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Fingerstyle books - recommendations

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grappagreengrappagreen Frets: 1252
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Hi all,

Been playing electric guitar for a long, lomg time but got a hankering for learning some acoustic fingerstyle stuff. Played classical for a while as a kid but looking for some book/DVD recommendations to get going. Ideally something to get the basics right and then stuff to move on from there..

Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Si
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  • fishfingersfishfingers Frets: 102
    Woody Mann's Complete Blues Guitar is a great book - not complete beginner level but very basic and covers a wide range of blues styles

    https://www.amazon.co.uk/Complete-Acoustic-Blues-Guitar-Method/dp/1783052481


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  • VimFuegoVimFuego Frets: 14862
    I quite like this one, it's not just songs/tunes, but shows you why you're playing what your playing: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Acoustic-Guitar-Fingerstyle-Private-Lessons/dp/1890490709/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1535036512&sr=1-1&keywords=the+acoustic+fingerstyle+method

    I'm not locked in here with you, you are locked in here with me.

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  • grappagreengrappagreen Frets: 1252
    Thanks all.
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  • BezzerBezzer Frets: 572

    That, without a doubt.  Possibly the best all encompassing acoustic book I think I've read.

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  • LewyLewy Frets: 3795
    This is the one that set me on the path and I still recommend it highly:

    https://www.amazon.co.uk/Beginning-Fingerstyle-Blues-Guitar-Books/dp/0825625564

    Even if you're not into blues, it covers all the fundamentals of alternating thumb fingerstyle clearly and in a way that's tranferable to any style.
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  • barry2tonebarry2tone Frets: 212
    edited August 2018
    Got one of these arriving soon, though I expect it'll be autumn before I start to tussle with it. I'll find out if it's fingerstyle and report back.

    https://www.alfred.com/barry-galbraith-jazz-guitar-study-series-4-play-along-with-bach/p/24-BG4/
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  • thomasross20thomasross20 Frets: 4353
    TBH I just get some songs and play them - surely the best way? 
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  • grappagreengrappagreen Frets: 1252
    Thanks for the heads up all.

    Having had to unpick poor technique in the past I’d rather avoid that in the future..

    Si
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  • grappagreengrappagreen Frets: 1252
    Sorted - gone for Eric Roche to get me going..

    Thanks to all.

    Si
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  • Guitar_SlingerGuitar_Slinger Frets: 1489
    edited September 2018
    I remember a thread like this a few years ago which had loads of recommendations in. Having just checked my Amazon account, I bought 3 books in 2011 based on recommendations in the thread, including the one @Lewy recommended.

    Beyond Basics: Acoustic Blues Guitar
    Beginning Fingerstyle Blues Guitar
    Acoustic Guitar Fingerstyle Method: Book with 2 CDs.

    They were bought with Amazon vouchers when I left a job, around the time my son was born, which distracted me for a few years but these days I play more acoustic than electric

    Good luck with it @grappagreen and if Eric Roche is your thing, look at what @stuartryanmusic does too.
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  • grappagreengrappagreen Frets: 1252
    Thanks very much for this. Just working through Eric's book now and some really interesting stuff as I've come largely from the electric world. I played classical guitar in my former years so trying to get the old digits moving again..

    I' going to grab the some of the other books to give me some more material to work with. Not a criticism at all but the Roche book is covers lots of ground..

    Simon
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  • musicman100musicman100 Frets: 1644
    Exactly what type of finger style are you wanting to learn??
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  • CHRISB50CHRISB50 Frets: 4001

    Not a book but Don Ross has some great lessons on fingerstyle on Jamplay.


    I found the finger independence and polyrhythmic picking lessons very helpful.

    I can't help about the shape I'm in, I can't sing I ain't pretty and my legs are thin

    But don't ask me what I think of you, I might not give the answer that you want me to

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  • TINMAN82TINMAN82 Frets: 1844
    Check out Jim Bruce and his online videos. Some free on YouTube. Great format with combination video and onscreen tab, all nicely broken down into a few bars at a time.

    Also, Jerrys guitar bar is excellent for individual songs.
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  • jrc2806jrc2806 Frets: 64
    Recently received a copy of Pierre Bensusan's 'the guitar book'. Focuses on DADGAD (intermediate to advanced) but it is fantastic. Only guitar book I own which includes tablature and recipes/poems etc.....
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  • kaizersozakaizersoza Frets: 1
    oof pulled the trigger on the Eric Roche Bible
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  • NiteflyNitefly Frets: 4697
    Stefan Grossman was the go-to guy in my day, you used to be able to buy cassettes (!) with lessons on them.  He did them on tab, so you could see what to play and also (possibly for the first time) hear how it was supposed to sound - radical for the time!

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