also composed the song “Gitano Corazon”, recorded by Natalia Oreiro in her album “Tu Veneno”. This album was nominated in the Latino Grammy Award 2001 in the category of “Best Female Pop Album”. He is co-author of the song “One Heart” with Steven Segal, Larry King and Tommy Coster. His musical talent has been shown in movies including “Dirt”, “The Mexican”, “Un Pedazo de Tierra” and “Paulie”. He has participated in television shows, concerts and kick-off parties for movies like “Mission Impossible II” and “The Disapearance of Garcia Lorca”.



Marcelo was born and raised in Argentina. He says he felt a passion for the music since he was about 11 years old when he started to take guitar lessons. His father had a lot of influence in his love for music. Together they used to play the songs that Marcelo wrote. His father always took him to listen to jazz. At this time, listening to jazz gave Marcelo another perspective since he was a rock fanatic. His motivation was first the Beatles and then Charly and Spinetta “the skinny”. Marcelo recalls that by the age of 18, he was playing in different places throughout Buenos Aires, Argentina. He would play four to five nights a week with different groups or to accompany solo singers.

His decision to come to Los Angeles was motivated by his interest in jazz. In 1985, he came to study to GIT and he never returned to Argentina. Marcelo currently lives in Los Angeles, California with his lovely wife and son. He performs live at several local places. In addition to playing the guitar and composing, Marcelo teaches in the “Musicians Institute”, one of the most prestigious in the music world.
Reviews & Feedback 97/100 with 292 ratings
dro294

A new beginning for me!!!!

kurtteej

All 3 points -- good teach, easy to understand and exactly what I was looking for.

taylor89

All of the above!!!!

Vur1999

Marcelo is very clear with his intent and instruction. I don't feel lost with him.

MurphyBlue

Excellent teacher - really like his approach. Also, the musical notation along with tabs is excellent.

zvonkojp

Excellent teacher.

jpbluestring

Excellent! Thank you Master

KrakenWolf187

Feeling much more confident and excited with fingerstyle prospects after just one lesson!

jackivan

Good teacher! Good overview of fingers. Nice person.

ailes

Talented guitarist; excellent teacher

mistaleaf

Great teacher

July2019

Great teacher too. Thanks

mikeatspiderwebsdotus

He is thorough

leonheart

He knows very organized, analyzed way of practice.

Flyfisherman

he's thourough

chendricksmusic

This just gets better and better

playmusicsr2

I like this teacher. Marcelo makes you feel so comfortable while learning fingerstyle. I am complete beginner to fingerstyle guitar. He breaks it down and makes it very easy to understand, It's exactly the type of teaching style that I enjoy an

famattjr

I liked the encouragement of one step at a time method and "as long as you can hold a C chord" you can benefit

BlakeSoller

I started learning right from the beginning and I joined JamPlay for this exact reason. Marcelo is a great instructor and gives very clear guidance. I will definitely stick with him through this series.

theCalebRyan

I'm enjoying all these wonderful chord progressions :) Been looking for progressions like these. Thanks a lot!

GirlGreen

It's not only easy to understand, but easy to apply. I don't like the teacher. I love him! x'D

guillaumeparis

Just needed an update of the sheet (few errors)

KELLEN 5

just what I have been looking for I really enjoy these lessons hope I can get more lessons from Marcelo when I have completed this course

virosax

Just what I need !!!

robert marshe

Liked the lesson on nylon stringed instrument as I just bought one to make practice easier on my chording hand.

Jon Wedel

Love me some Marcello!!!!

ridinshotgunn

marcello is a brilliant guitarist / teacher

bassomatic22

Marcelo has great personality and style and support innovative/creative playing. THANK YOU MARCELO!!!

mobidevjc

Marcelo is an excellent teacher. It’d be great to see more lessons by him.

fireby35

Marcelo is the man. Tell him I said so! :)

garrett7120

Moves at a easy pace but informative as it goes

pj boatwright

One step at a time, building on what you learned in the last lesson.

halgeirsvage

The teacher is both very good at bringing the lesson to life making the lessons interresting as well as illustrating the lesson material in such a way that makes it easy even for me to comprehend. Great work

danwestcoast

This lesson and approach is perfect for me. I am super motivated to continue with this series. Thank you!

Brig07

This teacher rocks. He s able to present the material in such a simple, easy to follow manner. I hope to see more of his courses in the near future :)

Hoodiehero

Very helpful.