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Acoustic Finger Style Guitar Credits This eBook was written by Dan Lundholm and Samantha Murray and remain the copyright of Spytunes Ltd. All musical examples are original compositions and remain the copyright of Spytunes Ltd.

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Acoustic Finger Style Guitar © 2010 Spytunes Ltd

Index 4. About This Book 5. What Is Finger style? 6. Chord Shapes and Patterns 7. 4/4 and 6/8 8. Chord Progression 1 10. Etude 1–7 22. Chord Progression 2 23. Etude 8–12 28. S-E Etudes 29. Final Thoughts

Song Etudes

• 30. Ain’t No Sunshine Etude

• 31. Arthur’s Theme Etude

• 32. Blackbird Etude

• 34. Close To You Etude

• 35. Dream A Little Dream Etude

• 36. Empire State Of Mind

• 37. Fast Car Etude

• 38. Hey There Delilah Etude

• 39. Last Request Etude

• 40. Lately Etude

• 41. Over The Rainbow Etude

• 44. Scarborough Fair Etude

• 45. The Scientist

• 46. Stairway To Heaven Etude

• 47. Tears In Heaven Etude

• 48. Why Don’t You Do Right Etude

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Acoustic Finger Style Guitar © 2010 Spytunes Ltd

About This eBook Thank you for purchasing this eBook. After you have completed all 12 Etudes you will understand how finger style guitar patterns are built and should be able to apply this technique to any piece of music. You might also find other areas of improvement in your playing such as: • Finger Dexterity • Co-ordination • Understanding of bass lines • Time Keeping • Understanding of Chord Progressions As always, keep track of the BPM to measure your own progress. Song Etudes Once the fundamentals of Finger Style Guitar is understood we start looking at Etudes. All etudes are a small version of the songs you find in ’Acoustic Guitar’. By seeing the rhythmical pattern as well as the fingering you can begin to explore the one guitar arrangement in more depth and with more focus. Let Acoustic Finger Style Guitar kick start your journey to become a finger style player! -Samantha Murray & Dan Lundholm

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Acoustic Finger Style Guitar © 2010 Spytunes Ltd

What is Finger Style Guitar? Finger style guitar is a broad subject stretching from Simon & Garfunkels soothing patterns to Michael Hedges percussive techniques. From Merle Travis style that fed a whole generation of American Session players to unorthodox styles like Mark Knopflers (Dire Straits) home made solo style. When you first see these players you might think that what they do has something to with extreme talent, it doesn’t, it’s just a lot of practicing and gigging, honing their own style which is built on repetition of certain tricks. Should you ever examine any of the above-mentioned players in great detail you would find that they are constantly “doing the same thing”. Not necessarily as each other, but as themselves. This e-book takes 2 basic chord progression ideas and applies finger style patterns to them. By learning these Etudes you will: • Understand how to build your own finger style patterns • Improve overall dexterity, co-ordination and accuracy • Hear movement in chord progressions better Keep track of the Etudes using a click, write down the BPM in the work sheet at the end of this E-Book. Aim between 90-130 BPM. Once you have completed all etudes to a satisfactory level, start writing your own. Simply pick a chord progression you like, find a pattern and apply it to all chords, gradually build up bass lines.