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    Great British Finger Style Guitar
    Great British Finger Style Guitar
    Great British Finger Style Guitar
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    Great British Finger Style Guitar

    By Rick Payne

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    Finger Style guitar has always been a melting pot of many different styles and influences. It is hard to pin it down to one ingredient that is unique to American or British finger style. However when you begin to stir the pot, the ingredients begin to separate, and without being too patriotic you could say there really is a thing called ‘Great British Finger Style’. In this course we’ll be exploring the influences, styles and techniques that make up the quintessential Great British Finger Style. Styles include Classical, Spanish, Folk, American Roots and Blues. Exercises and 12 study tunes all supported by video.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRick Payne
    Release dateFeb 26, 2016
    ISBN9781311886019
    Great British Finger Style Guitar
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    Rick Payne

    Rick Payne is an established acoustic blues guitarist with many national and international tours to his credit. He has become especially well known for his authentic acoustic blues finger picking, in the many traditional styles of the blues including delta blues, piedmont, ragtime and slide and has recorded several albums of this kind.Often compared with Ry Cooder, slide guitar maestro Rick Payne’s performances have taken him to prime time TV, to festivals and theatres throughout the UK and on tour to Europe, USA, Scandinavia and Greek Islands. He has provided music to a number of major TV productions, for programmes on Radio 4 and the BBC World Service. He has also featured on The Paul Jones and Mike Harding's show on BBC Radio 2.Rick has recorded a number of CDs, including the noted ‘Blue River Blues’ for Bennett House Records California.New CD - Radio City Blues now available CD or downloadReviewers have described his sound as: heart wrenching and passionate, delicate and scorching, seriously brilliant, totally absorbing and spellbindingly evocative with raw and fiery vocals to match.As a teacher he has written and facilitated many courses and guitar workshop style sessions, teaching the art of Big Bill Broonzy, Robert Johnson, Blind Blake, Rev Garry Davis, Django, Ry Cooder and many more.

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      Great British Finger Style Guitar - Rick Payne

      THE PLAYERS

      In no particular order here's a list of just a few of the Great British Guitarists who have been noted for their fingerstyle prowess or at sometime included fingerstyle on their albums:

      John Williams, Julian Bream, Gordon Giltrap, Bert Jansch, Martin Carthy, Jimi Page, Dave Gilmour, Ralph Mctell, Martin Simpson, Martin Barre, Keith Richards, Paul McCartney, John Lennon, George Harrison, Mike Oldfield, Brian Jones, Joe Brown, John Renbourn, Roy Harper, John Martyn, Mark Knofler, Sting, Andy Summers, Marc Bolan, Eric Clapton, Richard Thompson, Steve Howe, Peter Green, Jake Thackery, Robert Fripp, Michael Chapman, Steve Tilston, Ed Sheeran, Mike Rutherford, Cat Stevens, Davy Graham, John Pearse, Dave Kelly, Martin Taylor, Newton Faulkner, Syd Barrett, Roger Waters, Nick Drake, Ronnie Wood, Katie Melua, Tracy Chapman, Al Stewart, Brian May, Robin Williamson, Chris Rea, John McLauglin, Kt Kunstall, Lonnie Donegan, Pete Townsend, Wizz Jones, Dougie Maclean..............

      CLASSICAL ROOTS

      In the late 50's and early 60's there was a boom in the popularity of classical guitar especially in London. This was due to the emergence of dynamic young players like John Williams and Julian Bream - it became fashionable to go to guitar concerts and take up lessons in classical guitar. Teaching manuals and methods were updated by the great Andres Segovia and made learning more accessible. The Spanish Guitar Centre in London became the focal point of studying the exercises and repetoires of 19th century classical guitar composers like Fernando Sor, Matteo Carcassi and Mauro Giuliani. Although the craze of Skiffle and Trad Jazz had taken hold in the UK, a new breed began to surface in the form of the 'British Fingerstyle Player'. Students fresh from their classical guitar studies took their places on the British music scene. Players like Bert Jansch, John Renbourn, Martin Carthy, Jimi Page, Richard Thompson, Davy Graham to name but a few, admit to having worked through the rigours of classical guitar training. I remember my first attempts at

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