Fingerstyle is a fantastic technique for all guitarists as it’s relevant to most genres and styles. It can span basic picking patterns for song accompaniment to full, self-contained fingerstyle performance. We’ll work gradually, building up to some really cool techniques and sounds through the use of some great songs. By the end of the day you’ll have plenty to work on and lots of questions answered.
Fingerstyle spans all genres. It can be used for rhythmic picking, fabulous harmonic accompaniment or as a fully fledged self-contained solo performance piece; we’ll be covering all three and everything in between.
We’ll be focusing on a number of aspects that we’ve covered over the previous months in our online series Blitzing Your Fingerstyle as well as other general techniques. This day course will focus on the higher level playing from that series and will therefore be best suited to those who have some finger picking experience or those who have been attendees on the series. (You can still buy the series if you want to get a head start.
We will focus on a variety of areas including groove playing, Bossa Nova, mastering our arpeggio patterns, general techniques, time signatures, rhythmic bass line, partial chords and solo performance repertoire pieces. The idea is to be focused but flexible on the day.
You’ll receive plenty of materials to take home, and even if some of these have been covered on our online series, there’s nothing like being there with the tutor to fix those niggling issues.
We encourage players of an intermediate level, both acoustic and electric; it’s definitely not for a raw Beginner and you should really have already tried some fingerpicking.
The fee is all-inclusive:
Please bring your own packed lunch
As this course caters to a small number of players it means we can be more focused and players can get more attention than on our larger hotel based courses.
As we are working in a residential environment it’s advised to just bring an acoustic guitar. There is no need to bring amps and electric guitars. If you would prefer an electric then please let us know when making the booking and we can discuss the option with you.
We advise driving as that is the easiest way. However if you decide to come by public transport, the closest mainline station is Purley.
If coming by car then there are two junctions off the M25 you could use, junction 6 which is the A22 and junction 7 which is the A23.
Parking is free on all surrounding roads. We request that you try not to park on the tutors small private road as parking is limited even for residents.
Unlike our online sessions these are small group Day-Only courses at the tutors home so can only accommodate limited numbers – book early to avoid disappointment.
If you wish to stay locally then suggestions for hotels, B&B etc can be supplied.