Paul Davids (YouTube channel)
by Paul Davids · YouTube
Lesson videos from a Rotterdam Conservatory graduate covering fingerstyle arrangements, chord voicings, right-hand dynamics, tone and song breakdowns, aimed at players past the beginner stage who want cleaner technique and acoustic parts that sound like the record.
More resources on Guitar (Acoustic)
Guitar Fretboard Workbook (2nd Edition)
Musicians Institute workbook mapping intervals, scales, triads and chord shapes across the whole neck through written exercises. After completing it a player can construct any scale or chord in any position without reading standard notation.
Pumping Nylon: Complete (Second Edition)
The standard conservatory technique handbook for nylon-string guitar: a daily warm-up routine, Giuliani's right- and left-hand studies, Tarrega arpeggio studies and nail-shaping guidance. After it you can execute controlled arpeggios, tremolo, slurs and fast scales with efficient mechanics.
The Art of Contemporary Travis Picking
A 64-page method for alternating-bass fingerpicking, with fourteen progressive solos in notation and tablature plus streaming audio. After it you can keep an independent thumb bassline running under a melody in the folk and pop style of Paul Simon or James Taylor.
Classical Guitar Method Volume 1 (free PDF)
A free 102-page method book with companion video lessons, teaching classical and fingerstyle guitar through graded solos and duets. Covers posture, both-hand technique, standard notation reading, rhythm and first-position fretboard knowledge, playable on nylon- or steel-string instruments.
Absolutely Understand Guitar (full 32-lesson video program)
Thirty-two hour-long lessons teaching applied music theory, fretboard mapping, technique and ear training in a fixed sequence. After working through the series you can build chords and scales anywhere on the neck and explain why progressions and keys work.
JustinGuitar Beginner Guitar Course (Grade 1)
A free eight-module video course covering the essential open chords, fast chord changes, strumming patterns, capo use, dynamics and 6/8 time. After Grade 1 you can play complete songs with clean changes and steady rhythm on an acoustic.