Australian Guitar

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 fi ngerpicked lines we promised ourselves we'd practise? Well, they can start to feel like a bit of a labour of love – and diffi cult!

Well, that's where we come in. Here we break down some of the core techniques of fingerstyle acoustic guitar playing with 15 tab 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.

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