Fingerstyle Guitar Champion Christie Lenée: Acoustic Guitar Session

Taking time out from a packed touring schedule, 2017 International Fingerstyle Guitar Champion Christie Lenée braved Bay Area traffic, with her cherished Maton EGB808, and visited the AG offices earlier this week to perform a couple of songs for the staff. With her Maton tuned to D, A, D, F#, A, D and run through a handful of delay, harmony, and percussion effects—and donning a foot tambourine—Lenée demonstrated her award-winning dynamic hybrid fingerstyle/slapping/overhand tapping technique on the songs “Breath of Spring” and “Song for Michael Pukac,” the latter inspired by a painting by the Los Angeles artist of the same name. Lenée also discussed the benefits of using different rhythmic patterns and experimenting with alternate tunings when composing on the guitar, as well as other creative approaches to songwriting. _______________ Still haven’t subscribed to Acoustic Guitar on YouTube? ►► _______________ Get our (free!) weekly newsletter: Join our community on Patreon: Subscribe to the magazine: