In this fingerstyle tutorial you’ll learn the essential fingerpicking exercises you need to know in order to play most of the solos and arrangements from the great fingerstyle jazz guitarists, such as Lenny Breau, Joe Pass and Ted Greene.
Although this article is intended mainly for jazz players interested in fingerstyle guitar, the following fingerpicking patterns are well suited to developing fingerstyle techniques regardless of what style(s) you play.
If you are a beginner at fingerstyle guitar, I recommend that you start from the beginning of the fingerpicking exercises and work sequentially one at a time, focusing mainly on the ones that use open strings.
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If you are more advanced, feel free to skim through the first few exercises but be sure to have a good look at the challenge studies throughout the lesson.
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However, most can be boiled down to just a handful of fingerpicking exercises, which will enable you to play nearly any fingerstyle jazz guitar transcription that’s out there. As you’ll see, there really isn’t that many patterns you need to know.
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Regardless of what stage you are at in your fingerstyle guitar journey, keep in mind the points of correct right hand technique below, so you don’t fall into any bad habits.
In fingerstyle jazz guitar there is no set way in the method that guitarists use to pluck the strings. Feel free to experiment with fingerpicks, growing your fingernails, or using the flesh of the fingers only.
You could also try hybrid picking where you hold a pick with the thumb and forefinger and play fingerstyle with the other remaining fingers.
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I use fingernails to pluck the strings, but they do break occasionally, so when they do I temporarily use an Alaska Pik fingerpick until the nail grows back.
In the above example, I’ve indicated to play the exercise with i and m fingers, then once you are comfortable with that try with p and i. The ‘sim’ means to continue the finger pattern for the exercise.
In fingerstyle jazz guitar (and most other fingerstyle genres), the thumb is usually reserved for the bass notes on the 6th, 5th and 4th strings.
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These exercises are pretty straightforward, however even if you are a more advanced player, check that you have good technique in your strokes as outlined below.
Take note of the correct finger picking action that the video above demonstrates. Many people develop poor fingerstyle technique by not being careful about their stroke motion when they’re first learning, and this can be tedious to correct down the track – so make sure you get this right from the start!
Now that you are familiar with walking fingers, have a go at this short walking finger study. It sounds particularly nice if you try to hold on to the notes with your fretting hand as long as possible, so the notes ring on over each other (called a
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Walking fingers can get tricky when you move from string to string, as you might tend to repeat a finger upon crossing strings. Be careful in the following fingerpicking exercises to ensure the fingers keep walking no matter what – as opposed to hopping!
Now that you’ve got this finger picking technique secure, here’s a little study I wrote as a string crossing workout. The fretting hand has to do a few tricky chord grips in this one.
Like the last study, it sounds good if you try to keep the fingers held as long as possible on each chord, with the open strings ringing on creating that neat campanella effect.
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In fingerstyle jazz guitar, the thumb is the bass player – playing single bass notes beneath chords or the odd bass line run.
As the video below details, when you are using your thumb on these exercises, be careful that it doesn’t collapse into the palm and instead remains on the outside of the palm, otherwise your index finger and thumb will get in the way of each other when fingerpicking.
Rest strokes won’t work here as the notes are always on adjacent strings, so just stick to free stroke for these fingerpicking exercises.
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As you can tell, I’ve been a fan of mixing open strings with picking patterns lately. This study should test out your fretting hand chops too!
This is where things start to get a bit more interesting. There are some great patterns to learn when you start using the thumb in combination with two other fingers.
When I was more into classical guitar I practiced a well known set of 120 right hand studies by Mauro Giuliani. I was so dedicated to practicing these I would try to practice all 120 – every day!
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I couldn’t bring myself to inflict this on you as well, so here are a couple of similar fingerpicking exercises but with some more interesting chord progressions. Enjoy!
These are similar exercises to the previous section. All you have to do now is add on the ring finger (that’s what the ‘a’ letter is referring to in the examples below).
By using some simple fingerstyle patterns like these, stock standard chord voicings can sound a lot more interesting. Check out the study ‘Southern Land’ below for an example of this:
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I’m sure there will be more posts on this site in the future on developing fingerstyle technique, however in the meantime check out these great posts on other sites for more fingerpicking exercises and ideas to develop your chops:
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I know a lot of the readers of my blog are interested in fingerstyle technique for jazz, and I’ve noticed there isn’t a lot of information out there online on the subject so I hope that this fingerstyle tutorial helps you get started and improve.
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As you can see, by focusing on just the core fingerpicking patterns it really doesn’t need to take that long for you to develop a solid fingerstyle technique. Let me know if you liked this lesson about fingerpicking exercises by leaving a comment below…Think about guitarists such as Tommy Emmanuel, Sungha Jung, Andy Mckee, and Michael Hedges and how they can create beautiful music with the guitar.
To become good at fingerpicking guitar, it takes time, practice, and passion. Most importantly, you have to know how to get started.
Today I am going to show you the 12 most crucial fingerpicking guitar exercises you must learn if you want to become great at playing guitar.
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The word “Great” doesn’t mean you have to become a professional guitar player. Even if you don’t become the greatest guitar player on earth, you still want to be able to enjoy practicing and mastering the fingerstyle technique.
Place the thumb in front of the fingers and pluck the strings downwards. Only use the major knuckle that connects the finger to the palm of your hand.
Pluck the strings upwards towards the palm. Start the plucking movement by moving the finger away from the string to generate speed an momentum. This movement is called “Preparation, ” and it comes from the major knuckle. As your finger touches the string, articulate with the minor knuckle upwards. This part is called “Plucking.”
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The basic chords I am playing in this example are straightforward and perfect for beginners. Some of them will probably sound new to you (and your ears).
For me, scales are among the most important things every musician should learn. Today, I am going to show you how to get started with scales and how to practice scales with purpose.
In this lesson, we are going to learn and practice all the example in the C major key. You can then transpose this concept in other keys.
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If you want to practice the C major scale to improve your technique and speed, you should start by playing the scale up and down the neck.
In the following example, we are going to learn how to write a melody on guitar by using the notes of the C major scale.
Learn the notes of the C major scale in one position of the neck. Notice that the scale starts with the note G, but it is still considered a C major scale.
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The reasons why we play the scale on the top three strings only is because we have to keep the 4th, 5th, and 6th string for the bass note of the chords.
Select the first note of the scale, in this case, the note C. We will call this note the “Root note” of the chord.
A chord is built by stacking up to three notes of the scale. Once you recognize the root note, add the 3rd and 5th.
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In the example below, we have the Root note C followed by the 3rd, the note E, and the 5th, the note G.
The most common chord progression in music is the I V vi IV. If we go ahead with this option, we will play C, G, Am, and F major chord.
Make the chord
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