Fingerstyle

His approach could be loosely characterized as fingerstyle, but his ferocious attack and in-the-red tone are anything but rustic or folksy-though he draws on country-blues language, he does it with a violence reminiscent of his playing in Harry Pussy, wrenching dense bent-note scale patterns and resonant explosions from his instrument. ❋ Unknown (2010)

His tremendous fingerstyle playing and, yes, even his voice (which he described in the liner notes to a 1969 album as akin to “geese farts on a muggy day”) enthralled me. ❋ Unknown (2009)

White deftly switched from pick to fingerstyle guitar, and he seemed particularly to enjoy the waltz time signature. ❋ Scott Galupo (2011)

Since I play that one fingerstyle and don't sing, it doesn't matter which key it is in, and I play it wherever I feel like. ❋ Steve Perry (2010)

Like most fingerstyle players, I tend to take whichever arrangement I find and fiddle with it a bit. ❋ Steve Perry (2010)

I have worked up a fingerstyle version of it on my own guitar I've almost gotten down. ❋ Steve Perry (2010)

One of the top fingerstyle, steel-string guitarists, Grammy nominee Alex de Grassi is renowned for his impeccable technique and compelling compositions. ❋ Unknown (2009)

But the player that brought the technique to prominance and doomed an entire decade to devoting itself to fingerstyle gymnastics was Eddie Van Halen. ❋ Michael Alan Nelson (2009)

Marxist Economist and fingerstyle guitarist David Laibman joins the podcast this week to discuss the Great Depression II and the inherent faults of Capitalism. ❋ Unknown (2009)

So my latest attempt to learn a fingerstyle guitar piece. ❋ Steve Perry (2007)

I was, I said, interested in fingerstyle playing, fingers instead of a flat pick classic rock and blues, with some odds and ends pop stuff. ❋ Steve Perry (2006)

More than 100 luthiers from across the country and around the world gather here, and 24 workshops cover topics from Celtic fingerstyle guitar techniques to "Beatles, Wings and 6 Strings." ❋ Christine Delsol (2011)

While his fingerstyle guitar playing was often meticulous, Spence seemed to care little about the lyrics of many of the songs he performed. ❋ Unknown (2011)

It's hard not to write about any modern fingerstyle acoustic guitarist without pointing to the spirit and influence that Jack Rose had before he passed away in 2009. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Rose's friend and collaborator Glenn Jones, who came out of the same '90s experimental rock scene, has actually studied the fingerstyle passed down from John Fahey much longer. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Don [Ross] is the only person to twice win the U.S. National [Fingerstyle Guitar] [Championship]. ❋ Mr E Meat (2014)