Fingerpicking guitarists and songs to improve fingerpicking

Folk Fingerpicking, Jokes and Nice Guitars I Love

A couple of years ago I made a list of 100+ fingerpicking songs and guitar masters to cater to my:

Students who want to build a repertoire of fingerpicking songs.
(Advanced) students who want to bring their fingerpicking skills up to top-notch mastery level.

Here’s the list:

1) Bron Yr Aur (Led Zeppelin)
2) Going to California (Led Zeppelin)
3) Blackbird (The Beatles)
4) Maggie Mae (Rod Stewart)
5) Dust In The Wind (Kansas)
6) No Other Way (Jack Johnson)
7) Robert Johnson (the complete discography)
8) Jolene (Dolly Parton)
9) Landslide (Fleetwood Mac)
10) Big Love (Fleetwood Mac)
11) Sultans of Swing (Dire Straits)
12) Never Going Back Again (Fleetwood Mac, Rumors)
13) The Chain (Fleetwood Mac)
14) Dear Prudence
15) Here Comes The Sun.
16) April Come She Will (Simon and Garfunkel)
17) Sound of Silence (Simon and Garfunkel)
18) 4 + 20 (Crosby Stills Nash and Young)
19) Greensleeves
20) Fire and Rain (James Taylor)
21) Joe’s Blues (Badlands)
22) (John Mayer)
23) Roundabout Intro (Yes)
24) Neon (John Mayer)
25) Jenny Wren
26) (Paul McCartney)
27) Heartbeats (Jose Gonzalez)
28) Angeles
29) (Elliot Smith)
30) Walk Away (Ben Harper)
31) These Days (Nico)
32) Sunflower River Blues (John Fahey)
33) Deep River Blues (Doc Watson)
34) Love Is All (The Tallest Man On Earth)
35) Death With Dignity (Sufjan Stevens)
36) From The Beginning (Greg Lake, Emerson Lake, and Palmer)
37) Intro A Farewell To Kings (Rush)
38) Little Martha (The Allman Brothers Band)
39) Thirteen (Big Star)
40) I Don’t Feel It Anymore (William Fitzsimmons)
41) Solsbury Hill (Peter Gabriel)
42) Yesterday (The Beatles)
43) Speak For Me (John Mayer)
44) Black Water (The Doobie Brothers)
45) Classical Gas (Mason Williams)
46) Homeward Bound (Simon and Garfunkel)
47) Tenerife Sea (Ed Sheeran)
48) Tears In Heaven (Eric Clapton)
49) Let It Go (James Bay)
50) Mister Sandman (Chet Atkins)
51) Babe I’m Gonna Leave You (Led Zeppelin)
52) Lewis & Clarke (Tommy Emmanuel)
53) Angelina (Tommy Emmanuel)
54) Just Breathe (Pearl Jam)
55) Towers (Bon Iver)
56) Skinny Love (Bon Iver)
57) The River (Joe Bonamassa)
58) Helplessly Hoping (Crosby Stills Nash and Young)
59) Ray LaMontagne
60) Across The Universe (The Beatles)
61) More Than Words (Extreme)
62) Silent Lucidity (Queensryche)
63) Guaranteed (Eddie Vedder)
64) Stealing (Doc’s Guitar) (Leo Kottke)
65) Willin’ (Little Feat with Ry Cooder)
66) Treetop Flyer (Ry Cooder)
67) Crazy On You (intro) (Heart)
68) Time In A Bottle (Jim Croce)
69) Scarborough Fair (Simon & Garfunkel)
70) The Boxer (Simon & Garfunkel)
71) Anji (Simon & Garfunkel)
72) Don’t Think Twice It’s Alright (Bob Dylan)
73) Shower The People (James Taylor)
74) Shape Of My Heart (Sting)
75) Fast Car (Tracy Chapman)
76) Road Trippin’ (Red Hot Chili Peppers)
77) Let Her Go (Passenger)
78) Is There Anybody Out There (Pink Floyd)
79) Hey You (Pink Floyd)
80) If (Bread)
81) We’re Going To Be Friends (The White Stripes)
82) Bouree in Em (JS Bach)
83) Benighted (Opeth)
84) Abide With Me (John Renbourn)
85) White House Blues (John Renbourn)
86) Trotto (John Renbourn)
87) Transfusion (John Renbourn)
88) Beeswing (Richard Thompson)
89) Ain’t No Sunshine (Bill Withers)
90) From The Morning (Nick Drake)
91) Stop This Train (John Mayer)
92) One Last Breath (Creed)
93) Little Black Submarines (The Black Keys)
94) Naked As We Came (Iron & Wine)
95) May You Never (John Martyn)
96) Closer To The Sun (Slightly Stoopid)
97) Black Waterside (Bert Jansch)
98) Peter Walker
99) Stefan Grossman
100) Steeleye Span
101) Michael Hedges
102) William Ackerman
103) Alex De Grassi
104) Don Ross
105) Roy Harper
106) Peter Lang
107) Ray Lamontagne
108) Daniel Bachman
109) Jimmy Wahlsteen
110) Richie Blackmore’s Night
111) Tony Rice
112) John Knowles
113) Tim Farrell
114) Bryan Sutton
115) William Coulter (Celtic)
116) Tom Long (Celtic)
117) Tony McManus (Celtic)
118) El McMeen
119) Doug Smith (folk)
120) John Denver
121) Leonard Cohen

Deep Blue Guitar

Futuristic Gorgeousness

Plexi and Wood Beauty

Porcelain Guitar

Shiny Sparkly Blue

Surrealism Engraved

Trans White Finish

Humoristic Memes

The Decibel Scale

This one’s pretty good because it’s a pretty accurate representation of where those listed sounds fall on the loudness spectrum. (The analogies are hysterical)

More Roman Jokes

Roxanne

Shit Just Got Real

Sick Riffs

Conclusion

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