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Lesson #18 – Cold Beer, Fingerstyle Fundamentals Wrap-up

featured, Fingerstyle Guitar Lessons: Part Three

At this point you should have a pretty good idea of how to develop your fingerpicking skills, applying and identifying chord shapes and finger patterns, and thumb independence.

Black Ace – I am the Black Ace

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Black Ace is a Texas bluesman whose music unfortunately has gone largely unheard of and unappreciated. This is a rare clip of the man at home. Beautiful and articulate slide playing.

Blind Boy Fuller – Rag, Mama, Rag

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One of our guitar heroes, and one of the coolest rags ever to be played on guitar.

John Lee Hooker – Boom Boom

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This is the classic John Lee Hooker tune, played by the man himself.

Lesson #17 – Freight Train Exercise

Fingerstyle Guitar Lessons: Part Three, Freight Train

This is another simple yet strong, beautiful melody. This time we’re playing in the key of C. The song was originally penned by Elizabeth Cotton when she was twelve years old around the year 1900, and has gone on to be recorded countless times by various artists.

Author: Fingerstyle Blues

Lesson #18 – Cold Beer, Fingerstyle Fundamentals Wrap-up

Black Ace – I am the Black Ace

Blind Boy Fuller – Rag, Mama, Rag

John Lee Hooker – Boom Boom

Lesson #17 – Freight Train Exercise

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