Fred Sokolow: Beginner's Fingerpicking Guitar (2005)

Master guitarist Fred Sokolow teaches the basics -- tuning up and playing simple chords -- then moves into fingerpicking patterns, licks and grooves that work for the blues, country, rock, folk and other musical styles. Sokolow's 60-minute lesson covers chords and licks in five keys; connecting "bass runs" in all five keys; simultaneous melodies and alternating thumb-bass; and fun tunes including "Sloop John B" and "St. James Infirmary Blues".