Ready for Your Fingerpicking to Finally Sound Smooth, Steady, and in Control?

You know the basics. Now it’s time to stop stumbling through patterns and start playing fingerpicking songs with control, consistency, and flow.

The Fingerpicking Intensive is an 8-week live, online small-group program for guitar players who have started fingerpicking but want hands-on guidance to make their playing smoother, more accurate, and more musical.

👉  You’ll work directly with Lauren each week as you improve your technique, strengthen your timing, apply fingerpicking patterns to real songs, and get personalized feedback on the areas holding you back.

Tuesdays, September 15–November 3, 2026

Choose from two live session times held on Zoom:
2:00 p.m. ET or 7:00 p.m. ET

Pay in full: $397 | Payment plan: 3 monthly payments of $149

YES! I WANT TO IMPROVE MY FINGERPICKING!

Does this sound familiar...

✅  You can play a fingerpicking pattern slowly, but everything falls apart when you try to change chords.

 

✅  Your thumb and fingers don’t always seem to cooperate with each other.

 

✅  You can play along… until the rhythm changes and you fall apart

 

✅  You frequently hit the wrong string—or miss the string completely.

 

✅  Your picking sounds stiff, uneven, or mechanical instead of smooth and musical.

 

âś… You lose the rhythm when a song introduces a new pattern, pluck, walkdown, or chord change.

The truth is, fingerpicking can feel overwhelming when you’re trying to figure it out alone. 

There are a lot of moving pieces.

Your thumb has one job. Your fingers have another. You’re trying to change chords, keep time, hit the correct strings, and somehow make the entire thing sound like music.

That doesn’t mean you lack coordination or that fingerpicking isn’t for you.

It usually means you need a clear progression, focused practice, and someone who can see exactly where things are breaking down.

That’s what the Fingerpicking Intensive is designed to give you.

WHAT IS THE INTERMEDIATE STRUMMING INTENSIVE?

The Fingerpicking Intensive is an 8-week live, online small-group coaching program with Lauren Bateman for guitar players who already have a basic understanding of fingerpicking and want to become more controlled, confident, and musical players.

Over eight weeks, Lauren will be in your corner:

🎸 Guiding your practice week by week

🎸 Helping you build better control and independence between your thumb and fingers

🎸 Breaking down fingerpicking patterns into manageable steps

🎸 Showing you how to keep a pattern going while changing chords

🎸 Applying exercises and techniques to songs you know and love

🎸 Helping you improve your timing, accuracy, dynamics, and musicality

🎸Giving you real-time feedback on your playing

You won’t simply collect more exercises and hope they eventually come together.

You’ll learn how to turn those exercises into music.

Instead of practicing alone and wondering whether you’re doing it correctly, you’ll be able to bring your specific questions and challenges directly to Lauren.

  • Maybe your thumb keeps losing the bass note.
  • Maybe one finger is doing all the work while the others refuse to cooperate.
  • Maybe your pattern sounds fine until you try to change chords.
  • Maybe there’s a fingerpicking song you’ve always wanted to play, but you can’t figure out how to approach it.

You’ll bring those exact challenges to the live coaching sessions, and Lauren will help you identify what’s going wrong, make the necessary adjustments, and understand what to practice next.

No more guessing.

No more wondering whether you’re developing bad habits.

No more abandoning beautiful songs because you can’t get your fingers to cooperate.

Real Students. Real Feedback. 

WHAT'S INCLUDED IN THE FINGERPICKING INTENSIVE?

When you join the Fingerpicking Intensive, you’ll receive: 

🧭 8 Weeks of Guided Fingerpicking Instruction

Over eight weeks, Lauren will guide you through focused fingerpicking work designed to help you develop better control, accuracy, timing, and musicality.

You’ll work on skills such as:

  • Building independence between your thumb and fingers
  • Improving string accuracy
  • Keeping a steady rhythm
  • Moving smoothly between chords
  • Playing bass notes, plucks, walkdowns, and common picking patterns
  • Adding dynamics and expression
  • Applying fingerpicking techniques to real songs
  • Creating a more organized and productive practice routine

The goal isn’t to rush through as many patterns as possible.

