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Guitar World
Guitar World
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Matt Owen

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

Gio Guido playing fingerstyle guitar

Throughout history, the guitar has passed through the hands of countless six-string pioneers who have all contributed to the lore of the instrument, from Eddie Van Halen’s two-hand tapping to Steve Vai’s joint shifting and beyond.

Yet the players of today continue to prove there is still so much to be discovered on the instrument. First, it was Donn Aaron’s bubble harmonics technique. More recently, it was Thiago Trinsi’s alternate hybrid picking approach.

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