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![]() Fingerstyle Secret! Improve your Fingerstyle Technique in three steps.Hey what’s up guys. Today I really feel I want to share with you a fingerstyle secret. This is a lesson that my old teacher gave me when I was a kid. I used to struggle a lot with fingerstyle guitar so he gave me these three exercises that literally changed my life. Today I am going to share them with you. Just couple of things before we start.
There is a pattern you can follow that will certainly improve your fingerstyle guitar technique. I have been there! I was struggling a lot with this technique. Today I am going to give three killing exercises that are going to instantly improve your fingerstyle technique. Your right hand will improve faster, gain accuracy and feel more natural than ever. You have to commit though. You can’t improve your technique if you don’t practice hard.The right hand’s thumb is the first thing you need to improve if you want to become great with fingerstyle. I am going to give one exercise you must practice every day for five minutes. It is really important though you follow the rules and use the same fingerings and plucking patter I use.In this first exercise you are going to change the position of your right hand thumb. This little change will give you more control almost straightaway. You might need a little bit of time to adjust to the new position but I can guarantee you that once you nailed this approach, your control and accuracy will improve instantly.![]() In this exercise, you are going to play a melody on the 2nd and 3rd string. For each fretted note of melody we are going to alternate the first open string. The exercise looks like that.The secret here is to keep the thumb on the adjacent string at all time. From bar 1 to 5 lean the thumb on the third string. On bar 6, move the thumb on the forth string.![]() By changing this simple thing in your playing, you will reduce the movement of your right hand. You will gain more control, accuracy and volume. Notice how I always alternate index – middle finger using a wide movement. This is absolutely voluntary. I highly recommend you overemphasize the movement (at least when you start) in order to develop muscle memory faster.If it’s easy you don’t want it. If you really want to improve your fingerstyle guitar you need complex patterns. By practicing the exercise I am about to show you, you will not only improve your fingerstyle technique, but also speed and accuracy. This exercise was given to me by my old teacher and it is quite similar to a Villa Lobos Classical Piece.The right hand arpeggio is quite complex so you want to make sure you practice one bar at a time. Speed isn’t important at that stage so, take it slow and focus on getting the right pattern.
Practice one bar at a time. Speed isn’t important at that stage.Make sure you follow the right hand fingerstyle pattern on the Tab. Notice that the thumb pluck quite a lot of strings. It takes time to get used to using the thumb like that. If you feel pain or a burning feeling, stop immediately and rest for a couple of minutes, then try again.Double down the speed for few seconds will help you to improve your fingerstyle technique faster. The third secret, the sprint, is a great technique. It’s usually used on electric guitar when you want to build speed. I have used the same concept on the acoustic guitar (you can actually apply it everywhere) for my fingerstyle technique and the results are astounding. I am going to give you an example of the “Sprinting” approach with the next exercise.Double down the speed for few seconds will improve your fingerstyle technique faster!Thank you very much for your feedback guys. Make sure you subscribe to my YouTube Channel.
Marco Cirillo is a guitar player based in London. Marco works as private teacher, Youtuber and Blogger.
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