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Fingerpicking Guitar Style

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nerium
Profile Blog Joined November 2007
Philippines512 Posts
May 04 2010 09:55 GMT
#1
So are any of you guys into this kind of guitar playing? It's like basically playing the rythm, bass, lead (sometimes) at once. I can't describe it accurately but I'll include some youtube videos here. I've been playing with this kind of style for more over a year now and I've been searching the internet for tabs of some songs that I find pleasant to play with. I just want to know if any of you guys are into this kind of music and perhaps share tabs and techniques so that I can improve my style a bit.....

Needless to say, here are some examples:

Masa Sumide (Tears in Heaven)


Sungha Jung (Yesterday Once More)


Kotaro Oshio (Fight)


Kotaro Oshio (Be Happy)


There are a lot of other great fingerstyle guitarists like Tommy Emmanuel, Chet Atkins, Andy Mckee and a lot more. I'm currently practicing a lot of their tabs and also scavenging the interwebs for tabs that are very difficult to find (some are for sale btw).






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deL
Profile Blog Joined March 2009
Australia5540 Posts
May 04 2010 09:58 GMT
#2
I really like fingerpicking, check out some videos of Tommy Emmanuel
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nerium
Profile Blog Joined November 2007
Philippines512 Posts
May 04 2010 10:01 GMT
#3
Yeah, I've been watching a lot of his videos

And I've forgot to add that I'm also a fan of Ulli Boegershausen's works!
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JohnColtrane
Profile Blog Joined July 2008
Australia4813 Posts
May 04 2010 10:15 GMT
#4
don ross yeuh!

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nerium
Profile Blog Joined November 2007
Philippines512 Posts
May 04 2010 10:18 GMT
#5
^^ yeah! michael, michael, michael makes me move my head everytime i listen to it. Sadly I can't play like him though lol
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JohnColtrane
Profile Blog Joined July 2008
Australia4813 Posts
May 04 2010 10:21 GMT
#6
there's alot of nice players on candyrat records
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Tadzio
Profile Blog Joined October 2006
3340 Posts
May 04 2010 10:26 GMT
#7
I like guitar covers of videogame soundtracks, so this guy appeals to me:

http://www.youtube.com/user/lonlonjp

He has nearly 200 videos. Mostly square/enix games. Lotsa fingerpicking. Some mistakes here and there, but he's covering stuff that wasn't written to be played on a single instrument so it's pretty inspiring anyway.
ohaicami
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
United States103 Posts
May 04 2010 10:47 GMT
#8


It's kind of adorable.
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Papvin
Profile Joined May 2009
Denmark610 Posts
May 04 2010 10:49 GMT
#9
Holly shit, that Don Ross guy is funky as hell! And the song is really good.
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snotboogie
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
Australia3550 Posts
May 04 2010 10:55 GMT
#10


Naudo is my favourite fingerpicker. There's lots of his vids on the net.
Blinn
Profile Blog Joined March 2009
United Kingdom68 Posts
May 04 2010 11:06 GMT
#11


godly arrangement of a classic, great fingerpicking
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madnessman
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
United States1581 Posts
May 04 2010 11:07 GMT
#12
I know it's not exactly the same thing but I'm really into jazz fingerstyle because it is just so insanely technically hard (for me at least). Comping chords+playing a bassline+improving on top of it is pretty impossible for me.

nerium
Profile Blog Joined November 2007
Philippines512 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-05-04 11:16:08
May 04 2010 11:10 GMT
#13
On May 04 2010 20:06 Blinn wrote:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVvfFtb3Y9s

godly arrangement of a classic, great fingerpicking


His Michael Jackson arrangements are really great but too bad his tabs are for sale! Can't blame him though.

Speaking of groovy beats. Masa Sumide's compositions are really groovy as fuck especially this song.

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LuMiX
Profile Blog Joined October 2006
China5757 Posts
May 04 2010 11:56 GMT
#14
I saw McKee a couple months ago! This reminds me to upload the vids I took. xD
JohnColtrane
Profile Blog Joined July 2008
Australia4813 Posts
May 04 2010 12:13 GMT
#15
On May 04 2010 20:06 Blinn wrote:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVvfFtb3Y9s

godly arrangement of a classic, great fingerpicking


holy shit, his herbie cover with the beatboxing was mint
HEY MEYT
tarpman
Profile Joined February 2009
Canada723 Posts
May 04 2010 15:02 GMT
#16
you can't have a fingerpicking thread without Wes Montgomery.

