Fingerpicking Techniques for Guitar
Phil Capone


The ultimate guide for all guitar enthusiasts ?from beginners to seasoned musicians ?wanting to build up right-hand ability to play a wide range of musical styles from bluegrass, country, latin and bossa nova to rock, folk, jazz and blues. Building on alternating bass techniques, thumb patterns and special fretting techniques, the book contains a series of graded exercises (backed up with a CD) that will build confidence and speed. While fingerstyle guitar is primarily thought of as a technique for acoustic guitar, it sounds just as cool on electric guitar. With this in mind, all chapters contain material that sounds equally good on either type of guitar. Fingerpicking Techniques for Guitar also offers a tour of musical genres, showing how even guitar players at beginner level can use these techniques to unlock the secrets of some of the most iconic sounds in the guitar repertoire.

• There is currently no other book available that covers such a broad range of fingerstyle guitar music
• The fingerpicking class is the most popular at the academy where the author teaches and has the most students
• All the material used sounds equally good on acoustic and electric guitar
• Exercises are shown in standard notation and tablature, along with selective use of photographs to add clarity where required
• Includes CD