Gretchen Menn's video: Introduction to Fingerstyle - Step-by-Step Lesson with Exercises Free Practice Tracker

This is video 1 of a multi-part series I did with @BreedloveGuitarCo on how I approach fingerstyle playing. Hope it might be helpful! Let me know how it goes for you. The Breedlove Pursuit Concert Nylon I'm playing in this video is comfortable and quite affordable: Breedlove Concert Nylon Guitar: https://sweetwater.sjv.io/Vm4WRa Check out my @jamplay/ @TrueFireTV course on technique in service of creativity: http://bit.ly/gretchenjp1 I'm now a @sweetwater affiliate: https://sweetwater.sjv.io/GmD5E9 Anything you buy from Sweetwater after clicking that link or any of the gear links below directly supports my channel and ability to do more videos, demos, reviews, and at no extra cost. Much appreciated. 🙏 0:00 Start 1:06 Introduction 1:07 - 1:42 Guitar 1:43 - 2:44 My background 2:44 - 3:54 Instrument and hand position 3:55 - 4:39 Finger movement 4:40 - 6:03 Rest strokes/Free strokes 6:04 - 6:22 Finger independence 6:23 - 6:44 Terminology 6:44 - 7:48 Tone 7:52 - 9:02 Ex 1 (p, i) 9:03 - 9:27 Ex 2 (p, m) 9:28 - 10:20 Ex 3 (p, a) 10:21 - 11:13 Ex 4 (p, i, m, a) 11:14 - 11:41 Ex 5 (p, a, m, i) 11:41- 12:25 Ex 6 - 8 (p + i/m/a) 12:26 - 12:33 Ex 9 (all simultaneously) 12:33 - 12:51 Ex 10 (p + i, m, a) 12:52 - 13:03 Ex 11 (p + a, m, i) 13:03 Recommendations, Practice plan 🤘🤓 You can access the practice tracker here: https://www.dropbox.com/s/xq0z7k07mw3kow3/Breedlove%20Video%201%20-%20Fingerstyle%20Practice%20Tracker.pdf?dl=0 _______ SOCIALS Website: http://gretchenmenn.com/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/gretchenmenn Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gretchenmenn/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GretchenMennGuitar TikTok: @gretchenmenn Twitter: https://twitter.com/gretchenmenn ______ GEAR I have, love, and wholeheartedly recommend: * GUITARS - Acoustic Breedlove Oregon Concert CE - Natural Myrtlewood: https://sweetwater.sjv.io/xknPmR Breedlove Oregon Concerto CE - Bourbon Myrtlewood: https://sweetwater.sjv.io/5gj3q9 Breedlove Eco Limited Edition, Exotic S Concert, Twilight Blue Burst: https://sweetwater.sjv.io/PyaZAN Breedlove ECO Pursuit Exotic S Concert CE Nylon String - Red Cedar-Myrtlewood: https://sweetwater.sjv.io/Vm4WRa Martin SC-10E: https://sweetwater.sjv.io/1rb3Xa * GUITARS - Electric Music Man Sabre: https://sweetwater.sjv.io/PyaZNe In love. My Sabre has become one of my main instruments now. Music Man Cutlass: https://sweetwater.sjv.io/y2r5XB Classic with great feel and flexibility. Music Man Majesty: https://sweetwater.sjv.io/75b7vV Love this for recording. Perfect for modern metal guitar. Gibson Les Paul Standard '60s: https://sweetwater.sjv.io/Or1J7K My main guitar for Zepparella. I have one in cherry burst and one in a limited-edition Manhattan Midnight. Gibson Custom 1961 Les Paul SG Standard Reissue: https://sweetwater.sjv.io/3e73gy The first Gibson I bought. I had played a few off-the-rack SGs, but then found a 61 reissue. It hurt my wallet, but it plays and sounds amazing. * STRINGS Favorite nylon strings: https://sweetwater.sjv.io/NkNVeb Favorite electric Ernie Ball Strings, 10-52: https://sweetwater.sjv.io/5gj3JD * EFFECTS/PEDALS Strymon TimeLine Delay: https://sweetwater.sjv.io/xknPMO Incredible-sounding, seemingly endless delay possibilities Strymon Lex Rotary Speaker Simulator Pedal V2: https://sweetwater.sjv.io/9ge3kQ It takes a special pedal to make it onto my permanent gigging pedalboard, and this one made the cut. Xotic XW-1 Wah Pedal: https://sweetwater.sjv.io/5gj3rD I love this pedal so much I bought two. It is more expensive than other wahs, but worth every penny. Strymon Ojai R30 Low-profile Guitar Pedal Power Supply: https://sweetwater.sjv.io/R5RXM2 AmpRX BrownBox II Tube Amplifier Input Voltage Attenuator: https://sweetwater.sjv.io/m5nBMZ If you love your amp… Pedaltrain Classic 2 TC 24"x12.5" Pedalboard with Tour Case: https://sweetwater.sjv.io/nLnz5R Pedaltrain Metro 20 20-inch x 8-inch Pedalboard with Soft Case: https://sweetwater.sjv.io/6eGKYE * RECORDING/STUDIO Neumann TLM 103 condenser mic: https://sweetwater.sjv.io/XY1qBM Yes, it’s a lot of mic, but it sounds like it, too. Yamaha HS8 8-inch Powered Studio Monitor Pair: https://sweetwater.sjv.io/Vm4WXk Golden Age Project Pre-73 MKIII Microphone Preamp: https://sweetwater.sjv.io/9ge3kY Two Notes Torpedo Captor X Reactive Loadbox DI and Attenuator: https://sweetwater.sjv.io/XY1qMy Tascam Portacapture X8: https://sweetwater.sjv.io/daRAD7 * VIDEO I love my Lumix S5 SO much. If you noticed my videos getting a visual upgrade in the last year or so, it’s because of this. Lumix S5 Camera + Lens: https://sweetwater.sjv.io/zNjkd7 Lumix S5 Camera only: https://sweetwater.sjv.io/R5RXQy Rechargeable Battery for Lumix S5: https://sweetwater.sjv.io/NkNVLN