“Hurt” • Fingerstyle Arrangement in 5 Steps (Patreon)

NIN/Cash - Hurt • Fingerstyle.

A different approach: This was made with Taylor Guitars in Nov 2023.

The idea was to try to give people a brief step by step method for creating their own fingerstyle arrangements. It lands for students, but yeah, I’m not sure it cuts through for followers scrolling through socials.

5 steps to follow when creating an arrangement:

1. Learn Chords

2. Learn Melody

3. Combine Basic Chords + Melody

4. Add Rhythm (fill space and keep in time)

5. Join All Together — with Slaps on beats 2+4

These days, I see the arrangement process broken up into two phases:

• Phase 1: Head (everything listed above)

• Phase 2: Creative (techniques + tasteful alterations)

Like anything, the more you do it, the bloody better & quicker ya get at it!

Files Attached:

• Tabs - PDF (Lead Sheet / Basic Arrangement / Tabs to this video)

• Tabs - Guitar Pro (Lead Sheet / Basic Arrangement / Tabs to this video)