HOMESPUN
Taught By Peter Huttlinger.
Level 3
60 minute DVD, includes music and tab
An accomplished fingerstyle guitarist needs to have full control of his or her
picking hand along with a complete knowledge of the guitar fingerboard. Peter
Huttlinger provides you with the advice, practice routines and exercises that
will enable you to play with good tone, strict timing and confidence.
Pete makes this important topic fun for guitarists at all levels. He starts you off with more than a dozen picking patterns, each one using a different combination of thumb and fingers on various strings. These exercises create a solid foundation that will help you with every piece you play, regardless of style.
Moving to the left hand, you’ll learn arpeggios and the “spelling” of chords, as well as Pete’s foolproof method for learning every note on the fingerboard. Chromatic scale exercises up and down the fretboard will work wonders for strength and agility in both your right and left hands.
Finally, Pete puts all these exercises into practice with a bouncy bossa nova chord and rhythm progression and a gorgeous arrangement of a classical piece, "Romanza." This DVD will give you months of material to work on, and Pete’s regimen will make you a stronger, better player.
Review:
"Sure, as a performer, Pete Huttlinger slays audiences with his mind-blowing
solo arrangements and devastating chops. But he's also exactly the kind of guitar
hero you want on your instructional shelf, because when it's time to talk technique,
he downshifts into teacher mode with effortless aplomb. On Essential Exercises
for Fingerstyle Guitar, Hutt generously and articulately shares his knowledge
with all the patience, clarity, and encouragement you could ever hope for from
a guitar sensei... The path to greatness lies here." - Guitar Player Magazine
Nashville based guitarist, composer and arranger Peter Huttlinger has played
The Hollywood Bowl and London’s Royal Albert Hall with John Denver, Caesar’s
Palace in Las Vegas with George Burns and stadiums across America in Alan Jackson’s
“High Mileage” tour. Peter is also accomplished on the banjo, mandolin and harmonica,
and in 2000 he won first place in the prestigious National Fingerpicking Championship
in Winfield, Kansas. A graduate of the Berklee College of Music, Peter has written
music for independent videos, jingles and commercials, and composed the theme
to ESPN's Flyfishing America. Peter was nominated in 1994 for an EMMY award as
Instrumentalist/Composer for a PBS special, "Tennessee Traveling Treasures,”
and has done recordings for HBO, PBS, ESPN, and many others. Peter’s solo CDs
include Catch & Release and Naked Pop, as well as two John Denver tribute
CDs, Colors In Time and Colors In Time, Volume Two.