Tomas Michaud | RGS Live #65 - Fingerpicking Tips & Counting @TomasMichaud | Uploaded December 2022 | Updated October 2024, 1 hour ago.
Get the Coolest Sounding Spanish/Flamenco Guitar Chords And Progressions Workbook for free at realguitarsuccess.com/flamenco-chords
This week we discuss: Fingerpicking tips, how to count time for strumming and fingerstyle, how to jam to a song you don't know except knowing what key the song is in, and many more! , Join us next time, we have a live Q&A every month on the first Thursday of the month.
If you'd like to check out the full replay of this RGS Live session with links, timestamps, and more, click here! realguitarsuccess.com/learn/rgs-live-65
My Electric Guitars And Amp:
- Supro Delta King 10 Tube Amp - smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B08T9Y1K85
- Fender Player Stratocaster HSS Guitar
- Gretsch G5420TG-59 Hollow body Electric Guitar
LINKS MENTIONED:
-MEMBER-
realguitarsuccess.com/courses/1st-fingerstyle-adventure - Need help with Fingerpicking? Check out my many Fingerstyle Adventure courses, start with this one first!
realguitarsuccess.com/courses/bar-chords-for-everyone -For help with Power Chords, check out this course!
realguitarsuccess.com/courses/beginners-journey-1st-adventure - If you are looking for a great online course for beginners, than this is the course for you to get that extra help and support you need.
-NON-MEMBER-
Try out this online tool for finding the key to any song.
getsongkey.com/tools/keyfinder
This website shows the BPM (tempo) and key of popular songs.
songbpm.com
For more examples of both minor and major pentatonic scales for use in jam sessions, check out these links:
tomasmichaud.com/g-major-pentatonic-scale-guitar
tomasmichaud.com/a-minor-pentatonic
If you are looking for help with fingerpicking, these exercise will greatly improve your fingerpicking skills.
tomasmichaud.com/best-fingerpicking-exercises-warmup
Here are some helpful tips for how to practice the guitar when you can't play due to traveling or injury.
tomasmichaud.com/practice-guitar-without-guitar
It's important to choose a guitar instructor that knows how to teach as well as play. Here are guidelines along with a checklist to help you navigate these rocky waters.
tomasmichaud.com/find-good-guitar-instructor
LESSONS AT Real Guitar Success. 🚀 Improve on guitar 10x faster in 10 min. a day (and have more fun) bit.ly/ytdesc2rgs
MY BLOG: tomasmichaud.com
FACEBOOK: facebook.com/realguitarschool
SUBSCRIBE: youtube.com/tomas6750
FREE GUITAR CHECKLIST: Take the quiz and download your free Personalized Guitar Success Checklist here: tomasmichaud.com/checklist
00:00 Start
02:21 Do you have more exercises on alternate picking and cross picking?
03:11 Is there a software out there that can listen to a song & tell us the key?
5:00 To jam to an unknown song in a known key do you play a pentatonic scale over it?
8:07 Is there any way to get a complete list of these 3 finger "baby chords''?
10:35 How do you count time (ie:4/4 etc) per measure playing fingerstyle?
12:03 I would appreciate a few tips on fingerpicking.
12:15 What do you think of plastic finger clips?
21:18 What are you using for an amp and/or pedals for your new guitar?
24:21 Can you give a quick example of strumming and fingerstyle counting method?
27:05 Is it normal to feel like you are getting worse before you start making progress again?
29:12 What is your pick brand recommendation?
31:18 Is there a way or order to learn power chords?
34:31 What does distortion sound like?
35:48 What's the longest you've stopped playing due to injury?
38:13 Is your course generic or tailored to individual students?
40:05 How do you stop jumping from song to song before learning it right through?
43:09 What is a telecaster a good first electric guitar?
45:06 Is there a light weight electric guitar?
46:40 If you use spider exercises to warm up, is there an order for your fingers?
49:18 Does my learning the bass help or hurt my guitar journey?
51:27 Are you adding a segment that takes off where Beginner's Journey leaves off?
52:36 Can you give an example of using the key of C in a solo?
55:21 How do you count this strum pattern?
56:29 How do you play the offbeat for example in 'Three Little Birds' by Bob Marley?
57:24 Can you explain 'call and response' playing a blues riff?
