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Fingerstyle Arranging — Making Your Own Arrangements
A Premium arranging course for turning songs into playable solo fingerstyle versions.
LevelIntermediate
Length10 videos · about 4h 15m
FocusArranging
About this course
Learn Gareth’s process for building your own fingerstyle arrangements: setting goals, thinking musically, unlocking the neck, then applying the process to real case studies. This course is still being completed, but there is already enough material to start learning from it.
Who it's for
Intermediate players who want to understand how a solo fingerstyle arrangement is built instead of only copying tabs.
What you'll learn
- Set clear goals before arranging a song for solo guitar.
- Find useful notes and chords across the neck.
- Balance melody, bass movement and accompaniment on one guitar.
- Study real arrangement decisions through Wonderwall, Stand By Me and Something.
What you need
- Acoustic guitar
- Comfort with basic chords and melody lines
- Premium access
The lessons
10 lessons
- Part 1 · 11:50Course IntroductionA guide to the course structure and the three main areas covered in the arranging process.
- Part 2 · 10:33Mindset — Part 1: Setting GoalsSet the musical and practical goals before you start building an arrangement.
- Part 3 · 18:54Mindset — Part 2: How to ThinkDevelop the thinking process behind useful, playable fingerstyle arrangement choices.
- Part 4 · 19:37Unlocking the Neck — Part 1: Finding the NotesFind the melody notes and useful positions before turning them into an arrangement.
- Part 5 · 34:14Unlocking the Neck — Part 2: Finding the ChordsLocate chord options and connect them to the melody across the guitar neck.
- Part 6 · 20:45Unlocking the Neck — Part 3: Don’t Stop Me Now Case StudyApply the neck-mapping process to a real arrangement case study.
- Part 7 · 42:53Arranging Wonderwall — Part 1Start a detailed case study arranging Wonderwall for fingerstyle guitar.
- Part 8 · 15:27Arranging Wonderwall — Part 2Continue the Wonderwall case study and refine the arrangement choices.
- Part 9 · 1:00:59Arranging Stand By MeA full Patreon-exclusive arrangement case study for Stand By Me.
- Part 10 · 34:58Arranging Something — YouTube VersionA copyright-edited YouTube version of the Something arranging case study.