Practice Guides

Improve at fingerstyle guitar with practice guides and song suggestions.

Expert guitarist Brett Vachon warming up by playing a fingerstyle guitar scale in the park

Details: Written by: Brett Vachon; Last Updated: July 31, 2025

Here are 7 excellent scales you can use to warm up your playing.

Brett holding an electric guitar and smiling as he plays these awesome warm up exercises

Details: Written by: Brett Vachon; Last Updated: October 16, 2025

Here are some warm-up exercises specifically geared towards intermediate fingerstyle guitarists, although beginners can use them too.

Sungha Jung in Frankfurt playing the signature Sungha Jung guitar

Details: Written by: Brett Vachon; Last Updated: August 06, 2025

Here is the full guide to play guitar like Sungha Jung and achieve his mastery of fingerstyle guitar.

A man improving his fretting hand strength with these awesome exercises

Details: Written by: Brett Vachon; Last Updated: November 16, 2025

Here are some awesome left hand finger exercises for fingerstyle guitar to develop your hand and finger strength.

Brett wearing a plaid shirt playing an orange classical guitar at the Place D'armes in Old Montreal

Details: Written by: Brett Vachon; Last Updated: June 20, 2025

Let's learn a simple yet effective exercise that will help improve your hand synchronization for fingerstyle guitar (and it's not finger stretching).

A girl playing guitar and writing with a pencil in an effective guitar practice session.

Details: Written by: Brett Vachon; Last Updated: October 17, 2025

Steal my best tricks to create an effective practice session and become a better fingerstyle guitar player.

Brett sitting on a park bench outside in the winter playing a classical guitar and showing off his incredible finger independence exercises for guitar players

Details: Written by: Brett Vachon; Last Updated: November 08, 2025

Check out these awesome finger independence exercises for guitar players (especially fingerpickers).

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