Finished the L&M Fingerstyle course today.

[Wim VD1]

After 10 months of fun, I finished the L&M Fingerstyle course today.

It was for me the final one of the 4 Learn and Master DVD courses (L&M Guitar, The Song Hits, Blues Guitar and Fingerstyle) to be completed. Due to Covid 19, I suddenly had more time for guitar practice, so this course came at the right time.

With some side steps, primarily into some other Blues and Rock courses, the total L&M cycle took about 5 years. 

Learning and playing songs was and still is my main goal, and with this Fingerstyle course finalized, numerous fingerstyle songs and arrangements are now within reach.

The course is great and covers all possible genres of fingerstyle. I especially enjoyed the classical guitar session, as this was completely new to me.

What I want to do next is to dig into the Merle Travis style a bit deeper. There is an introduction into that style in session 8, but I want to spend more time and learn more of the "Freight Train" type of songs 😀

 

Wim.

 

 

 

 

[Gary Nelson]

Congratulations!   I've been going through the Fingerstyle course as well - taking my time to make sure I can really digest it.    I'm just now on Lesson 5 (classical) so a lot of great learning yet to come.        

[Popeye]

Congrats WIM..........I have the course and played around with the first few lessons. Trying to wrap up all the misc material I have wandered off in the weeds with. Got to get back to a tighter structure.

 

[Randy120]

Bravo!

[DianeB]

@Wim VD1  Congratulations, Wim! That's some real dedication! 👏

[pkotof]

Congratulations!!! What an awesome accomplishment.

[Oldjock]

Congratulations Wim, you can be very proud of your ability to build on your ability to play the guitar. Never stop learning.

Henk

[Eracer_Team-DougH]

And covid has had the opposite on my free time, 

Very well done on completing so many courses 

[matonanjin]

Great accomplishment Wim.  X 4!  Great accomplishment and dedication!  And thanks for all the sharing that you do here.

[Limatje]

Wow Wim, nice done!!!

if you like Fingerpicking in Merle Travis Style or just delta blues fingerpicking, I would strongly recommend Stefan Grossman's Guitar Workshop! There are so many courses to follow there: Blues Fingerpicking, Bottleneck... I Started some courses 2 years before I even heard of Learn and master. Until today I follow courses there. Great stuff!!! 

[ShadowBoxer86]

Congratulations.  Did you notice that the last song Steve teaches in the Fingerstyle course was the very first intro song that Steve played at the beginning of the main Learn and Master Guitar course?  Check it out. LOL

[Wim VD1]

On 10/20/2020 at 9:00 PM, William Nelson said:

Congratulations!   I've been going through the Fingerstyle course as well - taking my time to make sure I can really digest it.    I'm just now on Lesson 5 (classical) so a lot of great learning yet to come.        

Thanks, William.

Lesson 5 contains some of my favorite songs of this course: Malaguena and Lagrima. And the unavoidable Canon in D of course . Enjoy the rest of the course!

Wim.

Edited October 22, 2020 by Wim VD1

[Wim VD1]

20 hours ago, Limatje said:

Wow Wim, nice done!!!

if you like Fingerpicking in Merle Travis Style or just delta blues fingerpicking, I would strongly recommend Stefan Grossman's Guitar Workshop! There are so many courses to follow there: Blues Fingerpicking, Bottleneck... I Started some courses 2 years before I even heard of Learn and master. Until today I follow courses there. Great stuff!!! 

Thanks, Limatje,

I will check it out. Travis picking is really a next level challenge to me. But it gives such a rich sound.

Wim.

[Wim VD1]

20 hours ago, ShadowBoxer86 said:

Congratulations.  Did you notice that the last song Steve teaches in the Fingerstyle course was the very first intro song that Steve played at the beginning of the main Learn and Master Guitar course?  Check it out. LOL

I was not aware, but it makes a lot of sense. Steve starts and finishes the whole Learn and Master cycle with the same song "Paulette". The L&M journey ends where it started.

 

[Simira]

@Wim VD1 Congratulations Wim, your dedication is admirable and has shown through the songs you share with us.  Look forward to hearing some Travis Picking from you soon😊

[Nutty 1]

🎊Congratulations!🎉 

All of your hard work, focus and determination has made you a most excellent player. 🎸😎👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

You are a real inspiration.🥇🏆🎓

[NeilES335]

Wim; Let me add my hearty Congratulations on finishing tge Fingerstyle course, along with all the others.  To the best of my recollection you are the only LMG  Star student to have done so!  You've become and excellent player and more than that, a musician. 

All the best in your continued musical 🎼🎸journey👍😊.

Neil

[Wim VD1]

On 10/26/2020 at 6:00 AM, NeilES335 said:

Wim; Let me add my hearty Congratulations on finishing tge Fingerstyle course, along with all the others.  To the best of my recollection you are the only LMG  Star student to have done so!  You've become and excellent player and more than that, a musician. 

All the best in your continued musical 🎼🎸journey👍😊.

Neil

Thanks for you kind words, Neil.

I think @ShadowBoxer86 was the first one to complete the whole L&M cycle 😀.

Steve has released some great new resources over the past months that I have not started yet. It's time to take a closer look at his triads lessons now as well.

Take care,

Wim.

 

 

 

Edited October 27, 2020 by Wim VD1

[NeilES335]

2 hours ago, Wim VD1 said:

Thanks for you kind words, Neil.

I think @ShadowBoxer86 was the first one to complete the whole L&M cycle 😀.

Steve has released some great new resources over the past months that I have not started yet. It's time to take a closer look at his triads lessons now as well.

Take care,

Wim.

 

 

 

Yes, the Triads Course is on my agenda also. Triads are used frequently in jazz guitar, so I think this will be very beneficial to me. (Im already playing some, but a deeper understanding of the positions would be better) . N