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Location: Alberta, Canada | Is anyone aware of some good instructional videos on finger style picking? Or good books for that matter?
Driving 120 miles a week for instruction does not appeal to me.
That Lanaki guy had to go an post that great song of his and now has me thinking I could do that if I knew how. Anyone...
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Location: big island | Originally posted by colt357:
Is anyone aware of some good instructional videos on finger style picking? Or good books for that matter?
Driving 120 miles a week for instruction does not appeal to me.
That Lanaki guy had to go an post that great song of his and now has me thinking I could do that if I knew how. Anyone...
Dave hey dave,
there are many good resources on style and technique. what these materials cannot do is teach you how to put your heart into what you play. that gift comes from your Creator.
i learned some technique from watching the following two videos: "Acoustic Finger Picking" featuring Jamie Findlay and "The Art of Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar" taught by Keola Beamer.
you said something very crucial: "has me thinking I could do that". you CAN do it so keep thinking that way.
i am available to assist you in any way i can. just don't steal my song before i get it copyrighted! ;) |
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Location: Florida Central Gulf Coast | Sort through this link: http://acapella.harmony-central.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1160513 .
Hopefully I haven't broken some rule here. But there is a TON of info available at that link!!! |
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Location: Sunshine State, Australia | Well, if you broke a rule, I for one don't care. Looks VERY interesting. Thanks for posting it.
Now I've got to find the time to trawl through it. I reckon there'll be some absences from the OFC board for a few days as everyone elses trawls through it too. |
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Location: Lagrasse/France | Hi Dave,
Look for anything by Marcel Dadi, Chet Atkins...
Marcel Dadi was a french guitarist who made discover the picking and revitalize the guitar in France.
He records in french Traditional techniques of the picking in french "Les techniques traditionnelles du picking"; In spite of the language that remains very comprehensible, more especially as there are fingering charts.
He also records in english "Nashville Picking" 2 DVD's with tabs.
In the same spirit "The guitar of Chet Atkins" taught by Chet Atkins.
You can found them on amazone.com for example!!!
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | Go to YouTube and search Finger Style Guitar. The are about 173,000 videos (or so they say).
I'm still working on Hippie-Guitar-Circle chords and such. There are a whole lot of lessons there. And if you find someone you like, you can push 'subscribe' and you will be automatically directed to their videos. I was just looking at Justin Sandercoe, who is good for us simple folk. I don't know how advanced you wanna be, but outta 173,000 choices, you should find something.
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Location: Alberta, Canada | Gentlemen, thank you to all. I was in the big city today and toured the music shops. Only found a few "O's" to check out and only one special issue Elite was worth picking up to try it. Tried a couple Martins' also...VHD-28 and an HD-28 and was very impressed with both. 1st Martins' I've played in a store for a long time that had me thinking "This one I'd like to take home."
Dave
Anyway, I looked through some of the vid's and books and came home with a Hal Leonard DVD, "50 licks country style" featuring Troy Dexter and a Progressive book called "Guitar Method Fingerpicking" that includes tabs along with a CD and DVD. Have yet to open them so can't say if I got trash or treasure. Will report after I have some time with them.
Couldn't for the life of me remember who moody had recommended but will write it down and look next time.
2ifbyC, that is an awesome link, thank you.
francois JR, I'll check those also, thanks!
OMA, I do like your idea but, I need something right now that is simple that I can go to over and over again. I find with YouTube that I get too distracted checking out the next great tune and next thing I know my time is gone. :) But, I will look into it and see if I can come across something that grabs me. |
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Location: Alberta, Canada | Originally posted by Lanaki:
Originally posted by colt357:
Is anyone aware of some good instructional videos on finger style picking? Or good books for that matter?
Driving 120 miles a week for instruction does not appeal to me.
That Lanaki guy had to go an post that great song of his and now has me thinking I could do that if I knew how. Anyone...
Dave hey dave,
there are many good resources on style and technique. what these materials cannot do is teach you how to put your heart into what you play. that gift comes from your Creator.
i learned some technique from watching the following two videos: "Acoustic Finger Picking" featuring Jamie Findlay and "The Art of Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar" taught by Keola Beamer.
you said something very crucial: "has me thinking I could do that". you CAN do it so keep thinking that way.
i am available to assist you in any way i can. just don't steal my song before i get it copyrighted! ;)
I've been so called "playin' guitar" for 40 years and I'm thinkin' perhaps I should try to progress a little but, if the next 40 are like the last 40, your song is completely safe from me! :D
I do suggest you get on with that copyright thing though, because you just never know, I could surprise myself! ;)
And on a serious note, you should do that copyright before it does get stolen. I would hate to see that.
