In this video
Welcome to this advanced fingerstyle course with guest teacher Jarvis!
In this lesson Jarvis shows us how to play a piece called "Robin", which was inspired by a certain popular fingerstyle song from the 60s. This piece has a steady and even bass line with a little bit of syncopation in the melody, which makes for a challenging (but with practice, achievable) introduction to fingerstyle guitar playing. The fretting hand work is fairly simple, which allows us to focus on the picking hand techniques.
Lesson aims
- Learn to control your picking hand, using your thumb and fingers separately
- Focus on the syncopation in the melody - this can be tricky!
- Learn to play the full piece
Study Piece 1 - "Robin"
Who is Jarvis?
This course is taught by guest teacher Jarvis Daniel, who goes by JarvisGuitar on all socials. Jarvis is a fellow resident of Brighton and has become a good friend of Andy's. He has years of experience playing and teaching and is currently setting social media by storm with his phenomenal playing and super fun content. I first became aware of him from his excellent Instagram page and he also has a huge following on TikTok!