One Finger Guitar Lesson

Adrian Figallo

One Finger Guitar

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- Adrian Figallo26th September 2011
  nice to see this one again !
- Adrian Figallo4th April 2010
  QUOTE (Jonathan Burgos @ Apr 4 2010, 05:13 PM)
  excellent lesson. You really are very creative. You're a great composer, no doubt.
  
  thanks for the kind words Jonathan!
- Jonathan Burgos4th April 2010
  excellent lesson. You really are very creative. You're a great composer, no doubt.
- Adrian Figallo31st March 2010
  QUOTE (Zsolt Galambos @ Mar 31 2010, 05:16 AM)
  Thumbs up man, this is amazing!
  
  QUOTE (Sinisa Cekic @ Mar 31 2010, 06:32 AM)
  Excellent lesson Adrian,sounds great !
  
  thank you guys!!, i'm glad everyone liked it!
- Sinisa Cekic31st March 2010
  Excellent lesson Adrian,sounds great !
- Zsolt Galambos31st March 2010
  Thumbs up man, this is amazing!
- Adrian Figallo30th March 2010
  QUOTE (Stephane Lucarelli @ Mar 30 2010, 11:26 AM)
  Awesome lesson & musical's ideas Adrian, simple & effective...
  
  thank you stephane!!
- Stephane Lucarelli30th March 2010
  Awesome lesson & musical's ideas Adrian, simple & effective...
- Adrian Figallo30th March 2010
  QUOTE (audiopaal @ Mar 29 2010, 02:17 PM)
  Awesome! Thanks for doing a great and easy rhythm lesson. I use one finger melodies quite often when I play popmusic Grat lesson man! Thanks
  
  thanks for the great feedback audiopaal!! i really appreciate it.
  
  QUOTE (Lian Gerbino @ Mar 29 2010, 03:59 PM)
  awesome adrian!!!
  
  thank you my brother
- Lian Gerbino29th March 2010
  awesome adrian!!!
- audiopaal29th March 2010
  Awesome! Thanks for doing a great and easy rhythm lesson. I use one finger melodies quite often when I play popmusic Grat lesson man! Thanks
- Adrian Figallo29th March 2010
  QUOTE (Daniel Realpe @ Mar 29 2010, 01:21 PM)
  the effect makes it sound very full, excellent!
  
  thank you daniel!!
- Daniel Realpe29th March 2010
  the effect makes it sound very full, excellent!
- Adrian Figallo29th March 2010
  QUOTE (Ivan Milenkovic @ Mar 29 2010, 08:19 AM)
  Excellent, love the delay effect and melody, well done man
  
  Thank you very much ivan!!
- Ivan Milenkovic29th March 2010
  Excellent, love the delay effect and melody, well done man
- Adrian Figallo29th March 2010
  QUOTE (kaznie_NL @ Mar 28 2010, 02:43 PM)
  AWESOME! Very cool man!!!
  
  whoa thanks!!
  
  QUOTE (Gary @ Mar 28 2010, 03:16 PM)
  Another great lesson Adrian! The written part with the creativity nudge is is just spot on. This lesson also perfectly addresses Staffy's post on playing with attitude. You are very good at "selling" the music..hats off bro! ;-)
  
  thanks brother, exactly! that post inspired me for this lesson, forgot to mention it on the spoken video , thanks again for the kind words
- Gary28th March 2010
  Another great lesson Adrian! The written part with the creativity nudge is is just spot on. This lesson also perfectly addresses Staffy's post on playing with attitude. You are very good at "selling" the music..hats off bro! ;-)
- kaznie_NL28th March 2010
  AWESOME! Very cool man!!!
- Adrian Figallo28th March 2010
  QUOTE (Bogdan Radovic @ Mar 28 2010, 02:24 PM)
  Amazing tune you composed here! I really like how it kicks into full band rocking in the ending!
  
  Thank you bogdan!, yeah i love it, kind off hears dramatic
  
  QUOTE (Keilnoth @ Mar 28 2010, 02:33 PM)
  So cool Adrian !
  Great lesson. The KISS concept is every where. Keep It Stupid Simple. That's more than efficient. Thanks !
  
  Thank you erick!, it is really
- Keilnoth28th March 2010
  So cool Adrian !
  Great lesson. The KISS concept is every where. Keep It Stupid Simple. That's more than efficient. Thanks !
- Bogdan Radovic28th March 2010
  Amazing tune you composed here! I really like how it kicks into full band rocking in the ending!
- Adrian Figallo28th March 2010
  QUOTE (Marcus Siepen @ Mar 28 2010, 12:06 PM)
  Very cool lesson Adrian. And the more I see your guitar the more I think about calling Gibson and ordering my V ^^
  
  thank you marcus, means a lot coming from you!!, hey hey, order that V!!
- Marcus Siepen28th March 2010
  Very cool lesson Adrian. And the more I see your guitar the more I think about calling Gibson and ordering my V ^^
- Adrian Figallo28th March 2010
  QUOTE (jafomatic @ Mar 28 2010, 10:35 AM)
  An awesome song and, even without the song, an excellent lesson. Something to remember whenever guys are trying to spray us with notes from a fireman's hose.
  
