Truefire Mike Dawes' Progressive Fingerstyle Essential Riffs TUTORiAL
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14-10-2022
Learn How Play Rhythm, Harmony, Percussion and Melody Simultaneously
Ready to put all 10 fingers to work and unleash the powerful polyphonic wonders of your acoustic guitar? Buckle-up, dig in and fast-forward your fingerstyle chops with this Essential Riffs edition of Progressive Fingerstyle from progressive fingerstyle master, Mike Dawes!
”Playing, rhythm, harmony, percussion and melody simultaneously unleashes infinite creative and musical possibilities. That's why I'm exited too share my first-ever progressive fingerstyle riff collection! I've cherry-picked 10 of my own favorite and most versatile passages for you. We'll use them as the framework for the performance studios in this course - use them as presented or better yet - tweak and make them your own!
Although these riffs fall under the progressive fingerstyle umbrella, they draw influence from a variety of genres; Rock, Pop, Celtic, New Age – all playable with my progressive fingerstyle toolkit, and all designed to to diversify and enhance your fingerstyle skillset.
I'll demonstrate each performance study and then break them down in immense detail. With TrueFire's learning tools, the tab and notation is synced to the video. You can slow or loop any section to practice along with me and work it up to tempo.”
In Progressive Fingerstyle: Essential Riffs: Self-accompaniment Finger independence Side slaps Hammered harmonics Tapping chords Polymetrics Emulating kick and snare Bass and melody at once Alternate tunings Staccato meets legato and more!
You'll have all of TrueFire's advanced learning tools at your finger tips to personalize your workspace and learn at your own pace.
You can loop, slow down, or speed up any section of a lesson. Plus, all of the tab and notation is synced to the videos for the optimal learning experience. You'll also get tab and standard notation files to print out, Guitar Pro files, and all of the backing tracks to practice with.
Time to ditch the pick and dig deep with Mike Dawes!
P.S. Eager to "ditch the pick” and join us in the polyphonic wonder world of Progressive Fingerstyle? Pick up Mike's First Steps edition of Progressive Fingerstyle? Mike will get you up and running more quickly than you would ever imagine!
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