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Introduction to Fingerstyle Guitar

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This fingerstyle guitar course is your gateway to expressive, rhythmic, and versatile playing. Taught by expert guitarist Martina Liviero, the course is designed for beginners and intermediate players who want to build a solid technical foundation and learn how to bring real emotion into their fingerpicking.

You’ll start with essential right-hand techniques, gradually building finger independence, strength, and control. Whether you’re new to fingerstyle or looking to refine your fundamentals, this course will help you unlock new musical possibilities.

What You’ll Learn
  • Proper posture and finger positioning
  • Arpeggios and fingerpicking patterns
  • Free stroke vs. rest stroke techniques
  • String crossing and melodic accuracy
  • Applying fingerstyle to real songs and genres

These skills give you control over your tone and dynamics, allowing for both precision and expressing in your playing.

Real Music, Real Techniques

You’ll practice your techniques by applying it to songs from a wide range of styles, including Pop, Folk, R&B, Singer-Songwriter, Blues, and Bossa Nova.

Featured songs include:

  • “Midnight” by Lianne La Havas
  • “River Man” by Nick Drake

By the end of the course, you’ll not only understand the mechanics of fingerstyle guitar, you’ll fell confident applying them to music you’ll actually want to play.

Meet Your Instructor

Martina Liviero is a professional guitarist and educator known for her warm, thoughtful teaching style and deep musical knowledge. With years of experience performing and teaching across genres, Martina specializes in helping students of all levels build strong foundational skills while developing their own expressive voice on the instrument.

She brings a patient, down-to-earth approach to every lesson, breaking down complex techniques into simple, repeatable steps. Her background in both classical and contemporary styles allows her to bridge the gap between technique and musicality, helping students not just play the notes but truly feel the music they’re creating.

In this course, Martina draws from her extensive experience to guide you through fingerstyle technique in a way that is approachable, motivating, and deeply musical. You’ll feel like you’re learning from a trusted mentor who understands what it’s like to be in your shoes and knows how to help you grow.

Is This Course for You?

This fingerstyle guitar course is designed for self-motivated guitarists who are ready to take their playing to the next level. Whether you’re just starting to explore fingerpicking or want to strengthen your technique after years of casual playing, this course will meet you where you are.

If you’ve ever felt stuck playing the same strumming patterns, or if you’ve struggled to bring emotion and nuance into your acoustic playing, this course will help you build the tools to play with intention and control. You’ll gain both technical fluency and stylistic flexibility, allowing you to adapt fingerstyle technique across genres like folk, pop, blues, R&B, and more.

Whether your goal is to confidently play solo arrangements, accompany your own voice, or deepen your connection with the guitar, this course offers a clear and encouraging path forward. No prior music theory or sight-reading is required.

What’s Included
  • Video-based lessons
  • Step-by-step guidance
  • Real song applications
  • Lifetime access
Ready to Elevate Your Playing?

Enroll in this beginner-friendly fingerstyle guitar course and unlock new musical expression with every note.

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What Will You Learn?

  • Develop finger independence and right-hand control
  • Practice foundational arpeggio and planting techniques
  • Execute free stroke, rest stroke, and string crossing exercises
  • Play melodies and scales with fingerstyle articulation
  • Explore grooves in genres like Bossa Nova, Folk, and R&B
  • Apply techniques to real-world songs and musical contexts

Course Content

Right Hand Technique Fundamentals
Martina introduces the fundamentals of fingerstyle, how to play Arpeggios, and proper movement for your right hand.

Arpeggios: Full Planting, Sequential Planting and Free Stroke
Martina introduces more variations of Arpeggios such as : Full Planting, Free Stroke, Syncopated and Moving Bass and how to introduce Polymetrical Arpeggios

Playing Melodies
Martina demonstrates how to build dexterity, using Free and Rest Strokes, and methods for practicing scales and string crossings.

Grooves: Pop and R&B
Martina uses the song Midnight by Lianne La Havas to introduces different Pop and R&B Grooves, Block Chords, and different variations and ornaments while playing Pop and R&B.

Grooves: Folk, Blues, Singer Songwriter and Bossa Nova
Martina uses the song River Man by Nick Drake to introduce Folk, Blues, Bossa Nova and Singer Songwriter techniques.

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