Arranging For Fingerstyle Guitar

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In this in depth lesson called "Arranging for Fingerstyle Guitar", we cover the key elements that you need to learn to be able to arrange for solo guitar. We also learn useful techniques and ideas that will add spice to your arrangements and songs.

  • Finding the right key

  • Chord inversions

  • The "Boom-Chick" alternating bass

  • Using the open strings

  • Chord embellishment

  • Chord substitution

  • Chord families

  • Moving bass lines

  • Using the circle of 5ths

  • Harp harmonics

  • Altering the V7 chord

  • Tritone substitution

  • Arrangement analysis

More about the lesson:

  • 87 minute video lesson

  • 17 page curriculum with detaild TABs and notation

  • 3 camera angles for a clear view of both hands

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    Elzevir Block 38mo ago

    Hi Emil, Really enjoyed the lesson. I have question about tritone substitution. Most of the theory that I've read on this subject says that a dominant 7 chord can be replaced with another dominant 7 chord which is a tritone interval away from the original. However, in the Amazing Grace arrangement, you replace an D7 and and A7 with an Abmaj7(#11) and an Ebmaj7. They sound great but I was just wondering if there is a rule that the new chord substituted for the dominant 7 should also be a dominant 7. In other words, when can the new chord be something other than a dominant 7? Hope that makes sense. Thanks, EB

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