TheFolksinger's Fingerstyle Guitar Lesson #1

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Lesson # 1 in fingerstyle strumming from the "Play Piano and Guitar by Ear" course Bill teaches at the American University in Cairo, Egypt

Channel: Music
Uploaded: February 14, 2007 at 6:11 pm
Author: TheFolksinger

Length: 00:06:38
Rating: 4.56
Views: 55093

Tags: free lesson fingerstyle guitar play by ear three-note-chord

Video Comments:
Disputed1 (November 4, 2008 at 12:06 pm)
very nice lesson. much appreciated
m16xxx (October 15, 2008 at 12:46 am)
hey man thanks a lot for the gershwin summertime lesson. you guys played it beatifully how it should be. i never could play ad-lib lead guitar(i am still at the bottom end of intermediate, i guess)but now its flowing out of me when i play along with your Summertime, thanks again. you´re the best teacher on you tube i found so far, really.
TheFolksinger (October 15, 2008 at 10:43 am)
Thanks for the compliment and the encouragement."Summertime" is a great song to use as a basic one, because it makes use of both major and minor chords to support a beautiful melody.
sammiepup (October 12, 2008 at 8:51 pm)
Education should present both sides and allow students to decide for themselves. Too many times only one side is presented and that is not the true path to enlightenment. You have your right to support the Big O as I have the right to oppose him. I came looking for guitar inspiration. If I wanted to hear more McCain \ Palin bashing or more misguided Obama praise I would tune in to NBC. This is my final posting so reply if you like but do not expect continued dialogue. Good day.
sammiepup (October 12, 2008 at 3:59 pm)
I agree 100%. I also came here to expand my knowledge and enjoyed lesson 1. However, after I listened to the Sarah Palin song there is no way I will watch, contibute or join this liberal's gang. Too bad you chose to inject your political views (which you certainly are entitled to have) into an educational venue....OOPS!!!!!my bad, that is the norm in our educational system. I forgot, the point is NOT to teach anything but rather to indoctrinate and expand the "dream of socialism." See ya.
TheFolksinger (October 12, 2008 at 4:17 pm)
Sorry that an opposing point of view turns you off. But, hey, I am a folksinger, and I do support Obama and have hope that he may prove to be a great leader for the US at home and in the way the US deals with the rest of the world. And folksinger's have a long history of questioning the right (and sometimes wrong) sides of government.

If you think about it a bit more, your comments are much more doctrinal than my song. The song means to leave one free to make his own choice.
sondheimfan1 (October 19, 2008 at 4:37 am)
Don't listen to these extreme right trying to push their ideas upon society...keep doin' exactly what you're doing man. As a musician myself I alway find myself questioning the establishment. DON'T CHANG A THING ABOUT YOUR VIDEOS...they're awesome lessons!
-Vote Blue '08
TheFolksinger (October 19, 2008 at 6:00 pm)
Thanks for the encouragement. My absentee ballot, and my wife's, were submitted last week.

Cheers!!!
TheFolksinger (October 7, 2008 at 10:56 am)
Still here, though I don't usually put my email on YouTube. But send me yours through one the TheFolksinger sites, and I can reply.
TheFolksinger (October 7, 2008 at 10:56 am)
FOX NEWS. Right.