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4 Tips for Keeping Your Guitar Arrangements Under Your Fingers

By Adam Rafferty 44 Comments

A student just asked me the question from the “Ask Adam” page.

“Adam…..I have a problem of remembering songs I’ve already learned
when they haven’t been played in a couple of weeks…usually when I’m
concentrating on new material. How do you keep it all under your fingers?”

When I learn a new song, or am writing a song I have to almost have to “forget” every other song I know.

For example, I recently came up with an arrangement for “Killing me Softly” and I had to
play nothing but that song for a week.

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OPERATION BROOKLYN – signing 100 “Fingerstyle Favorites” DVD’s

By Adam Rafferty 1 Comment

Well, I am not in NYC that often these days, but I wanted to show you the sights of Brooklyn and the B.Q.E. on a really hot sticky day so you could feel the “New York Vibe” a little.
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Win an iPad Mini from Adam….

By Adam Rafferty 10 Comments

Watch the video to find how…

In the last post & video I mentioned a “cool prize” that I will be giving away to customers of the new “Fingerstyle Favorites” DVD when it launches….

Drum roll….

I will be giving away a brand new Apple iPad mini! Maybe you’ll be the lucky winner….

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“Fingerstyle Favorites” DVD launching Tuesday July 8, 2014

By Adam Rafferty 46 Comments

I want YOU to be part of the new DVD “launch”, so I will be offering some VERY special stuff to my email and blog subscribers only.

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For Fingerstyle Guitarists – Effects & Tapping vs Melody

By Adam Rafferty 109 Comments

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This weekend I got a chance to listen to some wonderful young guitar players, but it brought me back to an issue I try to explain over and over when I teach workshops.

Many fingerstyle guitarists today are forgetting about the most important aspect of music – melody. I think this is due to a basic lack of musical study, and the lack of asking the basic question “what is music?”

Without an inquiry into what music actually is, one can get lost by simply copying whats trendy and popular on Youtube and in magazines. [Read more…] about For Fingerstyle Guitarists – Effects & Tapping vs Melody

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