Fingerstyle Guitar Heroes
Learn Signature Techniques of Fingerstyle Guitar Legends Preston Reed, Michael Hedges, Billy McLaughlin, Don Ross, Lindsey Buckingham, and Victor Wooten
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About this course
Every musician has a long list of other musicians, past and present, that have inspired, influenced and helped shape their own sound and musicality. It's the natural evolution of music. We asked Andy McKee to pass on to you some of the key learnings that his Guitar Heroes passed on to him.
”Preston Reed, Michael Hedges, Billy McLaughlin, Don Ross, Lindsey Buckingham, and Victor Wooten are just a few of the players that greatly influenced my sound.
In this course, I’ll first show you a few of the techniques and approaches that I picked up from each one of them and then we’ll play through a series of performance studies for musical context, complete with all of TrueFire’s learning tools to help you work through the content.
Although percussion had been used before, Preston Reed was really the first guy to integrate it fully into composition. We’ll also explore some of the techniques from the guy who revolutionized the acoustic guitar for the world, the one and only Michael Hedges!
Billy McLaughlin’s tapping technique was a real game changer for my playing and Don Ross made the acoustic guitar groove like no other. Lindsey Buckingham made me more aware of a traditional fingerstyle approach to the acoustic guitar and his playing still inspires me today.
One of my guitar heroes actually played bass, but his percussive, funky approach to the instrument totally changed the way I play guitar — Victor Wooten!”
Andy will first introduce his heroes to you and describe why he found them so influential. After each discussion, Andy presents a performance study illustrating those influences in a musical context. A breakdown follows every performance and he will explain and demonstrate all of the key concepts and approaches in play.
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.
Grab your guitar and let’s dig in with Andy McKee!
”Preston Reed, Michael Hedges, Billy McLaughlin, Don Ross, Lindsey Buckingham, and Victor Wooten are just a few of the players that greatly influenced my sound.
In this course, I’ll first show you a few of the techniques and approaches that I picked up from each one of them and then we’ll play through a series of performance studies for musical context, complete with all of TrueFire’s learning tools to help you work through the content.
Although percussion had been used before, Preston Reed was really the first guy to integrate it fully into composition. We’ll also explore some of the techniques from the guy who revolutionized the acoustic guitar for the world, the one and only Michael Hedges!
Billy McLaughlin’s tapping technique was a real game changer for my playing and Don Ross made the acoustic guitar groove like no other. Lindsey Buckingham made me more aware of a traditional fingerstyle approach to the acoustic guitar and his playing still inspires me today.
One of my guitar heroes actually played bass, but his percussive, funky approach to the instrument totally changed the way I play guitar — Victor Wooten!”
Andy will first introduce his heroes to you and describe why he found them so influential. After each discussion, Andy presents a performance study illustrating those influences in a musical context. A breakdown follows every performance and he will explain and demonstrate all of the key concepts and approaches in play.
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.
Grab your guitar and let’s dig in with Andy McKee!
What you'll learn
- Appreciating the importance of developing a unique musical voice
- Recognizing the influence of funk and Motown on acoustic fingerstyle playing
- Understanding how to approach learning complex fingerstyle pieces by ear
- Understand how to find your own voice by studying guitar heroes
- Gain awareness of different approaches to acoustic guitar (percussion, tapping, fingerstyle, groove)
Release date: 06/15/2022 • 2h 15m runtime
Sample lessons
Michael Hedges
My Guitar Heroes: 2
Samus' Star Drive Etude
Overview
Samus' Star Drive Etude
Performance
Samus' Star Drive Etude
Breakdown
What's included
26 lessons • 12 charts
My Guitar Heroes: Andy McKee
Hi I’m Andy McKee, and welcome to My Guitar Heroes.
Preston Reed, Michael Hedges, Billy McLaughlin, Don Ross, Lindsey Buckingham, and Victor Wooten are just a few of the players that greatly influenced my sound.
In this course, I’ll first show you a few of the techniques and approaches that I picked up from each one of them and then we’ll play through a series of performance studies for musical context, complete with all of TrueFire’s learning tools to help you work through the content.
Although percussion had been used before, Preston Reed was really the first guy to integrate it fully into composition.
We’ll talk about the guy who revolutionized the acoustic guitar for the world, the one and only Michael Hedges.
Billy McLaughlin’s tapping technique was a real game changer for my playing...
Don Ross made the acoustic guitar groove like no other…
Lindsey Buckingham made me more aware of a traditional fingerstyle approach to the acoustic guitar and his playing still inspires me today…
One of my guitar heroes actually played bass, but his percussive, funky approach to the instrument totally changed the way I play guitar, Victor Wooten...
Grab your guitar and let me take you on a tour of some of my favorite guitar players of all time!
Preston Reed, Michael Hedges, Billy McLaughlin, Don Ross, Lindsey Buckingham, and Victor Wooten are just a few of the players that greatly influenced my sound.
In this course, I’ll first show you a few of the techniques and approaches that I picked up from each one of them and then we’ll play through a series of performance studies for musical context, complete with all of TrueFire’s learning tools to help you work through the content.
Although percussion had been used before, Preston Reed was really the first guy to integrate it fully into composition.
We’ll talk about the guy who revolutionized the acoustic guitar for the world, the one and only Michael Hedges.
Billy McLaughlin’s tapping technique was a real game changer for my playing...
Don Ross made the acoustic guitar groove like no other…
Lindsey Buckingham made me more aware of a traditional fingerstyle approach to the acoustic guitar and his playing still inspires me today…
One of my guitar heroes actually played bass, but his percussive, funky approach to the instrument totally changed the way I play guitar, Victor Wooten...
Grab your guitar and let me take you on a tour of some of my favorite guitar players of all time!
Preston Reed
In this video I'll talk a bit about one of my biggest guitar influences, Preston Reed. My life was changed after seeing Preston's performance - doing things I never dreamed were possible on an acoustic guitar. I'll also demonstrate some of the things I learned from him. Enjoy!
Hunter's Moon Etude
Here's a performance of my song "Hunter's Moon Etude." I wanted to write a song using this tuning that also incorporated some percussive techniques. This one is tuned from low to high: CGDFBbD. I hope you dig it!
Hunter's Moon Etude
Here's a performance of my song "Hunter's Moon Etude." I wanted to write a song using this tuning that also incorporated some percussive techniques. This one is tuned from low to high: CGDFBbD. I hope you dig it!
Hunter's Moon Etude
In this video I'll breakdown in more detail what each hand is doing on my performance of "Hunter's Moon Etude." Feel free to practice this on a loop with a metronome at a speed that works for you. Remember we're in CGDFBbD tuning. Give it a shot!
Michael Hedges
My biggest acoustic guitar influence is Michael Hedges. I discovered his music while digging through a pile of guitar magazines, and I was blown away. I'll discuss a few of the techniques I learned from him, such as ostinato patterns and string stopping. This one is tuned from low to high: CCDGAD. Enjoy!
Samus' Star Drive Etude
Here's a performance of my song "Samus' Star Drive," which was inspired by Michael Hedges and by the video game Metroid. This one isn't an overly complicated piece, but it uses an interesting tuning (CCDGAD) and has some cool textures and dynamics. I hope you like it!
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