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30 Fingerstyle Licks You Must Know

Expand Your Vocabulary of Fingerstyle Licks

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30 Fingerstyle Licks You Must Know
Trevor Gordon Hall

Trevor Gordon Hall

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acoustic, fingerstyle

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About this course

Alternating Open Strings, Hammering Through, Hammering Up the Neck, Legato, Banjo Rolls, Ghost Notes With Percussion, Rake and Pluck, Adding a Kick Drum, Kick Hammer Snare, Percussion and Ghost Strum Chill, Reggae Percussion Groove, Push and Pull, Playing Behind the Nut, Laid Back Harmonics, and Modulating with Harmonics are just a few of the 30 fingerstyle licks and techniques that Trevor Gordon Hall shares with you here in 30 Fingerstyle Licks You Must Know!

”I've been playing fingerstyle guitar for almost my whole life, and one of the many things that I love about fingerstyle guitar is how you’re able to apply the technique to virtually any genre of music. This collection spans a wide range of fingerstyle techniques that you can use in your own music, whatever genre you happen to prefer. I'll demonstrate and breakdown each of the licks, spanning a variety of fingerstyle keys, tempos and feels.”

Trevor 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.

Grab your guitar and let’s dig in with Trevor Gordon Hall!

What you'll learn

  • Integrate ghost notes to maintain groove and facilitate position changes
  • Execute percussive slap technique with closed fist while maintaining melodic flow
  • Play melodic intervals (thirds and sixths) in upper register
  • Execute a complete melodic fingerstyle lick with percussive elements
  • Coordinate rapid position shifts from low to high fretboard positions
Release date: 11/19/2020 • 3h 12m runtime
late intermediateadvancedacoustic guitarguitarfingerpickingtechnique
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Sample lessons
Floating Gmaj7 Pattern
Floating Gmaj7 Pattern
Lick 1
Independent Thumb in G
Independent Thumb in G
Lick 2
Alice's Bistro
Alice's Bistro
Lick 3
Alternating Open Strings
Alternating Open Strings
Lick 4

What's included

31 lessons • 30 charts

30 Fingerstyle Licks You Must Know
Hi, I'm Trevor Gordon Hall - welcome to 30 Fingerstyle Licks You MUST Know! I've been playing fingerstyle guitar for almost my whole life, and one thing I love about fingerstyle guitar is that it incorporates a lot of genres and techniques. In this course, we'll be spanning lots of techniques that if you can use to play virtually anything in the style of fingerstyle of guitar.

As we work our way through this course, I'll also pass along some useful tips and approaches for playing fingerstyle. I'll demonstrate and breakdown each of the licks, spanning a variety of fingerstyle keys, tempos and feels.

All the licks are transcribed, and you'll be able to sync the tab and notation to the video using TrueFire's Learning Tools.

Ready to get started? Grab your guitar, and let's go!
Floating Gmaj7 Pattern
In this first lick we practice getting used to using Thumb, Index, Middle and Ring on picking hand while switching chords. There are a few different levels this exercise is working on so go slowly and line up each finger with each note.
Independent Thumb in G
In this lick we start getting used to using an independent thumb while changing chords. Your index middle and ring will fill in the gaps in between the thumb picked notes.
Alice's Bistro
In this lick we take a look at more movement with the thumb on picking hand but also incorporating thumb on fretting hand. Master this pattern and you are ready for almost any independent thumb tune!
Alternating Open Strings
In this lick we use the index and ring on the picking hand to play two notes simultaneously while picking various bass notes with your thumb. This will help gain independence AND teamwork between thumb and rest of the fingers.
Hammering Through
In this lick we use hammer-ons to add extra sparkle to your picked notes. This can enhance the amount of notes you play in a standard picking pattern.
Hammering Up the Neck
In this lick we will focus on hammer on notes all the way up the neck. As you advance to higher frets, getting your hammer ons to ring ou9t can be difficult. This exercise will help in solving the problem!

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Reviews

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rishabh1991

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10/05/25

Beautiful licks and a great Teacher

Trevor’s music is truly sublime. I’ve taken many of his other courses, including Crafting Fingerstyle Melodies and Building Colorful Chords, and each one has been an absolute gem. In this course, every lick reflects his signature style—rich with extended chords, lyrical melodies, and expressive phrasing. While most fingerstyle courses on TrueFire focus on the traditional boom-chick approach, Trevor brings a refreshing originality and unique flavor that’s both inspiring and deeply musical. I sincerely hope TrueFire produces more fingerstyle courses with him—especially one dedicated to the art of arranging.

schmev123

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12/07/24

Good to Use for Warmups

These are good warmups.

sixfix79

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01/17/22

The more you know

Very very good and informative new ways to play. Excellent teacher and you get the feeling that you are in the same room and the explanation is very concise. If you're stuck in a finger style rut this may be a course that may get you out of it

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