Grade 1 — Fingerstyle Foundations
- Setting up your guitar and hands
- Feeling and keeping a steady rhythm
- Motor skills and the G major scale
- Your first pieces: Stepping Stones and Coffee Break
Is this course right for you?
A step-by-step route for players who want to build their skills instead of piecing together unrelated tutorials.
This course may be a good fit if you…
- are a beginner who wants a clear, step-by-step order to follow
- want to build clean, confident fingerpicking patterns
- want to play chord melody arrangements and complete fingerstyle pieces
- prefer short daily lessons with video and PDF that you can revisit while practicing
This course may not be the right fit if you…
- want a course focused on electric guitar solos or metal
- need live, one-to-one lessons with an instructor
Stop jumping between random videos
Make your practice more focused with a course arranged into six progressive grades.
The common challenge
Online tutorials can be useful, but it can be difficult to know what to learn first, what to practice next, and how separate techniques fit together.
A clearer way to learn
Work through a structured sequence of lessons, practice one idea at a time, and build toward playing complete fingerstyle pieces.
Explore the six learning grades
The course includes 303 video lessons and approximately 13 hours and 34 minutes of video. Every grade is split into short daily lessons, with downloadable PDFs to practice from.
Grade 2 — Fingerpicking Patterns
- Thumb and finger patterns: T123, T321, and T213
- 6/8 fingerpicking, the pinch, and folky thumbpicking
- A full piece to finish: Stargazing
Grade 3 — Chord Melody Concepts
- The keys of C and G, and how to expand them
- Capo use and adding melodies to chords
- Setting Sun and a Composition challenge
Grade 4 — Intermediate Fingerstyle
- Palm muting, thumb slapping, and tremolo
- 3rds, 6ths, 10ths, and harmonics
- Bar chords, music theory, and the piece Rising Up
Grade 5 — Song Studies
- Danny Boy, Happy Birthday, Auld Lang Syne, and Silent Night
- Advanced versions of three of the songs
- Luminescence in two parts and a Composition challenge
Grade 6 — Extended Fingerstyle Techniques
- DADGAD tuning and tapping
- Percussive techniques and natural, artificial, tapped, and raked harmonics
- A recap and 12 performance videos
What’s included
A structured video course plus supporting materials to help you practice.
Video lessons
- 303 video lessons
- Six progressive learning grades
- Approximately 13 hours and 34 minutes of lessons
Practice resources
- PDF sheet music/tab and exercises (for the Day lessons)
- A START HERE guide to help plan practice (in every grade)
- Lifetime access after purchase through Gumroad
Learn with a clear, structured method
The course is organised to help learners move from foundational skills toward more complete fingerstyle arrangements, one step at a time.
Each grade is built from short Day lessons. Watch the videos in order, practice with the PDF, and finish with the Performances section to hear how everything sounds when it is played together.
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Choose your learning path
Start with Grade 1, continue one grade at a time, or get the complete six-grade program at the best value.
Grade 1
$12
Your first step: 7 daily lessons, 48 videos, and PDF tabs to practice from.
Buy Grade 1Individual Grades
$19 per grade. Continue with the level that fits your progress.
- Grade 2Buy for $19
- Grade 3Buy for $19
- Grade 4Buy for $19
- Grade 5Buy for $19
- Grade 6Buy for $19
All 6 Grades
$69 $107
All six grades, 303 video lessons (13+ hours), and PDFs for every day. Save $38 compared with buying each grade separately.
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How it works
A straightforward purchase process.
- Choose a course.
Select Grade 1, an individual grade, or the complete bundle. - Complete checkout.
The purchase button takes you to the corresponding Gumroad product/checkout page. - Open your course.
Use the button in your Gumroad receipt email to open the course, start with the START HERE page, and follow each Day in order.
30-day refund policy
If the course is not right for you, you may request a refund within 30 days of purchase. The full terms are in the Refund Policy linked below.
Frequently asked questions
Review these answers and adjust them to match your final product setup.
What guitar do I need, and what level is it for?
You need an acoustic or classical guitar, a tuner, and a metronome (a phone app is fine). A capo is needed from Grade 3. Grade 1 starts with the foundations, so complete beginners are welcome.
How do I access the course after buying?
After checkout, open the course from the button in your Gumroad receipt email or from your Gumroad library. You get lifetime access.
Can I watch the lessons on my phone, tablet, or computer?
Yes. You can watch the lessons online on a phone, tablet, or computer, and download the PDFs to practice from.
Are tabs, chord charts, and a study guide included?
Yes. The Day lessons come with downloadable PDFs (sheet music/tab and exercises), and every grade starts with a START HERE guide. The complete bundle includes all of them.
How can I pay?
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What is the refund policy?
You may request a refund within 30 days of purchase. See the full Refund Policy for the details.
I did not receive my purchase email. What should I do?
First check your spam or promotions folder and your Gumroad purchase library. If you still cannot find it, use the Contact link in the footer.
Your first fingerstyle song is closer than you think.
6 grades. 303 video lessons. One structured path to fingerstyle guitar.
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