Dvd De Grassi Alex Fingerstyle Techniques And Arrangements

Complete Instruction in Fingerstyle Technique Tone Phrasing and Arranging-Hone your technique and deepen your understanding of contemporary fingerstyle guitar with this full method taught by one of the masters of the genre. From fundamentals like properly positioning the fretting and picking hands todeveloping a solid alternating thumb technique Alex de Grassi carefully guides beginning and intermediate players into the world of steel-string guitar. He then explores more advanced topics like cross-string playing alteringthe texture and weight of notes and chords slapping and tapping and developing ?depth of field? in your playing-techniques he has used in composing and arranging guitar music for over 30 years. This book includesstandard notation and tablature as well as links to online audio tracks.

Often cited as one of the world's top fingerstyle steel-string guitarists Grammy nominee Alex de Grassi brings a unique voice to the art of acoustic guitar with his evocative compositions and arrangements a highly orchestratedsound and sheer virtuosity. This DVD features a dozen lessons on acoustic guitar tone and technique taught by a fingerstyle master. Topics covered include: accents cross string picking dynamics glissandos and slides hammer-ons and pull-offs polyrhythms and cross rhythms string stopping timbre tone production vibrato and pitch modulation. 1 hr. 40 min.