“Flying Fingers” from Hal Leonard covers an expansive variety of styles and techniques – including recent innovations like percussive gestures, right-hand string-stopping, two hands on the fingerboard, and partial capos – through its 50 accurate transcriptions with historical and performance notes for each.
Beginning fingerstyle guitarists will find suitable arrangements for the start of their journey, and as they progress, they will continue to find new and exciting titles to attempt. Intermediate- to advanced-level students and professionals will also find plenty of challenging and impressive new pieces to add to their set list. Over 50 artists are featured, each represented by a single, characteristic piece. Recordings of the specific versions included in the book can be located easily and are specified at the beginning of each tune. All transcriptions are shown in standard notation and tab. $40.
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