What is ‘Fingerstyle Guitar?

by Greg on November 12, 2009

Fingerstyle Guitar

‘Fingerstyle’ Guitar is the technique of playing the guitar by plucking the strings directly with the fingertips, fingernails, or picks attached to fingers, as opposed to ‘Flatpicking’ (picking individual notes with a single plectrum called a ‘flatpick’) or strumming all the strings of the instrument in chords. The term is often used synonymously with ‘Fingerpicking’.

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Joe Pass: Solo ‘Fingerstyle’ Guitar Improvisation

by Greg on September 19, 2009

Joe Pass

Joe Pass

Joe Pass was a true virtuoso when it came to solo ‘Fingerstyle’ jazz guitar, and his ability to improvise in this style was one of pure genius.

Learn more about Joe Pass here: http://www.guitarimpressions.com/joe-pass-fingerstyle-jazz-guitar-improvisation/

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Jazz on the Classical Guitar!

September 16, 2009

Ken Hatfield
Check out the latest post on our BLOG at: www.guitarimpressions.com regarding the Jazz Guitarist Ken Hatfield who plays
Jazz on the Classical Nylon String Guitar.
You can find information regarding his website
and a great book he’s published entitled ‘Jazz on the Classical Guitar’.
Follow it up. It leads to exciting new possibilities!
Here’s the link:
http://www.guitarimpressions.com/jazz-clasical-guitar-ken-hatfield/

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Brand new site for Guitar Impressions in Adelaide

September 10, 2009

Guitar Impressions is opening a fresh new chapter in Adelaide with a brand new web site, just for Australians.  We’re going to be doing some changes and soon the new site will host some unique content visible only to people down under.  We should be up and running in the next few days.
In the meantime, [...]

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