Session 15 is the third of three lessons from our Blitzing Your Fingerstyle guitar series. This session is all about mastering drop D tuning. You can create fantastic sequences that aren’t really possible in standard tuning. It changes so much in terms of chord voicing, shapes, timbre and harmony.
We have examples from 4 varied songs that will really give you a glimpse into the world of drop D tuning. Don’t worry, while some of the pieces are hard, the sections we have chosen will be accessible to the intermediate player.
Sometimes you just need that low end to be a little bit lower. In this session we will be doing exactly that, lowering the low E string down a whole tone to D. Using drop D tuning is one of my absolute favourite things to do. Yes it changes the way you can play your chords, you have to rethink where your bass notes are, but it also lets you move around the guitar neck in a different way and lets you use caged train shapes over the top of three open bass strings. We’ll delve into a selection of famous songs including
Each piece highlights differing techniques and styles and therefore there will be something for almost all fingerstyle lovers.
Sea Breeze Play Through
People Get Ready
The Chain explained by Lindsey Buckingham
Cello Suite
Up until February 14th the price is reduced from £60 for sessions 13 – 15 to £45. After February 14th the price will go up to £60. You can buy an individual session at any time for £20.
Session 13 – will we show you how to master the perfect arpeggiating picking hand technique. By the end of the session you will of learned the Gounod/Bach AVE MARIA.
Session 14 – will look at how to play a beautiful melody using fingerstyle technique. We will be learning the piece WAVE by Carlos Jobim.
Session 15 – See above
The level is ideal for players who want to:
As a guide you should be familiar with:
Things you won’t need to know (but you should definitely not ignore them):
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 Level but then become interested in other Levels or even the Complete Series, just buy them on the website.