Attention Bluesmen, Rockers, Jazzers, Folksters, Twangers, Fingerpickers, Singer-Songwriters and anybody else that straps a guitar on for work or pleasure - this is a MUST-HAVE guitar course for you!

Muriel Anderson's 50 Right-Hand Techniques You MUST Know is the first and only resource of its kind, and it's especially relevant today as musical styles converge to create fresh, exciting and interesting accompaniments, solos and compositions.

Using the correct right-hand technique is often times the very essence of a particular style and so whether you are drilling down on a specific style or more focused on spicing up your sound overall, this course will provide the visual and technical guidance necessary.

Video Introduction

Click below for a sample video from the course

About the Guitar Lesson Plan

Interactive Video Guitar Instruction

50 Right-Hand Techniques covers ALL of the essential right-hand techniques: Tone & Motion of Right Hand, Motion of the Thumb, Shaping Fingernails & Picks, Free Stroke, Rest Stroke, Twist & Slice, Flamenco Picado, Planting, Staccato, Arpeggio 4/4 Time, Lullaby Pattern in 3/4 & 4/4, Arpeggio Exercises, Thumb-index Roll, Bouncing the Arm, Fingerpicking Patterns, Alternating Bass with Melody, Scarborough Fair Pattern, Bluegrass Banjo Technique, Chet Atkins Muffled Bass, Merle Travis Bass, Leo Kottke Bass, Easy Strumming Concept, Calypso, Rumba Slap, Golpe, Muted Chord, Ghost Notes, Jazz Picking Technique, Flat-picking Technique, Bluegrass Backup, Bluegrass Backup Variations, Jazz Hybrid Pick-finger, Index-thumb Picking, Chicken Pickin', Samba Basic, Thumb Up & Down Stroke, Rasquado, Continuous Roll, Tremolo Variations, Back of Nail Koto, Feathering Strings, Frailing, Harmonics Overview, Stretching Technique and you even get exercises to help your right hand stay relaxed.

Learn, combine and use them all, or just keep the course handy as a reference when you dive in to other styles. Either way 50 Right-Hand Techniques You MUST Know will serve you well for your entire playing lifetime.

About Your Instructor

Muriel Anderson

One of the world's foremost fingerstyle guitarists and harp-guitarists, Muriel Anderson is the first woman to have won the National Fingerstyle Guitar Championship. She is founder of the All Star Guitar Night and the Music for Life Alliance charity. She has recorded with country legend Chet Atkins, performed in New York with Les Paul, at Chicago's Orchestra Hall with the Chicago Symphony and in Tennessee with the Nashville Chamber Orchestra. Her "Heartstrings" cassette traveled into space, accompanying astronaut Susan Helms for 2.3 million miles on the space shuttle "Discovery." Muriel's music can also be heard in Woody Allen's film Vicky Cristina Barcelona. She enjoys touring as is evidenced by her "photos from the road" and "recipes from the road" on her website. Her recent projects include the "Harp Guitars Under the Stars" CD with John Doan, and she plans to continue touring and recording with German duo TIERRA NEGRA. Their CD together, "New World Flamenco," has been met with rave reviews.

Muriel fell in love with the guitar at an early age and learned every style available to her, beginning with folk, bluegrass, and then jazz in high school. She received a degree in music from DePaul University and went on to study with classical virtuoso Christopher Parkening and with Nashville legend Chet Atkins. She has composed music since about age five, and has written solo instrumentals and vocals, choral and orchestral compositions.

Her facility across the genres of folk, classical, jazz, bluegrass and international music is revered by guitarists worldwide. Her unique approach to the instrument virtually transforms the guitar into a lyrical choir, then a marching band, then a Japanese koto, then a Bluegrass band, one minute launching into a Beatles' tune and the next, Rodrigo's Concerto de Aranjuez. Touring in the USA and internationally year round, she continually amazes audiences with her technique and endears them with her sense of humor. Recently she has teamed up with Germany's finest Flamenco Nuevo duo, TIERRA NEGRA, adding a new dimension and excitement to her music.