Fingerstyle Guitar with Martin Taylor
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Master the Guitar with Martin
Each lesson builds on the last, taking you from zero to hero!
Master fingerstyle jazz with legend Martin Taylor. 164 lessons covering technique, harmony, improvisation, and classic jazz standards arrangements.
Accompanying a Singer
Explore vocal-guitar collaborations and insights through performances with Alison Burns.
Introduction To Fingerstyle Guitar
Discover a thoughtful, musical path to guitar through mindset, flow, and foundational ideas.
Underlying Concepts
Develop fingerstyle skills, harmony with 10ths and 7ths, and explore applying it to jazz standards.
Equipment
Explore essential gear tips to shape your sound and support your playing experience.
Developing Technique & Musicianship
Enhance your touch, phrasing, and creativity through expressive tunes and guided improvisation.
Learn By Playing Tunes
Explore timeless jazz songs while developing musical expression and personal style.
Guided Arrangements
Work through guided jazz arrangements to build chord skills, style, and expressive playing.
30 Day Challenge
Get Personal Feedback with Video Exchange
Get custom video lessons from your instructor by sending a video of your playing.
How It Works?

1. Submit Your Video
Record and upload directly through our platform. No technical skills required.

2. Get Expert Feedback
Receive personal video responses from Martin Taylor with tips to improve!

3. Learn from Community
Browse exchanges from other students to learn from their questions.
Join Students Thriving with Martin Taylor!

I wanted to start lessons again and I wanted quality lessons that were well organized, comprehensive as well as affordable and flexible with the ability to get personalized feedback from a professional. ArtistWorks hit all the markers. I highly recommend this company.
Leah
Student for 2 years
Top-notch lessons for all talent levels and student video feedback.... And ArtistWorks' customer service is great. When I had a small issue with my account, I submitted an inquiry online and Dan corrected it right away. Highly recommend ArtistWorks!
Fred C.
Student for 1 year
I think ArtistWorks is really great! I would recommended everyone, who would like to play or play better! I have been playing the guitar since 25 years, and I tell, by using ArtistWorks I became a much better player only in a few months.
Marton U.
Student for 1 yearAbout Fingerstyle Guitar with Martin Taylor
Martin Taylor has created a comprehensive video library that includes hundreds of fingerstyle guitar lessons, exclusive performances, and interviews. Students have unlimited access to all these online guitar lessons plus guitar tabs, backing tracks, and other study materials. What makes these fingerstyle guitar lessons truly unique is that this is the only place online preserving the teaching feedback of Martin Taylor through the library of videos submitted by students using the ArtistWorks Video Exchange Learning® platform. Martin reviewed each submission and recorded a video response, offering specific guidance to the student to take their guitar playing to the next level. All students can access the Video Exchange library and watch these interactions with Martin. This library is comprehensive and may contain the key to unlock your playing.
About Martin Taylor
Martin Taylor is a Grammy® nominated fingerstyle guitarist, solo jazz guitar virtuoso and online guitar teacher. Martin has collaborated with the biggest names in guitar music including Tommy Emmanuel, Jeff Beck, Chet Atkins, Frank Vignola, Barney Kessel, Earl Klugh, Herb Ellis, Scotty Moore, Julian Lage, Andreas Oberg, Albert Lee, and Laurence Juber. Martin has been awarded two honorary doctorates, a BBC lifetime achievement award, an IAJE Jazz Educators award, and in 2002 he was appointed MBE 'For Services to Jazz Music' by the Queen of Great Britain. He has been teaching fingerstyle guitar online with ArtistWorks since 2010.
What students are saying!
Good course, but not for absolute beginners
This was a fine course, and I (an experienced guitarist) got a lot from it, even in 1 month. However, I got it mainly for my daughter, who knows no guitar, but who chose this one b...
But I hate not getting
But I hate not getting a annual rate of 50 % off. I hate by the month
Not real easy to follow.
Not real easy to follow.
There is a lot to learn
I've been a student with Martin Taylor at ArtistWorks since 2012, on and off. Sometime I quit being a member for a couple of years, but Martin's lessons are always pulling me back ...
Highy Recommened for Beginners and Expeirenced Guitarists
My Son purchased my subscription of Martin Taylor’s “Fingerstyle Jazz” course for Father’s Day last year. I admired Martin’s solo work for quite a while but wasn’t sure his course ...
Learn from the master
Great!!
Learning lots
I’ve played guitar for many years, but Martin’s lessons are opening up more understanding of the neck, harmony, and musicianship. Only one month in and I like it a lot.
Study with the Master
This course allows budding solo jazz guitarists and opportunity to work with Martin Taylor, a true master of the idiom. There are numerous videos with PDF scores, and Martin walks ...
Wonderful Course
It will take a very long time to complete the entire course as there’s lots of things to learn from the master. And to have the privilege to ask any question and connect with Marti...
State of art!
AMAZING COURSE!