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Transcribe software works with downloaded videos (all the usual looping and variable speed changing) if you can convert them to MP4.
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I'm in a somewhat similar boat as the OP, just at a different point in the journey. I have been playing fingerstyle for quite some time, but most of it has been pattern type playing. Think songs like Dust in the Wind, Landslide, James Taylor tunes etc. And I can read tab just fine, and am learning standard notation.
Thanks to a horrible singing voice combined with playing by myself 99 percent of the time I have really taken an interest in fingerstyle arrangements/instrumentals. There are a lot of resources online to get started with, as long as you can read tab. I've found some simple tunes in YouTube as well as independent sites like https://www.guitarnick.com. He includes chord diagrams, and in some cases offers easy and advanced versions of songs. I do think that having learned pattern playing first was helpful, the independence between thumb and fingers was already established. So I guess my advice would be to learn to read tabs, and maybe learn a few songs that you like that use patterns while you dip your toes in the waters of solo arrangements. Steve W |
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Excellent, someone mentioned Derek Gripper! An older version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ac_lqrZ5ZOU . A newer one, he's loosened up a bit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xSIGLpK9aQI . A studio version, showing off how independent the base and treble melodies can be: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sb0uaPQ1BdE .
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In regards to "fingerstyling the chords", I think you're referring to arpeggios. Sometimes just "shaping it out" work, sometimes they don't. The idea is not to associate chords by their shapes, but by the notes so you are correct. There are many ways to play a C major chord and not just the "staircase" cowboy open chord shape we all know. It's a matter of finding C, E, and G anywhere on the fretboard in any order, and somehow play it in a "fingerstyle" way. If you're not familiar with intervals, how major and minor chords are formed 1-3-5 and 1-minor 3rd-5 respectively, and harmony. I suggest taking a look at these concepts. I think once you understand these, it can be easier to understand how chords and melody work. Last edited by hatamoto; 10-15-2021 at 01:46 AM. |
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The other thing that has helped, is that I still think of the music in terms of strumming, IE if I would use a particular strumming pattern for a part I have a go to fingerpicking pattern that I sort of work around as a substitute. |
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Too bad my strumming is just as bad as everything else at this point... |
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Playing fingerstyle guitar is not easy. It's challenging, but I think, very rewarding.
I play some instrumental pieces, but I'm also a singer. I like to play fingerstyle accompaniment with singing as Paul Simon, Gordon Lightfoot, Jim Croce, John Denver, etc. did. So for me, having memorized how to play the Travis pick years ago was extremely helpful. Coming up with several other basic arpeggio type picks has also been extremely helpful. Knowing well all kinds of chords and chord shapes is invaluable. When I play fingerstyle pieces, they are based off of those fundamental finger picking patterns and chord shapes. Not everything you play will be straight finger picking patterns or straight chords, but the foundation for the piece is most definitely based on those shapes and patterns. In the end, the way to learn is to learn songs or pieces. My approach is to put the theory to practice and learn how to make music, one song after another until I build a repertoire and can really enjoy making music without it being so much work. - Glenn
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