GCH Guitar Academy, free online guitar lessons from the complete 2 year guitar course

40 lesson guitar course
how to play
fingerstyle or finger picking guitar

 

This is a free online fingerstyle guitar course which is currently being built on. I expect the full guitar course to have at least 30 guitar lessons by the time it is complete. Each lesson should be treated as if you were attending guitar lessons with a guitar teacher. If you want to learn how to play the guitar fingerstyle or fingerpicking style correctly then you should watch each guitar lesson one by one and then practise what is taught in each lesson before moving on to the next guitar lesson. This is a professional guitar course and is considerably better than most of the online paid for courses. I don't need to sell this guitar course to you because it's free, just start going through the free guitar lessons today or return to this page when you have time to study the guitar lessons properly.

 

eBook of lessons

 

beginners introduction. speed up chord changes & read tablature

 

lesson 1. finger picking the primary, index and middle fingers

lesson 2. more advanced primary, index and middle fingers

lesson 3. fast primary, index and middle fingers

lesson 4. introducing the anular finger

lesson 5. P I M A finger picking patterns

 

lesson 6. Everybody hurts by REM

lesson 7. Everybody hurts backing track

 

eBook for The troubled heart by Sad Fantasy

lesson 8. new tune, The troubled heart by Sad Fantasy

lesson 9. more advanced finger picking exercises

lesson 10. The troubled heart by Sad Fantasy

lesson 10a. Backing track for The troubled heart

 

lesson 11. Susans' song

lesson 12. House of the rising sun

lesson 12a. Backing track for the House of the rising sun

lesson 13. Introduction to classical guitar music

lesson 14. Christmas carols 1, Silent night

lesson 15. Christmas carols 2, Away in a manger

lesson 16. Christmas carols 3, The first noel

lesson 16a. why you need to know time signatures

 

music video. Snowfall by Sad Fantasy

lesson 17. How to play Snowfall by Sad Fantasy

backing tracks. Backing tracks for Snowfall by Sad Fantasy
lesson 17a. How to play Snowfall guitar part 2

 

music video. Medieval slow dance by Sad Fantasy

lesson 18. How to play Medieval slow dance

backing tracks. Backing tracks for Medieval slow dance

 

lesson 19. blocking and the blocking technique continued

lesson 20. play any 4/4 tune in fingerstyle

backing tracks. lesson 20 backing tracks

lesson 21. fingerpick any tune

 

lesson 22. how to play natural harmonics

backing tracks. For what it's worth, Buffalo Springfield

lesson 22a. Practical uses for harmonics

 

music video. Etude in A minor by Dionisio Eguado

lesson 23. How to play Etude in A minor by Dioisio Equado

Backing track. Etude in A minor by Dioisio Equado, modern version

 

lesson 24. how to play barre chords

lesson 25. Walking bass lines & Only You by Vice Clarke

backing tracks. Only You, Vince Clarke (lesson 25)

music video. estudio in C (op 31, no 1)by Fernando Sor

lesson 26. How to play estudio in C (op 31, no 1) Fernando Sor

 

lesson 27. 2 finger patterns pt.1, Tocatta and Fugue by Bach

lesson 28. 2 finger patterns pt.2, Spanish guitar study

lesson 29. 2 finger patterns pt.3, We're going to be friends

 

Music video. Andante (Opus 35, no 1) Fernando Sor

lesson 30. Andante (Opus 35, no 1) Fernando Sor

 

eBooks

introduction for beginners to the guitar


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how to play fingerstyle guitar



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beginners introduction.
how to speed up chord changes & read tablature

 

Download the introduction PDF eBook - FREE

 

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lesson 1.
finger picking the primary, index and middle fingers

 

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lesson 2.
more advanced primary, index and middle fingers

 

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lesson 3. fast primary, index and middle fingers

 

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lesson 4. introducing the anular finger

 

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lesson 5. P I M A finger picking patterns

 

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lesson 6. Everybody hurts by REM

 

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lesson 6a. Everybody hurts backing track

 

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lesson 7.

The troubled heart by Sad Fantasy (music video)

 

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lesson 8. more advanced finger picking exercises

 

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lesson 9. The troubled heart by Sad Fantasy

 

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lesson 10. Backing track for the troubled heart

 

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lesson 11. Susans' song

 

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lesson 12. The house of the rising sun

 

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lesson 12a. House of the rising sun backing track

 

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Introduction to classical guitar music

 

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Lesson 14. Christmas Carols 1, Silent night

 

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Lesson 15. Christmas Carols 2, Away in a manger

 

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Lesson 16. Christmas Carols 3, The first noel

 

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Lesson 16a.
why you need to know time signatures

 

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Sad Fantasy - Snowfall (music video)

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Lesson 17, how to play Sad Fantasy - Snowfall

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Backing track for Snowfall

 

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Lesson 17a, how to play Snowfall, guitar part 2

 

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Sad Fantasy - Medieval slow dance (music video)

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How to play Medieval slow dance

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Backing track for Medieval slow dance

 

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How to play fingerstyle guitar, lesson 19

 

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lesson 20 - Play any 4/4 tune in fingerstyle

 

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lesson 20 backing tracks

 

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More Sad Fantasy music

 

lesson 21 - Fingerpick any tune in part 2

 

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lesson 22 - natural harmonics and how to play them

 

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For what it's worth, Buffalo Springfield backing tracks

 

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lesson 22a - practical uses for natural harmonics

 

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Music video - Etude in A minor by Dionisio Aguado

 

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How to play Etude in A minor by Dionisio Aguado

 

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Backing tracks for Etude in A minor by Dionisio Aguado

 

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How to play E string rooted barre chords

 

FREE PDF of this lesson (lesson 24)

 

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Walking bass lines and Only You by Vince Clarke

 

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The backing track for Only You by Vince Clarke

 

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estudio in C (op 31, no 1) Fernando Sor

 

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How to play estudio in (C op 31, no 1) Fernando Sor

 

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Lesson 27, using 2 fingers & walking basslines

 

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Lesson 28, 2 fingers pt.2 - Spanish guitar study

 

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Lesson 29, 2 fingers pt.3
We're going to be friends, The white stripes

 

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Music video. Andante by Fernando Sor, Opus 35, no 1

 

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lesson 30, How to play Andante by Fernando Sor

 

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