  Hey jafo, that's right my friend, thank you so much
  
  QUOTE (NoSkill @ Mar 28 2010, 10:36 AM)
  You hit another home run, Adrian. You are right. We try and learn so much and then integrate all of it into something musical. For me, I land on my face. This lesson puts many things into perspective for sure. Oh, and the V looks FANTASTIC! Cheers bro!
  
  thanks NoSkill, that's exactly my point, sometimes ignorance is good to say it someway, and yeah, the v looks amazing
  
  QUOTE (Nadir @ Mar 28 2010, 10:47 AM)
  Cool lesson, reminds me on Radiohead. Great atmosphere
  
  thank you nadir, that's right radiohead use a lot this kind off sounds
  
  QUOTE (Crazy_Diamond @ Mar 28 2010, 11:54 AM)
  This one is an amazing lesson .... So simple but sound great... Guitar is about music not about technique...
  
  "Guitar is about music not about technique...", that's soo true my brother, thank you!
  
  QUOTE (Gerardo Siere @ Mar 28 2010, 11:59 AM)
  Wow such a clever song, thanks for making it available for us.
  
  thank you Gerardo, it's an honor for me that you like it
- Gerardo Siere28th March 2010
  Wow such a clever song, thanks for making it available for us.
- Crazy_Diamond28th March 2010
  This one is an amazing lesson .... So simple but sound great... Guitar is about music not about technique...
- Nadir28th March 2010
  Cool lesson, reminds me on Radiohead. Great atmosphere
- NoSkill28th March 2010
  You hit another home run, Adrian. You are right. We try and learn so much and then integrate all of it into something musical. For me, I land on my face. This lesson puts many things into perspective for sure. Oh, and the V looks FANTASTIC! Cheers bro!
- jafomatic28th March 2010
  An awesome song and, even without the song, an excellent lesson. Something to remember whenever guys are trying to spray us with notes from a fireman's hose.
- Adrian Figallo28th March 2010
  QUOTE (Laszlo Boross @ Mar 28 2010, 10:04 AM)
  Very interesting lesson Adrian! With these effects it is more exciting!Nice!
  
  thank laszlo, without the fx sounds like "oooook what's that" haha
- Laszlo Boross28th March 2010
  Very interesting lesson Adrian! With these effects it is more exciting!Nice!
- Adrian Figallo28th March 2010
  QUOTE (Kristofer Dahl @ Mar 28 2010, 04:12 AM)
  Hehe now this is a true beginner lesson which sounds absolutely awesome - we all now how difficult that is to achieve - hats of to you Adrian! This would make a killer track as well!
  
  wow thanks kris, i really hope very beginner can take advantage of this one
  
  QUOTE (Mr T @ Mar 28 2010, 04:47 AM)
  Very nice, very dreamy What effects did you use?
  
  thank mr t!, the signal chain is like, guitar -> tube pre amp -> audio interface -> guitar rig 4 -> noise gate -> compressor -> roland jazz chorus -> envelope filter -> ping pong delay -> at the very end a phaser mixed like 5-10%
  
  QUOTE (Piotr Kaczor @ Mar 28 2010, 07:31 AM)
  Great idea as always, Adrian! Sounds really cool
  
  thank you Piotr!
  
  QUOTE (Emir Hot @ Mar 28 2010, 08:11 AM)
  Awesome lesson Adrian. Simplicity is the key for good things
  
  thanks right my brother!, thanks emir!
  
  QUOTE (Vasilije Vukmirovic @ Mar 28 2010, 09:29 AM)
  Great idea, very useful!
  
  thank you Vasilije, i appreciate it!
- Vasilije Vukmirovic28th March 2010
  Great idea, very useful!
- Emir Hot28th March 2010
  Awesome lesson Adrian. Simplicity is the key for good things
- Piotr Kaczor28th March 2010
  Great idea as always, Adrian! Sounds really cool
- Mr T28th March 2010
  Very nice, very dreamy What effects did you use?
- Kristofer Dahl28th March 2010
  Hehe now this is a true beginner lesson which sounds absolutely awesome - we all now how difficult that is to achieve - hats of to you Adrian! This would make a killer track as well!

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- Tags: G major, The Edge, U2, Composition, Arrangement, Delay, Simplicity, Natural harmonics, Clean tone, Strumming, Bit pop, Coldplay
Hello boys and girls, welcome to a new lesson over guitarmasterclass!, today i'm making a kind off "weird" lesson, is not focusing on any particular technique or in any particular style, it's just a lesson to demostrate a point and -try- to inspire at least some of you.

The lesson is called "One Finger Guitar", and it's exaclt that, a song that you can play entirely with your index finder.

I made this because sometimes i hear from other musicians the classic "i can't", too much people is blocking their mind trying to learn too much and then create, and that's a mistake in my point of view. This lesson is inspired by the The Edge (guitar player from U2), the man is in diapers in guitar technique, but still, he's an amazing guitar player, and a member of probable the biggest rock band today.. soo, don't wait to create something, start now, even if it's easy, start now, try to apply all the knowledge you can get out of this site to your own music, remember you have to train your creativity too.

So this is a really easy lesson, we are playing just with one scale:

and a bunch of simple yet effective tricks, like natural harmonics.

If you have any questions, comments, or whatever, drop me a line over the feedback, or in the forum, i will be more than happy to help you!

Adrian

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