Fingerstyle is wonderful technique to master. It spans most genres and covers basic fingerpicking patters over standard chords to fully-blown solo arrangements, building in melody over full and partial chords and underpinned by a bass line. We learn the classic song Blue Moon as a solo fingerstyle piece while appreciating the underlying essential techniques.
Fingerstyle is a should-know technique for every level of player and across most genres.
It covers a really wide subject area spanning basic fingerpicking patterns over common chords to full-blown fingerstyle arrangements which we mix a melody, chords and bass lines.
This session looks at the more intermediate end of the scale of fingerstyle by showing us how to play Rodgers and Hart’s wonderful song, Blue Moon. This is an instantly recognisable song – you can’t help but start singing along to it. Imagine accompanying a singer (or yourself) and then diving into a solo, self-contained arrangement of the piece.
The song uses some luscious chords (full and partial) and employs solid fingerpicking techniques. We’ll be led through it bar-by-bar while the techniques are both discussed and demonstrated.
This lesson follows on from our recent ‘Expand your chord vocabulary’ course where we looked at the song form, rhythm and chords for Blue Moon. You can purchase the materials for this lesson as prep this fingerstyle session. See below. See buying options below.
This is a definitely a song to have in your repertoire.
Intermediate acoustic and electric guitar players who have already tried fingerpicking.
These sessions are layered to allow different player levels to learn and play along at the same time. Whatever level you are at, you’ll have lots of takeaways to work on later.
You’ll receive any lesson PDF(s) just before the session, backing track and we’ll make a Zoom recording of the live lesson available to you afterwards.
The session is 60 minutes long; don’t expect to master everything during the session. The tutor will go through all the key parts, demonstrating them and discussing the associated techniques and know-how.
The real work is done by you afterwards. Armed with the materials (PDFs and video recording), you’ll have all the tools to work on things at your own pace.
When you book you’ll have two options:
1. You want to join the live Zoom session.
You’ll receive the joining instructions on the day. Being live, you’ll be able to put your own questions directly to the tutor during the session. Choose option 1, Lesson and materials.
2. Maybe you’d like to attend but can’t make it on this occasion?
You can buy the materials and receive them after the session (i.e. lesson PDF(s) and access to a Zoom recording of the live session). Choose option 2, Materials only.
3. Prep materials. You can purchase a previous course called ‘Expand your chord vocabulary’ when we looked at the song form, chords and rhythm for Blue Moon. Choose option 3, Expand your chord vocabulary’ materials.