Fingerstyle Guitar: Guitar Technique

Ken Perlman teaches the core skills of fingerstyle guitar through progressive instruction and a varied song repertoire. Beginning and advanced players can work on fingerpicking patterns used in folk, blues, fiddle tunes, hornpipes, and ragtime. Thirty-nine arrangements provide musical applications for the techniques, including traditional material and familiar pieces such as Freight Train, The Entertainer, and Shady Grove. The book functions as both a technical course and a playable collection for guitarists developing independence, rhythm, and melodic control.