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sharkeyanti
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
United States1273 Posts
May 04 2010 15:30 GMT
#17
On May 04 2010 20:07 madnessman wrote:
I know it's not exactly the same thing but I'm really into jazz fingerstyle because it is just so insanely technically hard (for me at least). Comping chords+playing a bassline+improving on top of it is pretty impossible for me.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=476vNb6thyM


That guy's harmonics technique is ridiculous.

This guy however, really takes the cake as far as multi-part jazz-guitar playing. This is one of his less melodic pieces, but its rhythmic ideas are fantastic.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZ57Ns-WRv0
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Piy
Profile Blog Joined January 2008
Scotland3152 Posts
May 04 2010 15:43 GMT
#18
Well John Williams is the best living guitar player. Perfect classical style, so you should look him up I guess for some extra awesome.



couldn't say any tips other than practice til you need to go to sleep.
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lac29
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
United States1485 Posts
May 04 2010 16:47 GMT
#19
I have a tab for one of Don Ross' easier songs and I think some Andy McKee stuff. Let me know if you want it.
skyeyesattelite
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
Canada56 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-05-04 19:38:51
May 04 2010 19:30 GMT
#20
amazing thread!!
omg i love fingerpicking. When i first started playing guitar, all i played was rock and metal with a pick. I never learned chords and whatnot and all i did was attempt to shred and sweep pick. Then came gr 10 guitar class, and my teacher was a classical bitch and while the other classes learned rock, we learned classical fingerpicking style. GOD am i thankful that i never left her class =]]]!! Coz now i can play some really good fingerpicking songs. Dude if you want tabs to songs, either use ultimate-guitar.com or you can directly ask the author of the song to send you the tabs.

btw i went from heavy metal/rock to RnB =] the type of music i play on guitar now are songs like these =]
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Starbuck
Profile Joined April 2010
Austria7 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-05-05 02:41:33
May 05 2010 02:40 GMT
#21



alex is a good friend of mine,
we used to play together in the school band years ago

i know that he does tabs of all his stuff, maybe i can get some of them if you want
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DDie
Profile Joined April 2010
Brazil2369 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-05-05 04:00:34
May 05 2010 03:47 GMT
#22
On May 04 2010 19:26 Tadzio wrote:
I like guitar covers of videogame soundtracks, so this guy appeals to me:

http://www.youtube.com/user/lonlonjp

He has nearly 200 videos. Mostly square/enix games. Lotsa fingerpicking. Some mistakes here and there, but he's covering stuff that wasn't written to be played on a single instrument so it's pretty inspiring anyway.


Check www.gametabs.net , theres a thread in the forum with a lot of his arrangements (tabbed by fans)

This is the post : http://www.gametabs.net/forum/topic/6405



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lac29
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
United States1485 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-05-05 03:57:40
May 05 2010 03:57 GMT
#23
Starbuck - Tabs/sheet music would be awesome ... I'd like to try some of your friend's pieces.
JohnColtrane
Profile Blog Joined July 2008
Australia4813 Posts
May 05 2010 09:04 GMT
#24
On May 05 2010 00:43 Piy wrote:
Well John Williams is the best living guitar player. Perfect classical style, so you should look him up I guess for some extra awesome.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDAHl54V0CU

couldn't say any tips other than practice til you need to go to sleep.


that sounded like shit, even ben monder's junk sounded better than that

and wes montgomery is more of a thumb player than a finger player
HEY MEYT
sharkeyanti
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
United States1273 Posts
May 06 2010 23:00 GMT
#25
On May 05 2010 18:04 JohnColtrane wrote:
+ Show Spoiler +
On May 05 2010 00:43 Piy wrote:
Well John Williams is the best living guitar player. Perfect classical style, so you should look him up I guess for some extra awesome.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDAHl54V0CU

couldn't say any tips other than practice til you need to go to sleep.


that sounded like shit, even ben monder's junk sounded better than that

and wes montgomery is more of a thumb player than a finger player


As far as the old generation of classical guitar players, Williams is pretty good. What did you find shitty about the performance?
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JohnColtrane
Profile Blog Joined July 2008
Australia4813 Posts
May 08 2010 00:08 GMT
#26
On May 07 2010 08:00 sharkeyanti wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 05 2010 18:04 JohnColtrane wrote:
+ Show Spoiler +
On May 05 2010 00:43 Piy wrote:
Well John Williams is the best living guitar player. Perfect classical style, so you should look him up I guess for some extra awesome.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDAHl54V0CU

couldn't say any tips other than practice til you need to go to sleep.


