Fingerstyle Guitar From Scratch
by Bruce Emery
Fingerpicking Guitar - Sheet Music

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Guitar - beginning

SKU: SG.SGP-003

Composed by Bruce Emery. Arpeggios and Travis-Style patterns to accompany the voice. Coil-bound book. Published by Skeptical Guitarist Publications (SG.SGP-003).

ISBN 978-0-9665029-6-1.

The fundamentals of fingerpicking. Basic arpeggios, picking hand technique and coordinating with the fretting hand. Alternating bass and lots of examples.

  • Part One: FINGERSTYLE BASICS
  • Notation
  • The Picking Hand
  • Picking Philosophies
  • The Overlapping Tier System
  • The Fretting Hand
  • Bass/Tier Combinations
  • Practice with Arpeggio #1
  • The Continuity Principle
  • The Indiana Jones Principle
  • More Examples
  • Worst-Case Continuity Scenario
  • The Challenge
  • Other Meters: 3/4 Time
  • Other Meters 6/8 Time
  • Back to 4/4 Time: "Estudio"
  • Meet the Twins
  • Other Simple Arpeggios
  • Arpeggios with Longer Sequences
  • "Allegro"
  • 3/3/2/Time
  • 20 Arpeggios: A Retrospective
  • Mixing Quarter and Eighth Notes
  • Meet the Threesome
  • More Samples from the Field
  • Game Show: "Scarborough Fair"
  • Bossa Nova: "Girl From Ipanema"
  • Part Two: TRAVIS-STYLE BASICS
  • Travis #1: Inside-Out Mechanics
  • Practice: "City of New Orleans"
  • Travis #2: "Landslide"
  • Travis #3: Outside-In
  • Variations: Travis #4 and #5
  • Picking Pattern Potpourri
  • Triple Alternating Bass
  • Walking Bassline
  • Travis #6: The Pinch Pattern
  • "Dust in the Wind"
  • Pinch Variations
  • Adding the Ring Finger
  • Drop D and the Ring Finger
  • More Variations
  • 20 Travis Patterns: A Retrospective
  • "Leader of the Band"
  • "Garden Party"
  • Double-Picking
  • "Helplessly Hoping"
  • Travis-Style Departures
  • "The Dance"
  • "Blackbird"
  • The Next Level: Melodic Lines
  • Final Exam
  • Our 20 Arpeggios at a Glance
  • Our 20 Travis Patterns at a Glance