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7 Popular Finger Picks to Clarify Your Fingerpicking
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7 Popular Finger Picks to Clarify Your Fingerpicking

Finger picks brighten and clarify your fingerpicking. Using the flesh of your fingers to individually pick the strings usually creates a muted and muddy sound. But by attaching a plectrum to the end of each picking finger, each note is picked with added power and brightness - cutting through more
Aug 8, 2018 4 min read
Quick Tip:  Add Bottom End to Your Fingerstyle Playing
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Quick Tip: Add Bottom End to Your Fingerstyle Playing

How do you choose your guitar strings? No, I don't mean choosing the brand. I mean how do you choose which gauge to use? It depends on what you're trying to accomplish. If you want to play leads? Go for Light strings. Want versatiliy? Mediums-Light. Volume?
Oct 11, 2013 2 min read
How To Play: "Song For George" by Eric Johnson
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How To Play: "Song For George" by Eric Johnson

Eric Johnson playing "Song For George" live: [youtube url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5z7_QRTM96M"] A "Slowed Down" version: [youtube url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=76yCngjEGss"] Reliable Tab version of the song:   http://www.guitaretab.com/j/johnson-eric/
Sep 26, 2013
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