that sounded like shit, even ben monder's junk sounded better than that

and wes montgomery is more of a thumb player than a finger player


As far as the old generation of classical guitar players, Williams is pretty good. What did you find shitty about the performance?


the part where the blood in my eardrums started to coagulate
HEY MEYT
sharkeyanti
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
United States1273 Posts
May 08 2010 03:01 GMT
#27
On May 08 2010 09:08 JohnColtrane wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 07 2010 08:00 sharkeyanti wrote:
On May 05 2010 18:04 JohnColtrane wrote:
+ Show Spoiler +
On May 05 2010 00:43 Piy wrote:
Well John Williams is the best living guitar player. Perfect classical style, so you should look him up I guess for some extra awesome.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDAHl54V0CU

couldn't say any tips other than practice til you need to go to sleep.


that sounded like shit, even ben monder's junk sounded better than that

and wes montgomery is more of a thumb player than a finger player


As far as the old generation of classical guitar players, Williams is pretty good. What did you find shitty about the performance?


the part where the blood in my eardrums started to coagulate


i am actually curious
Hi Mom
Rotation
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
United States118 Posts
May 08 2010 03:25 GMT
#28
oh man, i love listening to sungha jung's videos
Archaic
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
United States4024 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-05-08 03:56:26
May 08 2010 03:55 GMT
#29
I can't believe there has been a page of this without Tommy Emmanuel videos.




EDIT: If it weren't for fingerstyle, I probably wouldn't have played guitar for more than a month. It got me hooked.

EDIT2: Going to Tommy Emmanuel concert this July!!!
nerium
Profile Blog Joined November 2007
Philippines512 Posts
May 09 2010 02:00 GMT
#30
uhhg, was too lazy to post tommy emmanuel videos sorry

here's another kotaro oshio arrangement, its very very very beautiful, so sad and sweet at the same time:

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Floophead_III
Profile Joined September 2009
United States1832 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-05-09 08:40:03
May 09 2010 08:34 GMT
#31
Glad I took the time to patrol the blogs cause I found this.

I'm a classically trained guitarist for 11 years. I've studied with some very talented players (Kevin Vigil and Berta Rojas) as well as have master class instruction from Ben Verdery, Julian Grey, and other world-renowned players.

First off, I'd like to say that classical guitar is insanely difficult technically, musically, and physically. It is one of the most versatile instruments and there's so much expression you can achieve with it. No instrument can do what the acoustic guitar does IMO.

Unfortunately, I've fallen out of practice with classical guitar since the last few years I've been playing a lot more electric and not performing actively with any groups since I entered college. However, I still will share what I can:

Learn to read sheet music. You cannot capture a classical guitar piece with tab. It's not like rock music or jazz music where you have a large area of freedom for one, and it's also much too complicated. Have you ever seen the notation for a Bach fugue? You couldn't ever put that in a tab. You'd lose too much in the translation.

Change your strings often. I was very lazy about this but the tonal/volume difference is unimaginable. Also get quality strings. Do not use shitty Augustine Blacks or something. Get d'addario's. (I actually use a mix of hard tension d'addario's for bass and hard tension Augustine Regals for treble; regals are kind of difficult to find though, I usually ordered them from a guy in Baltimore). Experiment around with tensions and manufacturers for the sound that fits your guitar best. The right strings will make your instrument sound twice as good.

Don't worry about playing fast or accurately at first. Tone is king. I was horrible about this, but a few years have given me insight into my mistakes. It doesn't matter what you play if you don't play it well. Work on getting your fingers to strike at the right angle. Work on getting smooth right hand movement and smooth left hand connectivity when fretting. It sucks, but do exercises and practice just getting that perfect sound.

Get a quality instrument if you feel your technique is ready for it. While a good player with good technique can make a $100 yamaha sound decent, the instrument will limit you severely. My concert guitar cost about $2k. That's low end for a concert guitar. If you are a beginning player don't worry about it, but as your technique improves you will find the instrument severely limiting.

That's all I wanna write for now, feel free to PM me if you have more inquiries/questions. I don't think I have any solo concert recordings unfortunately, but I can see about posting some group performances I did. I'll try to find some. (one of my favorites was Lotus Eaters by Andrew York for the LA Guitar Quartet - we rocked that piece =D)

edit:

That John Williams performance was stifled by the shittiness of Youtube. I have seen him live and he is a fabulous player and a fantastic musician. I suggest only listening to high quality recordings for classical music. Youtube quality is not good enough.
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