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Arianna Powell

Ditching the pick adds a whole new set of colors to your guitar palette – and these 10 fingerstyle jazz licks will class up your playing (even if you’re not a jazz guitarist)

By Arianna Powell published

Pickup Music’s Arianna Powell shares a wealth of tasty jazz ideas that will work in any genre

Gio Guido playing fingerstyle guitar

Introducing the “up-and-down” fingerstyle approach – a new guitar technique designed to get you playing faster than ever

By Matt Owen published

The brainchild of Gio Guido, up-and-down fingerpicking is inspired by Al Di Meola and John McLaughlin – but takes things one step further

Richie Kotzen

5 ways to improve your fingerstyle guitar technique

By Simon Barnard published

As the likes of Richie Kotzen, Jeff Beck, Mark Knopfler and others have shown us, sometimes ditching the pick opens up new avenues for expressing yourself on the electric guitar

The SoundFile nail file

Has The SoundFile unlocked the secrets behind peak fingernail performance for fingerstyle guitarists?

By Matt Owen published

The LA-based nail file specialist seeks to help guitarists maintain the shape and form of their nails, which in turn is said to deliver improved tone

Beginner guitar: How to play fingerstyle acoustic guitar

How to play fingerstyle guitar: learn fingerpicking styles

By Chris Bird, James Uings published

Steady up your acoustic skills with this fingerpicking lesson