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Old 12-27-2021, 03:13 PM
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I liked the Dan Holloway video at the beginning of the thread (along with many of the other musical recs). Based on the OP's interests and stylistic markers, it looks like you're interested in music that borrows heavily from three distinct musical traditions or approaches: classical guitar (for the basic mechanics), jazz chord melody playing (for the harmonic approach), and Travis-style picking (for the strongly rhythmical drive). There are a lot of resources available for each of those, and it might pay off in the long run to focus on one of them at a time until you feel that you've plateaued and then move on to the next.

Two books I'm really fond of are Mark Hanson's The Art of Contemporary Travis Picking and The Art of Solo Fingerpicking. The exercises and pieces in them build on each other, and by the time you make it through the second book you'll have a great basis for further exploration.

It sounds like you're having fun, which is the most important thing!
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