Easy Fingerpicking Favorites

In this vintage Homespun video series, you’ll learn to play five easy songs that should be in every fingerpicker's repertoire, including the necessary techniques so you can create your own arrangements and styles!

Videos

• Introduction (09:59) - In this video, Happy introduces the course by playing a medley and then going over hand techniques, tuning, and pick choices.

• Railroad Bill (16:43) - Happy shows us how to play Railroad Bill, and then goes through the song again slowed down with some variations of the tune.

• Creole Belle (09:28) - In this video, we are introduced to Creole Belle and shown the song with a slowed down version and variations.

• Cocaine Blues (06:09) - Happy explores the song Cocaine Blues. He also demonstrates slowed down so we can better understand.

• Freight Train (07:19) - Freight Train is arguably the grandfather of all fingerpicking tunes and we are shown this classic with a few variations.

• Make Me a Pallet On Your Floor (11:55) - In this final video, we are shown a blues inspired fingerpicking song in the key of E followed by Happy's final thoughts.