The goal is to help you understand the techniques, play them correctly, and develop the control needed to use them confidently in songs.

🎥 Weekly Live Fingerpicking Sessions & Q&A with Lauren

Each Tuesday, you’ll join Lauren for a live, small-group coaching session.

You’ll be able to:

  • Practice fingerpicking techniques in real time
  • Work through difficult patterns and transitions
  • Ask questions about specific exercises or songs
  • Play for Lauren and receive immediate feedback
  • Learn by watching Lauren coach other students through similar challenges
  • Get clear guidance about what to work on between sessions

Choose the session time that works best for your schedule:

Afternoon session: 2:00 p.m. ET
Evening session: 7:00 p.m. ET

 Can’t make a session live? No problem. All sessions will be recorded. You can submit your questions ahead of time, and you’ll have access to the replay so you can catch up on your own schedule.

 🎵 Personalized Feedback on Your Playing

This is where the “intensive” part really begins.

You’ll be able to submit up to three recordings of your playing during the program so Lauren can give you detailed, personalized feedback. 

Lauren can help you identify:

  • Hand-positioning issues
  • Inconsistent thumb movement
  • Timing problems
  • Muted or missed strings
  • Tension in your picking hand
  • Patterns that sound uneven or mechanical
  • Small adjustments that can make a major difference in your sound

Instead of asking yourself, “Am I doing this right?” you’ll receive clear feedback directly from Lauren.

You’ll know what’s working, what needs improvement, and what to focus on next.

đź’¬ Private VIP Community

You’ll receive access to a private community exclusively for Fingerpicking Intensive students. You’ll be able to:

  • Ask Lauren questions between live sessions
  • Submit your playing videos
  • Share progress and celebrate wins
  • Get encouragement when a pattern feels frustrating
  • Connect with other students working on the same skills
  • Stay accountable throughout the eight weeks

Learning fingerpicking can sometimes feel like your fingers are the only ones that won’t cooperate.

Inside the community, you’ll quickly discover that you aren’t alone—and you’ll have the support you need to keep going.

Session Replays and Continued Practice Support

Every live coaching session will be recorded and added to the program area.

You can revisit the sessions to:

  • Review a technique Lauren demonstrated
  • Practice along at your own pace
  • Rewatch feedback about your playing
  • Learn from questions asked by other students
  • Reinforce the material after the eight-week program ends

You won’t have to remember everything Lauren says during a live call. You’ll be able to return to the recordings whenever you need a refresher.

By the end of the 8 weeks, you’ll:

  • Play fingerpicking patterns with better control, accuracy, and consistency
  • Keep your pattern going more smoothly while changing chords
  • Use your thumb and fingers more independently
  • Maintain a steadier rhythm without constantly stopping and restarting
  • Apply fingerpicking techniques to real songs instead of only playing isolated exercises
  • Add dynamics, movement, and expression so your playing sounds more musical
  • Approach new fingerpicking songs with a clear process instead of feeling overwhelmed
  • Build a practice routine that helps you continue improving after the intensive ends

Most importantly, you’ll feel more confident picking up your guitar and playing the songs that made you want to learn fingerpicking in the first place.

YES! I WANT TO IMPROVE MY FINGERPICKING!

WHO'S TEACHING THIS INTENSIVE?

Hi, I’m Lauren Bateman — and I love helping students go from confused to accomplished.

Fingerpicking is one of those skills that can look effortless when someone else is doing it.

But when you try it yourself, it can feel like every finger has a mind of its own.

That’s why I teach fingerpicking in clear, manageable steps.

I don’t expect you to master a complicated pattern all at once. I help you understand what each finger is doing, slow the movement down, build control, and gradually put the pieces together.

My teaching focuses on practical skills you can use in actual songs—not overly technical explanations that leave you more confused than when you started.