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Location: big island | hi dave,
copyright is in process as of today. mahalo! |
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Location: Alberta, Canada | Lanaki, that's awesome. Really glad to hear that. Hope the process isn't too hard. Keep us posted.
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Location: ms | I`ve got a good one by David Wilcox. Its mostly open tunings but i`ve picked up a lot from it. I also like one by Patty Larkin and a really good one by Pat Flynn from New Grass Revival.I don`t want to sell them but you can use them if you want. |
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Location: Alberta, Canada | gc, if you don't want to sell them, they must be good. I'll add them to my list. You're too kind. I appreciate the offer of use, but I hate to borrow; something always goes wrong. :) Thanks
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Location: ms | If you change your mind let me know. Homespun Video is also a good place to look. |
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Location: Whitecourt, Ab | Hi Dave,
I don't want to veer too off topic for this thread, but where did you find O's in Edmonton? I've seen a few @ WEM but cha-ching. There used to be a place on White Ave across from Mother's but I don't think its there anymore.
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Location: Wheeling, WV | HOMESPUN.COM is a very good site for instructional videos, with lots of guitar and fingerstyle. they also will mail you a catalog, with an 800 number. i just got the Bob Brozman fingerstyle slide blues set of 3 DVD's. very happy with it........JP |
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Location: Alberta, Canada | Originally posted by rededdie:
Hi Dave,
I don't want to veer too off topic for this thread, but where did you find O's in Edmonton? I've seen a few @ WEM but cha-ching. There used to be a place on White Ave across from Mother's but I don't think its there anymore.
Ed Hi Ed,
The place on Whyte Ave you are thinking of is Gordon Price Music and it is still there. They had some O's, but they were all shallow bowls.
Mothers' Music is now on 109 St. and they also had some O's but were all the low end line, that I could see.
Long & McQuade had 4-5 O's in the guitar room. They have a special L & M 30th Anniversery model the looks kind of like the 2001? Collector. Top looked sort of like Redwood. It had the contour bowl, Op-Pro Studio preamp, and Elite top. It had "the best" sound/tone of all the O's I played. For that matter it was much better than the few Taylors and Takimines I played there also. I don't recall the model #s on those.
I also stopped at Avenue Guitars on Whyte Ave, to check out the Martin guitars. They always have good stock on Martins. I've never played a Martin in there that I really liked until this time. Played a HD-28 and a VHD-28; both had good tone, with the Vintage having the edge. Also played a D-16, and while it had good tone for the price, it was not as full and warm as the other two. They also had a Koa (b&s) 28 that the sales guy played for me...WOW...but, $15,000!
Sales guy told me they have a Brazilion Rosewood Special Edition D-28 coming that will be $45,000...love to see/hear that one! Supposed to be the only one of those coming into Canada.
Hope that helps you, Ed.
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Location: Whitecourt, Ab | Thanks Dave, You saved me a lot of driving around in a stupor time
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Location: Alberta, Canada | Glad to help, Ed.
Just re-read my post. Talk about a stupor. The Koa Martin was a 45, not a 28.
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | colt357 quote-- "They also had a Koa (b&s) 28 that the sales guy played for me...WOW...but, $15,000!"
$15,000!! That is why the sales guy played it, and not you? |
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Location: Alberta, Canada | OMA, yeah, the guy knew I wasn't buyin' anything, so he just grabbed it and sat down and ran a few licks.
I'm sure if I had sounded like I might purchase he would have handed it to me. I really just wanted to hear it played, so it was not a big deal and I didn't push it. Beeeautiful sound!!! |
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | At Apple Music's acoustic shop, they had a $14,995 guitar... Martin or something. All kinds of flowers and stuff on the skid-pad, abalone goodies on the fretboard.
Like my friend sez when he sees a kid in a 'tuner'...
"Do those stripes make it go any faster?"
I don't play well enough to justify paying that much for a guitar. (I can barely justify paying what I do pay.) But I do like to drool. |
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