Hi, I have 3 guitar tab books at my website: www.joshsnodgrass.com/tab I also have some video lesson here on TH-cam: www.youtube.com/@JoshSnodgrassLessons
This is great! I just started playing the guitar a few months ago and videos like this are really helpful in understanding some of the nuances of the instrument. By the way, your music was part of my inspiration for wanting to learn. Thanks for sharing!
I'm making progress little by little and having a lot of fun. Chord transitions are the hardest part for me. Picking melodies comes a little more naturally, but I'm struggling to incorporate more than just the main notes from the melody. I think I know the answer though... more practice. 😄 Do you think it's a bad idea to focus on fingerstyle techniques before mastering the basics of rhythm guitar?
That's great that you're having fun, that's the main thing when you're starting out. About chord transitions, there's a cool exercise to help with that: th-cam.com/video/Vk74avnLjkc/w-d-xo.html -It helps, I actually still use it sometimes when I'm dealing with chords I don't normally use. About adding more than the main notes from the melody, you might just try playing the base note and letting it ring at each measure or chord change and then playing the melody over that. It's simple compared to a lot of fingerstyle music but it will give you the structure of the song. I expect it would also be a good challenge/exercise for you. As you get more comfortable you can add in some harmony notes to the melody. I often do this just by picking 2 strings with my 2 picking fingers (instead of just the melody note) and I often just use the adjacent note in whatever chord I'm playing. -It fills it out a bit. Eventually you can work up to arpeggios. About your question, I don't think it is a bad idea to focus on fingerstyle before learning rhythm guitar. The art of strumming is pretty much useless in most fingerstyle arrangements. It's a completely different skill and it's not really that relevant. I'm sure there are some great fingerstyle players that aren't very good strummers. I was a rhythm guitar player first but I hardly ever strum now. I hope that helps.
@@JoshSnodgrassLessons Thanks for the advice! That chord change exercise makes a lot of sense. I'm going to start incorporating that into my practice sessions. And that's really helpful to have some ideas for the first steps beyond the single note melody.
@@reedhewitt The first song I ever learned as a fingerstyle guitar song was "What Child is This". I know it's a weird time of year to work on this song but I have a lesson with some good arpeggios: th-cam.com/video/0RKezkkgt9Y/w-d-xo.htmlsi=-mPf0wQqNEiCQvUq
Thanks Josh
Thanks Josh. Always good advice!👍👍
Thanks Rick!
Do you have lessons for purchase or online?
Hi, I have 3 guitar tab books at my website: www.joshsnodgrass.com/tab
I also have some video lesson here on TH-cam: www.youtube.com/@JoshSnodgrassLessons
@@JoshSnodgrassLessons thank you Brother!
This is great! I just started playing the guitar a few months ago and videos like this are really helpful in understanding some of the nuances of the instrument. By the way, your music was part of my inspiration for wanting to learn. Thanks for sharing!
That's so awesome and I'm glad it was helpful. How is playing the guitar coming along for you?
I'm making progress little by little and having a lot of fun. Chord transitions are the hardest part for me. Picking melodies comes a little more naturally, but I'm struggling to incorporate more than just the main notes from the melody. I think I know the answer though... more practice. 😄
Do you think it's a bad idea to focus on fingerstyle techniques before mastering the basics of rhythm guitar?
That's great that you're having fun, that's the main thing when you're starting out. About chord transitions, there's a cool exercise to help with that: th-cam.com/video/Vk74avnLjkc/w-d-xo.html -It helps, I actually still use it sometimes when I'm dealing with chords I don't normally use. About adding more than the main notes from the melody, you might just try playing the base note and letting it ring at each measure or chord change and then playing the melody over that. It's simple compared to a lot of fingerstyle music but it will give you the structure of the song. I expect it would also be a good challenge/exercise for you. As you get more comfortable you can add in some harmony notes to the melody. I often do this just by picking 2 strings with my 2 picking fingers (instead of just the melody note) and I often just use the adjacent note in whatever chord I'm playing. -It fills it out a bit. Eventually you can work up to arpeggios.
About your question, I don't think it is a bad idea to focus on fingerstyle before learning rhythm guitar. The art of strumming is pretty much useless in most fingerstyle arrangements. It's a completely different skill and it's not really that relevant. I'm sure there are some great fingerstyle players that aren't very good strummers. I was a rhythm guitar player first but I hardly ever strum now. I hope that helps.
@@JoshSnodgrassLessons Thanks for the advice! That chord change exercise makes a lot of sense. I'm going to start incorporating that into my practice sessions. And that's really helpful to have some ideas for the first steps beyond the single note melody.
@@reedhewitt The first song I ever learned as a fingerstyle guitar song was "What Child is This". I know it's a weird time of year to work on this song but I have a lesson with some good arpeggios: th-cam.com/video/0RKezkkgt9Y/w-d-xo.htmlsi=-mPf0wQqNEiCQvUq