The Fundamentals of Fingerstyle
About The Fundamentals of Fingerstyle
This class is focused on the fundamental techniques of fingerstyle and classical guitar, and will be taught through staples in the folk and classical repertoire, showing the correlation and benefits of both styles.
Class Materials
"120 Studies for Right Hand Development" by Mauro Giuliani
Class Goals
- - Learn fundamental picking patterns of classical and folk guitar
- - Gain further proficiency through learning repertoire from both styles in parallel and through incremental increase in difficulty from week to week
- - Learn other technical skills such as stability and ease through instrument and genre-specific instruction
- - Develop an appreciation for both genres
Age Range
All Ages
Skill Level
Intermediate
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When
Weekly 45-min sessions on Tuesdays, at 8 pm ET | 5 pm PT.
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Students Say
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Marc W. on June 29, 2021
It was a pleasure to take the Folk Guitar Meets Classical – Fundamentals of Fingerstyle Guitar with Andrew. While it would have superficially appeared to be a bit of lecture discussion about the similarities and differences between Folk, Popular, and Classical guitar, it was much more. I was surprised when suddenly Andrew reached for and played his steel string jazz guitar to do a differential explanation of some basic techniques. Yes, the various forms and the numerous tunes and exercises related to developing the underlying techniques within those songs did represent the above three genres, albeit with a liberal definition, one of the most exiting topics taught was PLANTING which I was aware of and had noticed on various videos, but it was under Andrew’s topic and goal of developing hand stability and finger control. The eight sessions wized by as did each session. It was a great experience and Andrew did a magnificent job, much more than I anticipated, and far exceeded my expectations. Bravo!
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Andrew Oswinkle
Guitarist Andrew Oswinkle was born and raised in Baltimore and recently graduated with a Masters in Classical Guitar Performance and Pedagogy at Peabody Conservatory. He placed 3rd in the 2019 Philadelphia classical Guitar Competition, 2nd in the 2022 Southern Guitar Competition, and has placed as a semi-finalist, in many other international competitions across the US.
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