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Building Finger Independence (JamPlay)

This series is all about fostering the ability for your fingers to play independent of each other. Mastering this skill will give your playing a living, organic feel and open up previously unimaginable doors.

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Building Finger Independence (JamPlay)
Don Ross

Don Ross

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acoustic, fingerstyle

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About this course

This series is all about fostering the ability for your fingers to play independent of each other. Mastering this skill will give your playing a living, organic feel and open up previously unimaginable doors.

What you'll learn

  • Execute ripple and tap technique in double-time
  • Perform the technique both ascending and descending
  • Combine normal notes with artificial harmonics in a flowing pattern
  • Adjust harmonic positions based on fretted notes
  • Understand why certain chord types work better for this technique
Release date: 07/27/2015 • 6h 34m runtime
late intermediateacoustic guitarrhythmsoloing
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Sample lessons
Polyrhythmic Picking Patterns: 3 Against 2
Polyrhythmic Picking Patterns: 3 Against 2
The 3 Against 2 Polyrhythm
Using Polyrhythms in Compositions
Using Polyrhythms in Compositions
Using Polyrhythms in Compositions
Stop Driving, Start Playing Introduction
Stop Driving, Start Playing Introduction
Musical Introduction
Understanding the Relative Minor
Understanding the Relative Minor
Musical Introduction

What's included

66 lessons • 32 charts

Introduction to the Series
Don Ross introduces the series, and talks about exactly what you will learn. He also demonstrates two songs that will be taught in this series, so it's informative and inspirational.
Breaking out of Typical Rhythm Patterns
In this lesson Don Ross introduces the concept of polyrhythms, or playing two different rhythms at once. This technique can add depth and flexibility to your playing, but be warned, it is challenging!
Polyrhythmic Picking Patterns: 3 Against 2
Don Ross introduces a 3 against 2 polyrhythm. He starts off by demonstrating how to get the rhythm "in your bones" by tapping it out with your hands, and then goes on to demonstrate how it can be applied to the guitar.
Polyrhythmic Picking Patterns: 3 Against 2
Don Ross introduces a 3 against 2 polyrhythm. He starts off by demonstrating how to get the rhythm "in your bones" by tapping it out with your hands, and then goes on to demonstrate how it can be applied to the guitar.
Playing 3 Against 2 Part 2
It's time to take the 3 against 2 polyrhtyhm one step further. In the previous lesson Don showed how this could be applied on two strings; this time around he breaks that barrier.
Playing 3 Against 2 Part 3
Don Ross ups the complexity of the 3 against 2 polyrhythm he has been teaching. The fun is just starting!
Playing 3 Against 2 Part 4
These polyrhythm exercises are really starting to get interesting. Don complicates the bass line further in this lesson, giving us an alluring mix of a 3 against 2 polyrhythm, arpeggiated chords and a moving bass line.

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mauiminstrel

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11/04/24

Want your fingers to dance like never before?

If you fancy tickling the strings in a new way, check it out: In his course, Don breaks the complexity of polyrhythmic playing, into doable, bitesize steps. Not only is he an excellent guitar player, he's an excellent teacher. Thanks to Don, building finger independence is inspiring, challenging and fun!

kunix

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08/21/24

Don is very good, but TrueFire is very bad

Don is not only a good performer, but also a good teacher. He kindly explained to me how to play like him. However, Truefire's content management is very poor. There are often mistakes in the video content of the lessons that do not match the sheet music, which was confusing to me. In particular, the mistake in Lesson 11 Schene2 has a link to the correct sheet music in the Description, but I cannot access it from my Android app. These mistakes have remained uncorrected for 9 years after they were released.

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