| Fingerstyle guitar lessons naturally refer to playing the | | | | guitar technique involving the thumb and, frequently, |
| guitar using the right hand fingers instead of a pick. | | | | golpes. A 3-step motion(3 stroke) with the thumb |
| The genre of music where fingerstyle is exclusively | | | | which requires power, speed and accuracy. The first |
| used is flamenco. It is difficult to include every single | | | | stroke is a simple one-string downward plucking |
| style of playing the guitar. In order to make this easy | | | | motion after which the thumb rests on the next |
| I am going to focus on flamenco. | | | | string. Second comes a fast chop-like motion on the |
| An important technique is the tremolo. A notable | | | | next 2-3 strings, depending on the style it is used in. |
| aspect is that it uses all the right-hand fingers. This is | | | | The third part of the technique is basically getting |
| another signature technique of flamenco, though it is | | | | back to point 0, in a fast upward motion. Adding |
| sometimes used in classical interpretations as well. I | | | | golpes to it is very advanced and very difficult to do, |
| think that this is a very difficult technique and you | | | | and you will (most likely) have to slow down to half |
| shouldn't hope that you can do it even if you're of an | | | | your speed to be able to do it. |
| intermediate level. This is a 2 phase technique. The | | | | Indian musicians, alongside jazz and flamenco artists |
| first phase is a bass note played as a prelude for the | | | | come together and create beautiful examples of |
| second phase. In the second phase you need to pick | | | | fingerstyle guitar playing. There are many other |
| one note with every finger, starting from the pinky. | | | | sources such as Guitar Picking Technique, Paco De |
| It is important that it is in the same key and tonality | | | | Lucia Bulerias, I have personally found them useful. |
| with the bass note before it. The big trick about it is | | | | Indian musicians use the thumb and index fingers in |
| that you have to consistently use your pinky finger, | | | | an alternative motion, much like bass players, and |
| and that is going to tire your hand really fast. The | | | | jazz is usually a combination between playing with the |
| purpose is to achieve and transmit harmony and | | | | pick and fingerstyle guitar playing. These artists join |
| passion. Very good examples are Paco Pena and | | | | hands and create a whole new type of music for us |
| Sabicas, both masters put this technique to good use. | | | | to relish in. |
| The alzapua is a very difficult fingerstyle right hand | | | | |