Hey, I've been looking through the bios of people joining this group, and I've noticed something that comes up again and again... A lot of you used to play guitar, have fallen out of the habit, and now want to pick it up again and finally have a go at fingerstyle guitar. So I thought September would be the perfect time to do something about it! I'm starting a 3-Week Back to Guitar Challenge, with two completely FREE live guitar classes every week. The classes will take place on Zoom, so you'll be able to follow along with me from home. And don't worry — you don't need to turn your camera on, show your face or play guitar in front of anybody! You can simply grab your guitar, watch me and play along from the comfort of your own home. 🎸 What are we going to learn? We'll start right at the beginning and gradually work towards playing a proper fingerstyle arrangement. Lesson 1 — Get Your Fingers Moving - Simple exercises to get your fingers working again, followed by something musical to put them into practice. Lesson 2 — Open Chords & Arpeggios Refresh your essential open chords and learn how to turn them into beautiful-sounding fingerstyle arpeggios. Lesson 3 — Famous Chord Progressions as Arpeggios We'll take some familiar chord progressions and use them to practise different fingerpicking patterns. Lesson 4 — Introduction to Travis Picking Learn the basics of alternating bass and start building that classic Travis picking sound. Lesson 5 — Easy Fingerstyle Melodies We'll move onto playing simple melodies and develop the control you need to play them cleanly. Lesson 6 — Turn a Simple Melody Into a Fingerstyle Arrangement Finally, we'll take an easy melody and gradually add bass notes, chords and fingerpicking until we've turned it into a complete solo fingerstyle arrangement. 🗓️ When are the classes? We'll meet every Tuesday and Thursday at 4:45pm Spain / Central European time for three weeks. 🇬🇧 3:45pm UK & Ireland 🇺🇸 10:45am Eastern 🇺🇸 9:45am Central

Hey everyone, Just a quick reminder that today is your last chance to download this week's free fingerstyle tabs. Tomorrow I'll replace them with a brand-new collection, and these two tabs won't be available as free downloads again. This week's free tabs are: 🎵 You Can't Always Get What You Want – Full Version 🎵 Morning Has Broken – Level 1 Beginner Version To download them, head to the Classroom tab and open the Free Weekly Tab Bundle (the second classroom). Once you've downloaded them, they're yours to keep forever. If you'd rather not wait to see if your favourite song becomes the free tab of the week—or worry about missing a download—you might like to try the Fingerstyle Guitar School. With a 7-day free trial, you'll get instant access to my entire back catalogue of over 400 fingerstyle tabs, Full & Easy arrangements, Level 1 & Level 2 tabs, playalong arpeggios, beginner courses, the new Travis Picking Video Course, and every new tab I release each week. As an added bonus, if you start your free trial today, you'll also receive next week's brand-new tab bundle as part of your trial. If that sounds interesting, you can start your 7-day free trial here Have a great Sunday, and I hope you enjoy this week's tabs! Jack 🎸

Greetings Jack, Please confirm if I am an annual “paid” member. I thought I am or was and want to access the actual lessons. Thank you!

Hey everyone, It’s the start of a new week and this week’s Free Tab of the Week is Have You Ever Seen the Rain by CCR. It works really nicely as a fingerstyle arrangement and sounds great on the acoustic guitar. You can download the full and easy versions now in the Classroom tab. I’ve taken a few days off and I’m currently up in the Spanish mountains with two small children and a very patchy WiFi signal, so bear with me if I’m a little slower replying to messages this week. Enjoy the new tab and let me know how you get on with it! 🎸 Jack