Truefire Fingerstyle Journals 2

In the first volume of John Knowles’ Fingerstyle Journals, John guided you through 6 fingerstyle solo pieces: Las Palmas, After Paris, Chicken In The Rain, Turning Home, Danny Boy, and Boulevard. In this second volume, John covers 6 more fingerstyle solo arrangements including Gardenia, Lately, Chihuahua Waltz, Coastin’, Subtle Blossom, and Central City Flyer.

Fingerstyle Journals 2 is full of composing tips that John picked up from Chet Atkins, Jerry Reed, Lenny Breau, and Tommy Emmanuel. And of course, John will teach you how to play each tune.

Composer, recording artist and master fingerstyle guitarist, John Knowles was inducted into the National Thumb Picker's Hall of Fame, awarded the first Honorary CGP (Certified Guitar Player) degree by Chet Atkins, won a Grammy, and received two Emmy nominations,

”As a songwriter, I'm always on the lookout for a memory, an emotion, a place - something that might spark the inspiration for a song. I think of these as song-starters. For this second edition, I've chosen a half-dozen original tunes that I think you'll enjoy learning and playing. Each of these tunes comes with its own back-story, and I'll share that spark of inspiration for each as well.”

John will explain and demonstrate all of the key concepts and approaches along the way. You’ll get standard notation and tabs for all of the performance studies. Plus, you’ll be able to use TrueFire’s learning tools to sync the tab and notation to the video lesson. You can also loop or slow down the videos so that you can work with the lessons at your own pace.

What you'll learn

Execute the verse section of 'Coastin' with proper chord voicings
Integrate walking bass lines into chord progressions
Execute a complex 10-beat right-hand fingerstyle pattern
Apply pinky half-bar and partial index bar techniques in musical context
Understand how to construct melodies using scale movement