During the Fingerpicking Intensive, I’ll work with you directly so I can see and hear what’s happening in your playing.

Together, we’ll make the adjustments that help your fingerpicking become smoother, steadier, and more musical.

My goal is for you to finish the program thinking:

“I finally understand what my fingers are supposed to be doing—and I can hear the difference in my playing.”

More Students. More Feedback. 

Spots are limited!

Fingerpicking is a highly visual and individualized skill.

To keep the coaching personal and interactive, enrollment in each session will be limited.

A smaller group means:

  • You’ll have opportunities to ask questions
  • Lauren can see and hear your playing
  • You can receive feedback that is specific to you
  • The sessions remain supportive and interactive
  • You won’t get lost in a crowd of students

Registration will close when the available spots in each session are filled.

Starts on Tuesday, September 15. Choose your session:  2:00 p.m. ET or 7:30 p.m. ET

JOIN THE FINGERPICKING INTENSIVE

DONNA MAVROMATES

My strumming was pretty solid, but I was stuck in the same old patterns and not really challenging myself.

What I loved about this intensive was having Lauren there live, actually listening to us play and giving immediate, on-the-spot feedback. There were songs I was convinced l'd never be able to play, but Lauren pushed us in the best way and took my playing to a whole new level.

WHO THIS IS PERFECT FOR?

Because spots are limited, I want to make sure this feels like the right next step for you.

The Fingerpicking Intensive is ideal for you if:

✅  You’re comfortable playing basic open chords.

✅ You can change between common chords at a slow or moderate tempo.

✅ You have tried at least a few basic fingerpicking exercises or patterns.

✅ You have some basic control over your thumb and picking fingers—even if that control is inconsistent.

âś… You can play a simple pattern slowly but struggle to keep it going through chord changes.

âś… You learn best with structure, accountability, and clear weekly priorities.

You do not need to be an advanced guitarist.

You don’t need to play complicated fingerstyle arrangements.

You simply need a basic foundation and a willingness to practice.

This intermediate strumming intensive is not a good fit if:

❌  You’re an absolute beginner who hasn’t learned basic open chords yet

❌ You have never tried fingerpicking and cannot yet control your thumb and fingers separately.

❌ You are still struggling to form basic chords clearly.

❌ You’re looking for a passive course to purchase but don’t plan to practice..

❌ You can’t realistically engage with either the live calls or the replays and community over the 8 weeks

This program is designed to help you refine and strengthen a basic fingerpicking foundation—not to introduce the guitar from the very beginning.

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

More happy students. 

Ready to turn those fingerpicking exercises into music?

You don’t need more random patterns saved in a folder.

You don’t need another YouTube video that moves too quickly.

And you don’t need to keep wondering why your fingers won’t do what you want them to do.

You need a clear plan.

You need focused practice.

You need feedback from someone who can see what’s happening and show you how to fix it.

And sometimes, you simply need the accountability to keep going long enough for the movements to finally click.

That’s what you’ll receive inside the Fingerpicking Intensive.

For eight weeks, you’ll work directly with Lauren as you strengthen your technique, improve your timing, apply fingerpicking to real songs, and become a more confident and musical guitarist.

Tuesdays, September 15–November 3, 2026

Choose the session that works for you:

2:00 p.m. ET or 7:00 p.m. ET

Enroll for $397 or three monthly payments of $149.

👉 JOIN THE INTENSIVE AND SECURE YOUR SPOT

I guarantee you will see success!

If you go through the entire 8-week program and follow along with my lesson plan, I guarantee that you will be a better player.

If for some reason, you get to week 10 and have not improved as a player, I will give you a full refund of your money.

That's right.

If I fail to help you, I will refund 100% of your money.

That's how much I believe in my ability to help you reach YOUR goals.

If you are a student that wants the VIP experience and knows that you would like to work directly with me, then click the button below to enroll today.

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Registration closes when we hit capacity or when the countdown ends—whichever comes first

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