Acoustic Picking Styles
Learn flatpicking and fingerpicking on acoustic
Acoustic Picking Styles is an acoustic guitar course on flatpicking and fingerpicking, taught by Steve Stine, GuitarZoom's Master Instructor. The first half covers pick technique, including inside and outside picking, slurs and up scoops, with exercises based on Sweet Home Alabama and Jewel's Who Will Save Your Soul. The second half covers fingerpicking, from the Dust in the Wind pattern to alternating bass, double notes and body tapping. The course has 13 video lessons, about 1.5 hours in total, and a 17-page PDF book.
What Acoustic Picking Styles is about
Steve breaks every skill into simple steps you can follow. In these videos, he teaches inside and outside picking and the alternating bass technique.
Free preview lesson: Inside And Outside Picking · 4:44
Free preview lesson: Alternating Bass · 5:24
Is Acoustic Picking Styles right for you?
- Acoustic players who mostly strum. You learn flatpicking and fingerpicking techniques to add to your playing.
- Players new to fingerpicking. The fingerpicking section starts with the Dust in the Wind pattern and builds from there.
- Players who want better pick technique. The flatpicking lessons cover inside and outside picking, slurs, up scoops and downpicking.
Skills you'll walk away with
- Use inside and outside picking
- Play slurs and up scoops with a pick
- Practice downpicking with an exercise based on Who Will Save Your Soul
- Play a flatpicking exercise based on Sweet Home Alabama
- Play the fingerpicking pattern from Dust in the Wind
- Combine fingerpicking patterns and vary their rhythm
- Play alternating bass lines and double notes
- Add body tapping and string slapping to your playing
The course, module by module
The full lesson list is below.
Flatpicking
Picking mastery, inside and outside picking, slurs, up scooping, a downpicking exercise with Who Will Save Your Soul and an exercise with Sweet Home Alabama.
Fingerpicking
The Dust in the Wind pattern, fingerpicking basics, combining patterns, rhythmic variation, alternating bass, double notes, and body tapping and string slapping.
Learn at your own pace
Clear video lessons
Every move is shown up close. Pause, rewind and repeat each lesson as often as you need.
Practice materials
Includes 17-page PDF book. Use them to practice what you learn in each lesson.
Yours for life
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Steve Stine
Steve has taught guitar for more than 30 years and has helped millions of players in over 100 countries. He has a Music Education degree from Minnesota State University Moorhead and taught guitar at North Dakota State University. He's known for breaking hard things into simple steps you can follow. Read Steve's full story
What students say about Steve's teaching
Excellent · 4.8 out of 5 on TrustpilotRead our reviews"I'm amazed with just how much improvement I've seen in my own guitar playing."
Don B.United States
"What I'd really say is definitely take Steve Stine's course. I think you would find it really, really beneficial."
Demetrio G.Canada
"One major problem that I had was just being lost. Steve helped me find the way."
Jared H.United States
"It's clear, precise and I can follow along really well."
Jim C.United States
"This is top class. Thank you very much. This is really good, gold standard."
Brian H.United Kingdom
"I really like Steve's systematic approach to practicing."
Kevin M.United States
Acoustic Picking Styles questions
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Where to go after Acoustic Picking Styles
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