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Learning how to enrich the polyphonic qualities of fingerstyle with string slaps, body percussion, tapping, harmonics, and many other “modern” techniques can seem like a daunting task at first. Andy McKee’s Modern Fingerstyle Foundations presents a tried and true approach to breaking down modern fingerstyle techniques into smaller, more manageable parts so you can focus on a particular aspect or approach.
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Andy will guide you as you'll play through 20 individual “modern fingerstyle” etudes, each etude focuses on a key building block of modern fingerstyle. The etudes will help you develop command of alternating bass, right-hand fingerpicking patterns, tapping, harmonics, using open tunings for lush harmony, body percussion, and other components that comprise modern fingerstyle guitar. You’ll have fun learning these fundamental techniques by playing them in a musical context, rather than working through tedious exercises. As you work through the series of etudes, Andy will also show you how to connect the individual techniques and play through four of his original songs.
Hi I’m Andy McKee. Welcome to Modern Fingerstyle Foundations.<br></br>I was inspired to learn how to play modern fingerstyle by its pioneers — Preston Reed, Michael Hedges, Billy McLaughlin and Don Ross in particular.<br></br>Learning how to enrich the polyphonic qualities of fingerstyle with string slaps, body percussion, tapping, harmonics and many other “modern” techniques can seem like a daunting task at first.<br></br>But, like any style of music, if you break it down into smaller, more manageable parts, and focus on a particular aspect or approach — it all comes together much quicker than you would imagine.<br></br>In this course, we’ll focus on 20 individual “modern fingerstyle” etudes. You’ll have fun learning and playing them in a musical context, rather than working through tedious exercises.<br></br>Using TrueFire’s learning tools, you’ll be able to loop or slow down any of the videos to learn at your own pace. Even the tab and notation is synced to the video!<br></br>The etudes will help you develop command of key techniques including alternating bass, right-hand fingerpicking patterns, tapping, harmonics, using open tunings for lush harmony, body percussion, and other components that comprise modern fingerstyle guitar.<br></br>As you work through the etudes, I’ll also show you how to connect a variety of the individual techniques and play through 4 of my original songs.<br></br>Grab your guitar and let's dig in!
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In this series of lessons I will be breaking down piece by piece all seven Etudes of my tune Common Ground. I will start things off with a short performance of the section of the song I am covering then I will get into the details of how to correctly play the tune. Once we've covered all 7 Etudes, we will wrap everything up with a full song performance of my tune Common Ground.
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Here is the full song performance of Common Ground.
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In this series of lessons I will be breaking down piece by piece all four Etudes of my tune All Laid Back and Stuff. I will start things off with a short performance of the section of the song I am covering then I will get into the details of how to correctly play the tune. Once we've covered all 4 Etudes, we will wrap everything up with a full song performance of my tune All Laid Back and Stuff.
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Here is the full song performance of All Laid Back and Stuff.
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In this series of lessons I will be breaking down piece by piece all five Etudes of my tune She. I will start things off with a short performance of the section of the song I am covering then I will get into the details of how to correctly play the tune. Once we've covered all 5 Etudes, we will wrap everything up with a full song performance of my tune She.
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In this series of lessons I will be breaking down piece by piece all four Etudes of my tune Nocturne. I will start things off with a short performance of the section of the song I am covering then I will get into the details of how to correctly play the tune. Once we've covered all 4 Etudes, we will wrap everything up with a full song performance of my tune Nocturne.
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Okay guys - I hope you had a good time learning these tunes, and I wanted to thank you for checking it out. I really appreciate your attention!<br></br>If you'd like to follow me, you can check me out on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and of course at my website AndyMcKee.com. Check that out for tour dates, I stay quite busy touring around, so I hope to see you on the road. Other than that, I'll see you next time here at TrueFire!
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