Looking for a good fingerstyle instruction book...

[Nebula]

Originally Posted by jimfog

Truefire has a bunch of good possibilities....here's a couple....I have the Fingerstyle Funk one, and recommend it:

http://truefire.com/fingerstylefunk/fingerstylefunk.htm

http://truefire.com/fingerstylefusio...ylefusion.html

The David Hamburger offerings from True Fire are great for fingerstyle blues.

These two will get you from no fingerstyle to some cool stuff.

http://truefire.com/fsbhandbook/handbook.html

http://truefire.com/handbook2/handbook2.html

The first is steady-bass & the second is Travis-style.

This is cool stuff if you already have the basics down (ie the above two)

http://truefire.com/newschool/newschool.html

[Neer]

OK, well how about checking out some Leo Kottke. Very funky stuff. Check out the CD Great Big Boy. There must be a book of transcriptions of his somewhere out there.

[IanS]

+1 on David Hamburger's TrueFire stuff. I have his 'New School Fingerstyle Blues' course, and it has a wealth of jazzy blues arrangements that veer away from standard country fare.


I would also have a look at Duck Baker's stuff:

"Duck Baker's Fingerstyle Blues Guitar 101" on Mel Bay - don't be fooled by the title. It contains innovative and challenging arrangements that add a layer of harmonies and rhythms I haven't found elsewhere.

, or any of his DVD's:

http://guitarvideos.com/video/00baker.htm

[JSeth]

You are on the right track - keep going and learn Travis picking... then just "morph" that style into the rhythmic patterns that you want... that's pretty much how Mayer did it!

Keep Going! Good Luck!

[drgonzoguitar]

One of my favorite guys from Chicago, Eric Lugosch, is a great teacher. There are free lessons on his website.

http://www.ericlugosch.com/lessonhome.html

I learned a lot from him and my friend, Pete Greenwood.
http://www.myspace.com/thepetegreenwood