Fingerpicking for Folk Guitar Pt. 2 (May 2025)

Taught by Jake Sucher.

This follow up to Fingerpicking for Folk Guitar will dive deeper into more challenging excerpts from an eclectic mix of the world’s best folk guitarists, including Doc Watson, Leonard Cohen, Nick Drake, Paul Simon, Elizabeth Cotten, Violeta Parra, and more. We will also revisit the concepts of rhythmic and melodic independence with creative and challenging exercises. Weekly recording prompts and in-class discussions give students the benefit of participating in a community of avid guitarists.

Topics covered:

• Increasing independence between thumb and fingers
• Playing in odd time signatures and advanced rhythmic feels
• Boosting chord and interval vocabulary
• Building confidence in creating and/or improvising original melodies within a chord progression
• Playing in and creating your own unique tunings
• Learning classic folk repertoire

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Eight (8) 75-minute classes, twice a week. Limited enrollment.

Taught in a live, interactive classroom setting on Zoom 

Classes are recorded and sent out after class. You do not have to be able to attend every class live to sign up.

Class Dates (Pacific Time):

• Monday, April 28, 2025 at 11:30 AM - 12:45 PM
• Friday, May 2, 2025 at 11:30 AM - 12:45 PM
• Monday, May 5, 2025 at 11:30 AM - 12:45 PM
• Friday, May 9, 2025 at 11:30 AM - 12:45 PM
• Monday, May 12, 2025 at 11:30 AM - 12:45 PM
• Friday, May 16, 2025 at 11:30 AM - 12:45 PM
• Monday, May 19, 2025 at 11:30 AM - 12:45 PM
• Friday, May 23, 2025 at 11:30 AM - 12:45 PM

Sign up with a friend and you’ll both receive a 20% discount! clicking here.

If after the first two classes you feel the course is not a good fit for any reason, you are welcome to a refund on the rest of the course classes.