Hello. I am new to guitartricks. I am intermediate level guitarist. I joined GT cos I wanted to play solo guitar...arranging songs..mainly fingerstyle guitar. Can anyone help how to start and where to start. Seems GT has lot of info but I am confused where to start.
I will apprecaite input.
Thanks
sam
Hi Sam
Noting that you are intermediate, probably a question best put to Lisa McCormick in her Ask Lisa sub-forum.
Lisa does a lot of the acoustic finger style tutorials for finger style beginners here as well as genre orientated ones. e.g. blues, where in the final part of the lesson she demonstrates how to put together a blues song.
That's merely illustrative, and possibly simpler than what you were seeking, but Lisa will sort you out with a direction if Christopher or someone else doesn't chime in beforehand.
Cheers 😎
Hey & welcome to GT!
Originally Posted by: sansspite5I joined GT cos I wanted to play solo guitar...arranging songs..mainly fingerstyle guitar. Can anyone help how to start and where to start.
Arranging a song to be played completely on solo guitar is more of a classical approach. So you might want to look through my classical tutorials. The easier material might be beneath your physical playing skills level, but the concepts can help you understand how to harmonize a melody in order to put chords to a melody.
https://www.guitartricks.com/forum/thread.php?f=36&t=28987
When this technique is done for pop or jazz tunes it's typically called chord melody style. That's because the idea is to play both the melody & the chords all at the same time. I do some tutorials aimed at learning those skills in a jazz context.
Joe Pass Style
https://www.guitartricks.com/tutorial.php?input=149
https://www.guitartricks.com/tutorial.php?input=268
https://www.guitartricks.com/tutorial.php?input=708
And I've done some tunes that have a chord melody approach in the tutorial.
After You've Gone[br]https://www.guitartricks.com/tutorial.php?input=644
[br]St. Louis Blues[br]https://www.guitartricks.com/tutorial.php?input=759
Summertime (Jazz)
https://www.guitartricks.com/tutorial.php?input=2189
Doing it as acosutic fingerstyle, Anders does a great job of showing how this works in a ragtime style setting.
https://www.guitartricks.com/tutorial.php?input=975
While those are mostly jazz related, this style can be applied to any genre! For example Anders does a great job on a pop tune here.
Fields of Gold
https://www.guitartricks.com/tutorial.php?input=1150
Also, Travis picking is an interesting technique used in country style that can help you develop your technique to play chords & melody at the same time.
https://www.guitartricks.com/tutorial.php?input=2357
Hope that helps! Please ask more if necessary & best of success!
Many thanks to ManXCat and Christopher. I will check both. Much appreciated. Indeed.
cheers
sam
Originally Posted by: sansspite5Many thanks to ManXCat and Christopher. I will check both. Much appreciated. Indeed.
You're welcome!
Welcome to this short tutorial on how to make solo fingerstyle guitar arrangements. It's intended for guitarists who are already familiar with chords and who can play at a reasonable level, not complete beginners just getting to grips with the guitar UPSers
