How to Play Fingerstyle Guitar
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Published 2013-07-25
In this video, learn the basics of fingerstyle technique in under five minutes! Iren Arutyunyan is one half of Le Chic Guitar Duo and she has taught this technique to many budding guitarists. Iren uses PIMA fingerings throughout the demo (skip to 0:33 for a quick explanation) and then guides you through meters 2-8 with examples of how they fit into popular songs.
(1:22) - Variation from "Gran Jota" composed by Francisco Tarrega
(1:39) - "Study in E Minor Op. 48 No. 5" composed by Mauro Giuliani
(1:57) - Iren wrote this chord pattern
(2:19) - "Butcher Boy" - an arrangement found in Hall Leonard Guitar Method by Will Schmid
At the end, she'll show you how to bring it all together in the classic Beatles song, Blackbird. If you would like to learn how to play these songs, please visit www.cordobaguitars.com/learn.php for the music!
Fingerstyle technique sure does look easy, but it will take time to master! We recommend playing along with the video, taking the time to pause, practice, and repeat the different segments. Most importantly, have fun!
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Video Production & Editing: Jocelyn Chang
Location: Cordoba Guitars HQ in Santa Monica, CA
Audio was recorded with an Apogee One through a Rode NT5 mic.
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Iren Arutyunyan is playing a Cordoba Luthier C9 SP.
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All Comments (21)
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P-pulgar I-indice M-mediano A-anular Spanish names for thumb, index, middle, and ring finger. Fort those wonder where they get those letters from like I did.
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Think i'm gonna learn the drums...
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Thank You, especially for Blackbird at the conclusion, I always thought it sounded hard, but you made it look easy. I can play it now, after 50 years, it's never too late with music. Best wishes from Scotland
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THE ONLY ONE IN THIS UNIVERSE WHO CAN PRESENT WITH SUCH A PERFECTION, CRAFTNESS, MELODIOUS,HARMONY,SYMPHONY, NATURALLY ,IDEALLY A-Z 100% GODDESS OF GUITAR, A DIVINE CREATION. HEARTFELT ACCHOLADES
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I cannot thank you enough for getting me out of a rut and progressing my learning. Inspirational stuff, keep it up. Thank you!!!
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For many years I could not get this finger style down until now... Thank you Irene!
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Thank you. That was a very nice explanation of 2, 3, 4, 6 and 8 finger style picking patterns.
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Informative, clear, and evenly paste. Thank you for sharing this information and God bless
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That guitar sounds so beautiful and I love the way you are breaking down the arpeggio style. I'm so going to be practicing this! Thanks!
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Really nice tutorial and fairly easy to follow along. The PIMA reference helps alot, thanks!
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Love the guitar playing techniques.
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Co za piękna gitarzystka ,nie tylko urzeka swoim urokiem ale i talentem ,warto przyjąć korepetycje od takiej Bogini Piękności
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Very interesting! It's my first time learning that you could substitute the string number for PIMA. It is actually a bit easier to memorize the string order using PIMA than numbers. Thank you!
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thanks for simplifying this, starting to make sense
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Wow! Love how the essential fingerpicking techniques were covered in under 5 min. I'll just have to review all patterns again. Would be helpful if they could all be written down in the description.
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You make it look SO EASY!!!! I like the way you play!
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1:07 that look ))))
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I ran across this by accident, and very happy to see a breakdown of the pattern for Blackbird, which I've been learning. I don't feel you are going too fast. However, I would have liked to see your fretting hand, which is not fully in the frame starting at 4:07. Otherwise, very nicely done, thank you!
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Loved your video 💖 very nice and relaxing.
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Thank you for the good lesson to begin in the very relaxing fashion to print in the brain.🤗🤗
