5 Songs that made me fall in love with Fingerstyle Guitar Playing
If you’re a rock and metal fan, it’s just a matter of time to start playing a guitar. This was exactly my case, so I bought the coolest budget electric guitar and started to learn basic metal riffs and chords.
While playing on my Jackson JS32T Kelly, I had always used a pick, and when it came to Fingerpicking chords, I kept only higher notes and sacrificed basses. Until I stole my sister’s classical guitar…
5. Fast Car (by Tracy Chapman)
My first fingerstyle achievement. Despite the fact that there are only a few notes, the “Fast Car” is a true masterpiece made by a human. And it is not the easiest song to play. I bought a capo particularly for it…
4. Fragile (by Sting)
One of my favorite guitar songs of all time. Some say, it brings sadness and sorrow, like tears from a star. But it is also a great dose of peace and tranquility at the same time, especially at these hard times we live. I started playing it with a pick a long ago, and could switch to fingers relatively easily. And it paid off…
3. Canción del Mariachi (by Los Lobos and Antonio Banderas)
What is the first song that comes to your mind when you see a classical guitar? Of course, it’s “Canción del Mariachi” or just “Desperado”. Obviously, it’s the fastest and most difficult item in this list, and, so far, I could cover a little part of its chords. But I couldn’t just go without it…
2. Tears In Heaven (by Eric Clapton)
Those who know the prehistory of this song would wish it to not exist at all. But it is, and it’s also an iconic instance of a masterpiece begotten by a tragedy. And it has its place in any fingerstyle song list.
1. Shape Of My Heart (by Sting)
The first and the greatest. I can admit, I mastered it. And I had an incentive to do so. I wanted it to play for a girl… a girl, who I loved, maybe. But, seeing me with the guitar, she didn’t even come nigh. So, I still keep this weapon in my arsenal.
