Paul McCartney's inspired playing on the Beatles' Blackbird has become a bit of a rite of passage for fingerpicking guitar players. But therein lies a problem – a lot of us are learning it wrong.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. From left, George Harrison (playing a Gretsch 6119 Tennessean guitar with Bigsby vibrato) and John Lennon (playing a Rickenbacker ...

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George Harrison was the Beatles' acknowledged lead guitarist, but others subbed for him as far back as 1964's "You Can't Do That." There was also the trio approach employed on 1969's "The End," as ...

Paul McCartney's playing is all about integrating fingerpicking with strumming When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Galeazzo Frudua is ...