{"id":253,"date":"2021-04-13T12:42:06","date_gmt":"2021-04-13T19:42:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.guitareo.com\/blog\/?p=253"},"modified":"2021-08-26T10:16:56","modified_gmt":"2021-08-26T17:16:56","slug":"fingerstyle-guitar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.guitareo.com\/riff\/fingerstyle-guitar\/","title":{"rendered":"Inspiring Fingerstyle Guitar Performances"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Fingerstyle guitar is beautiful to listen to and mesmerizing to watch. A lot of fingerstyle guitarists add their flair to keep innovating the style of playing. This often allows the instrument itself to speak louder than the lyrics in a song would.  There are so many talented fingerstyle guitarists out there with incredible performances of originals and covers. We found three releases from this year that we think are worth the listen.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KV_4XXpxO8w\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>#1 &#8211; Through The Woods &#8211; Yasmin Williams<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This song Yasmin Williams performs is on her 2021 album \u201cUrban Driftwood.\u201d She displays a ton of creativity with the instrument and demonstrates that the guitar isn\u2019t just to strum or pick, but can be used percussively in a creative way. The song\u2019s serenity will have you hooked on listening until the end, and then repeated.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VxeOWxULu_E\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>#2 &#8211; Drivers License Cover &#8211; Josephine Alexandra<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Olivia Rodrigo\u2019s song, Drivers License, has grown in popularity, so hearing a fingerstyle cover of the pop ballad is a refreshing listen. Guitarist Josephine Alexandra notes that she played around with the tuning to get a fuller sound for the bridge and a more mellow sound for the verses. The arrangement and execution of the song are excellent and have a soothing quality.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TDU7ndfsEWE\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>#3 &#8211; Firestone Cover &#8211; Joni Laakkonen<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Another solo acoustic cover, this time of Kygo\u2019s Firestone. Joni Laakkonen\u2019s arrangement effortlessly demonstrates different fingerstyle guitar techniques (including vibrant harmonics). Paired with the beautiful performance, are stunning visuals that add to the song\u2019s cadence that will keep you watching and listening.<\/p>\n<p>Fingerstyle guitar evokes a lot of emotion and passion and it\u2019s apparent in just these three videos. Hopefully, you\u2019re inspired by watching these artists perform and understand how versatile the guitar really is.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Three fingerstyle guitar videos that will inspire your playing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":361,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.guitareo.com\/riff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/253"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.guitareo.com\/riff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.guitareo.com\/riff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.guitareo.com\/riff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.guitareo.com\/riff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=253"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.guitareo.com\/riff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/253\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":290,"href":"https:\/\/www.guitareo.com\/riff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/253\/revisions\/290"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.guitareo.com\/riff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/361"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.guitareo.com\/riff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=253"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.guitareo.com\/riff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=253"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.guitareo.com\/riff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=253"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}