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# Beyond Basics: Fingerstyle Guitar, Book & Online Audio

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## Customer Reviews

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    Very excellent for the absolute beginner
  

*by S***O on Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on January 13, 2012*

I am a self-taught guitarist and I considered myself a beginner. Being self-taught, I'm pretty directionless and whimsical when it comes to practicing and learning. I randomly pick songs off YouTube to mimic, download random tablature and more recently I decided to start investing in guitar instructional manuals to try rein in my lack of discipline. Beyond Basics Fingerstyle Guitar is one of the books I purchased a few weeks ago.For someone who is attempting to self-teach and lacks direction, this book is great. The book is broken down into several sections, each of which build up to a simple but beautiful song. The author takes different measures out of the song and explains both in the book and on the CD and the breakdown is very clear and logical. The author is also very encouraging, especially on the CD; he has a very patient and calm voice - feels like having a nice teacher in the room with you. He plays the tracks slowly at first and then speeds up to tempo and adds encouraging words along the way.Given the title "Beyond Basics" I assumed that the author was assuming at least some foundation in fingerstyle but he starts from the very beginning and the book, I feel, doesn't take you very far beyond that. This is not a bad thing. I feel that he tries to make sure you've developed basic fingerstyle skills without frustrating you, so while progress might seem incremental, they are building solid foundational skills in a slow but non-frustrating way. Other instructional books I've acquired seemed to jump around with skill level and techniques and this book is like a nice comfort blankie to come back to because it assures you that you are progressing while other books may suddenly drop a roadblock on you.One thing that was a little different about this book was that the author immediately takes you up and down the fretboard (albeit on the same two strings). Other beginning instructional books usually never stray past the first 5 or even 3 frets so that was a nice change.Overall, I recommend for the absolute beginner. If you already have some guitar skills and are looking to develop some fingerstyle skills, this book may not be for you. If you already have some fingerstyle skills (you've developed some right hand finger independence), this book may be OK especially to review but it will not take you very far. I felt it was a little easy for me but I really enjoyed his teaching style and will definitely move on to his other fingerpicking books.

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    Another Hanson winner
  

*by M***L on Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on July 31, 2011*

I like Hanson's books - he's a good teacher with good material, as are most other authors of tutorial books with CDs. However, I could've saved a lot of money on books had I first come across the DVD "How to Play Fingerstyle Guitar" by Eltjo Haselhoff (available through customerservice@peghead.nl), which I'd come upon at YouTube. The video production is top notch, from lighting to scripting, to camera angles, etc. and Mr. Haselhoff's goal is to get you to a point of fingerpicking mastery that you needn't have to have tab to play a tune that you've heard. His instructions are very clear, and, like his playing, precise. And he has a pleasing personality as well.Check it out.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 







  
  
    A great book for learning fingerstyle guitar
  

*by A***K on Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on December 14, 2005*

This book,like other Mark Hanson books, is not only well written and presented, but comes with a CD that's almost like having a teacher at your side.  I'd certainly disagree with the review by A. Mutimer who says "If you have basic finger separation and the ability to play two and three note thumb patterns you may easily be able to play, and remember, everything in this book in a bit over an hour."  While an advanced player would be able to get through this material quickly, how many of those who are just learning fingerstyle guitar are at that level?  Played at tempo, a piece like "Key to the Kingdom" obviously requires expert finger control and speed, which is one reason, I'm sure, why Hanson says he plays this piece in most of his concerts.  It's impressive, and anybody who can play it like he does is definitely an advanced guitarist.  But what makes this book so appealing is that even a beginner can tackle this piece at a much slower tempo and enjoy trying to develop their skills.  Other pieces in the book, like "Canyon Canon" are easier, but still challenging enough for beginners and intermediate players who haven't mastered fingerstyle technique, and provide plenty of opportunity for improvisation to take them to a higher level.  I give this book a 5 star rating even though it has some errors. I contacted the author's website to mention the errors I found in the chords/notation/tabs for "Key to the Kingdom".  It's played correctly on the CD, but the printing errors could confuse somebody who realizes that some of the printed notes don't correspond to the way it's played.  I was told that Warner books, the publisher, failed to give the author a chance to proofread the book before publication.  I'd be happy to share these errata with anybody who can't figure them out.

## Frequently Bought Together

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