59:19 How do we pluck an adjacent string when less fingers are closer to the 12th fret
1:00:56 Maybe sometime teach us how to use a looper?
Get the Coolest Sounding Spanish/Flamenco Guitar Chords And Progressions Workbook for free at realguitarsuccess.com/flamenco-chords
This week we discuss: Fingerpicking tips, how to count time for strumming and fingerstyle, how to jam to a song you don't know except knowing what key the song is in, and many more! , Join us next time, we have a live Q&A every month on the first Thursday of the month.
If you'd like to check out the full replay of this RGS Live session with links, timestamps, and more, click here! realguitarsuccess.com/learn/rgs-live-65
My Electric Guitars And Amp:
- Supro Delta King 10 Tube Amp - smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B08T9Y1K85
- Fender Player Stratocaster HSS Guitar
- Gretsch G5420TG-59 Hollow body Electric Guitar
LINKS MENTIONED:
-MEMBER-
realguitarsuccess.com/courses/1st-fingerstyle-adventure - Need help with Fingerpicking? Check out my many Fingerstyle Adventure courses, start with this one first!
realguitarsuccess.com/courses/bar-chords-for-everyone -For help with Power Chords, check out this course!
realguitarsuccess.com/courses/beginners-journey-1st-adventure - If you are looking for a great online course for beginners, than this is the course for you to get that extra help and support you need.
-NON-MEMBER-
Try out this online tool for finding the key to any song.
getsongkey.com/tools/keyfinder
This website shows the BPM (tempo) and key of popular songs.
songbpm.com
For more examples of both minor and major pentatonic scales for use in jam sessions, check out these links:
tomasmichaud.com/g-major-pentatonic-scale-guitar
tomasmichaud.com/a-minor-pentatonic
If you are looking for help with fingerpicking, these exercise will greatly improve your fingerpicking skills.
tomasmichaud.com/best-fingerpicking-exercises-warmup
Here are some helpful tips for how to practice the guitar when you can't play due to traveling or injury.
tomasmichaud.com/practice-guitar-without-guitar
It's important to choose a guitar instructor that knows how to teach as well as play. Here are guidelines along with a checklist to help you navigate these rocky waters.
tomasmichaud.com/find-good-guitar-instructor
LESSONS AT Real Guitar Success. 🚀 Improve on guitar 10x faster in 10 min. a day (and have more fun) bit.ly/ytdesc2rgs
MY BLOG: tomasmichaud.com
FACEBOOK: facebook.com/realguitarschool
SUBSCRIBE: youtube.com/tomas6750
FREE GUITAR CHECKLIST: Take the quiz and download your free Personalized Guitar Success Checklist here: tomasmichaud.com/checklist
00:00 Start
02:21 Do you have more exercises on alternate picking and cross picking?
03:11 Is there a software out there that can listen to a song & tell us the key?
5:00 To jam to an unknown song in a known key do you play a pentatonic scale over it?
8:07 Is there any way to get a complete list of these 3 finger "baby chords''?
10:35 How do you count time (ie:4/4 etc) per measure playing fingerstyle?
12:03 I would appreciate a few tips on fingerpicking.
12:15 What do you think of plastic finger clips?
21:18 What are you using for an amp and/or pedals for your new guitar?
24:21 Can you give a quick example of strumming and fingerstyle counting method?
27:05 Is it normal to feel like you are getting worse before you start making progress again?
29:12 What is your pick brand recommendation?
31:18 Is there a way or order to learn power chords?
34:31 What does distortion sound like?
35:48 What's the longest you've stopped playing due to injury?
38:13 Is your course generic or tailored to individual students?
40:05 How do you stop jumping from song to song before learning it right through?
43:09 What is a telecaster a good first electric guitar?
45:06 Is there a light weight electric guitar?
46:40 If you use spider exercises to warm up, is there an order for your fingers?
49:18 Does my learning the bass help or hurt my guitar journey?
51:27 Are you adding a segment that takes off where Beginner's Journey leaves off?
52:36 Can you give an example of using the key of C in a solo?
55:21 How do you count this strum pattern?
56:29 How do you play the offbeat for example in 'Three Little Birds' by Bob Marley?
57:24 Can you explain 'call and response' playing a blues riff?
59:19 How do we pluck an adjacent string when less fingers are closer to the 12th fret
1:00:56 Maybe sometime teach us how to use a looper?
