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ambient fingerstyle
At 75, I want to really learn ambient or soft fingerstyle . I can hammer chords but that is not what I wish to do. I was hoping I could use AI as a self teaching guide but it’s tone deaf. I spent many hours working on TIMI and TIMR and yes Travis TITM and variations but I hit a wall. Will Tony be a worthy choice or lead me somewhere I dont want to go ?
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Hey @jerrygriffiths389gmail-com thats a great question. Tony does introduce a lot of different variations of fingrstyle, not just Travis picking. Some of it is blues and other times when hes profiling a particular song. So I think you will definitely get some ideas here. My other suggestion is to pick a song you like that has a particular picking you like and then find a how to play version on Youtube. There are a lot of good teachers on there (and some not so good) and unless the song is really obscure, youre likley to find a few versions that will be at your level of playing, or ideally just slightly above. Pick one you like and put in the time and effort. Now youve learned a new song and also a distinct pattern that you can use down the road.
Personally Travis is my go to, mainly because its th first i learned and so many tunes use it. And I just really like the way it sounds, in all its variations. But Ive also learned a lot of different fingerstyle by learning specific songs that have a very different pattern.
Last thing…keep it simple, doesnt have to be fancy. For eg a basic arpeggio can sound really beautiful.
Anyhow I liked your question and hope this might give you some ideas. Main thing my friend is to keep on pickin and you will bust through that wall. And trust the process.. the more you do it, the sooner it will happen. Good luck and rock on!
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I think that what Tony provides in AC is a broad base of fundamentals that will enable you to play almost anything on guitar to some level of proficiency. From there, you can focus on what you like with more ease as your hands and mental connections are trained which frees you up to develop the specific technique expansion you need.
I definitely have a specific style I want to learn which I believe AC is helping me get to… but I’d also say that it has expanded my horizon at the same time into areas I didn’t know would fascinate me. I’ve come to accept that fundamental expansion of technique and mental connections are really key to mastery… those come slowly unfortunately, particularly to people our age, but I get a lot of fulfillment out of AC and really enjoy how it helps me focus my practice without a lot of research and false starts.
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