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FINGERSTYLE TRAINER

Fingerstyle. It’s one of those techniques most of us would probably say we wish we were a bit better at. Let’s face it, it’s easy to blast out a few chords from Wonderwall, Wish You Were Here or a simple strum-along of choice. And those intricate fingerpicked lines we promised ourselves we’d practise? Well, they can start to feel like a bit of a labour of love – and difficult!

Well, that’s where TG comes in. Here we break down some of the core techniques of fingerstyle acoustic guitar playing with 15 tab/audio examples for you to work on. In places we’ve taken inspiration from acoustic guitarists of note, but our main focus is on pure technique. Some of our exercises are

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