Eva Cassidy had a remarkable gift for transforming well-known songs into something deeply personal. Her beautiful acoustic arrangements of Fields of Gold and Somewhere Over the Rainbow have become modern classics, admired for their simplicity, warmth and emotional depth.
In this session of Acoustic Heroes, you’ll learn the fingerstyle techniques behind these stunning performances. We’ll explore the flowing accompaniment, gentle bass movement and expressive phrasing that make Eva’s arrangements so captivating, while showing you how surprisingly accessible they are to play.
These aren’t complicated showpieces—they’re thoughtfully crafted arrangements that allow the song to shine. Eva Cassidy’s vocal is often unmatched for its beauty, sitting perfectly over the musical accompaniment that she crafted. The two songs we are covering are the perfect introduction to her style of fingerstyle guitar, and lovely pieces for those wanting to branch out their harmony and figerstyle technique.
Our tutor, Andy Moore will help you develop the independence between your thumb and fingers, improve your touch and dynamics, and create rich, full-sounding accompaniments just as Eva did in her performances.
Whether you’re new to Eva Cassidy, taking your first steps into more developed fingerstyle or looking to add two beautiful arrangements to your repertoire, this course will give you the confidence and musical understanding to bring these timeless songs to life.
To save money and get 8 great songs check out the full series here!!
This online course is aimed at Late Beginner to Intermediate.
It’s really for acoustic guitars but electric guitars are fine. Fingerpicking experience would be best.
This online course includes:
• You can purchase all four lessons as one series for £80 saving £20.
• Purchase lessons individually at £20 per lesson.
By default, you’ll start every session with complete anonymity i.e. with your mic muted and your camera switched off. You have total control of these at your end.
You can ask questions at any time:
It’s all very friendly and there isn’t such a thing as a daft question – they usually lead to deep, interesting streams of very relevant stuff!
If you want to come along but can’t make the sessions just book in and you’ll receive the full materials and lesson video.
BUT this shouldn’t put you off booking in as you’ll receive the full materials including the video of the complete live session.
Start slowly – if you decide to book just one session but then become interested in other sessions just buy them on the website.