Discover Creative Fingerstyle Guitar

Acoustic guitar playing has evolved from its humble beginnings of cowboy chords and the fingerstyle folk patterns of the 60s and 70s. Over the years, creative pioneers have developed a unique vocabulary of playing styles and techniques that have pushed the instrument to its fullest potential and given it a voice of its own.

If you're ready to explore the true technical and creative reach of the acoustic guitar, then you need Creative Acoustic Fingerstyle Guitar.

Musical Fingerstyle Guitar Lessons to Help You:

• Create rich, textural chord voicings using open strings and harmonics
• Master harp-like scales that smoothly cascade the fretboard
• Develop your groove and feel with Latin rhythms and percussive techniques
• Apply advanced articulations to musically enhance your playing

Play actual songs that advance your musicianship

The challenging thing about contemporary acoustic fingerstyle guitar is not only deciphering the techniques but learning to apply them musically. Creative Fingerstyle Acoustic Guitar breaks down every technique into digestible chunks and then bridges the gap into a world of stunning performance. Featuring four original compositions by the author, this book puts the theory into practice and gets you playing actual music.

The creative guide to the expressive fingerstyle techniques of modern acoustic guitar masters

Creative Acoustic Fingerstyle Guitar takes a deep dive into:

• Essential right-hand techniques such as claw grabs, percussive slaps, thumb brushing, banjo rolls and more
• Making scales musical with reggae and Latin rhythms
• Drop-D Tuning and capo ideas to expand the possibilities of the instrument
• Turning techniques into beautiful, original music