Acoustic Guitar Lessons
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In this tutorial, I'm going to show you how to use only two chords to build your sense of "Pocket" playing, i.e. Rhythmic awareness. We're going to discuss how to go about maximizing your st...
With the following 5 exercises, you must remember to: 1. Maintain an 8th note (down-up-down-up ect.) pattern when executing the rhythms 2. Relax your right hand (strumming hand) and use yo...
Exercise 2! Remember to: 1. Maintain an 8th note (down-up-down-up ect.) pattern when executing the rhythms 2. Relax your right hand (strumming hand) and use your wrist. You can use your el...
Exercise 3! Remember to: 1. Maintain an 8th note (down-up-down-up ect.) pattern when executing the rhythms 2. Relax your right hand (strumming hand) and use your wrist. You can use your el...
Exercise 4! Remember to: 1. Maintain an 8th note (down-up-down-up ect.) pattern when executing the rhythms 2. Relax your right hand (strumming hand) and use your wrist. You can use your el...
Exercise 5! Be sure to wait until the end of the video for some final thoughts. Remember to: 1. Maintain an 8th note (down-up-down-up ect.) pattern when executing the rhythms 2. Relax you...
I've provided two backing tracks. One with with bass and drums, and another with drums only. When you feel comfortable, use the drums-only track to use other chords and to make your own rhyt...
For this backing track, I soloed the drums and took out the bass, so now you can practice strum patterns with whatever chords you'd like. Have fun!
Hey guys! This is another song in an "Alan Parson" mood, with an Andy McKee flavor. Here's the tuning for this song: D G D G B D Change Low E string to DChange A string to G Leave D strin...
In the tablature below, I'm going to highlight the sections that I'll be discussing in the video. For the harmonics in the intro, you can pick them with the second or third finger, allowing...
Watch out for the quick lick here. It's something i like to use, playing open notes and hammer notes. Always keep the rhythm in mind (thumb percussion). First, work on the lick itself, then ...
This tutorial is for you acoustic strummers who are looking to expand on some lead abilities for the purpose of complimenting your progressions. I frequently am asked to address this topic s...
FILL 2: Fill 2 involves what we like to call the "major pentatonic scale". It's the rock/blues guitarists go-to scale as it omits a couple of the notes that wil get you in trouble if not ap...
FILL 3: Very country-esque in nature, this fill occupies a very "comfortable" area of the fretboard. The "second octave major scale". The major scale will look very familiar as it's simply ...
Fill 4: The final fill is based around the same note sequence as the previous fill, except the rhythm is not quite as disjointed. Let's blow through the major scale with some straight eight...
Hey everyone! This is a song tutorial that will show you how to play a ballad with thumb percussion, in the style of Andy McKee. Here's the tuning for this short song: D Bb C F G C Change Lo...
The first half of the song is not too terribly tricky. I'm going to touch on a few different sections, and you'll find those sections highlighted in the tab below. While you learn this song...
The second half of the song has couple of tough spots to work on. Again you'll find the parts I touch on highlighted in the tab. The main dfficulty in the second half is the fast little run...
Hey Guys, welcome to this song tutorial! We're going to be checking out some advanced techniques in order to familiarize yourself with modern percussive-style playing. This demo was mad...
Part 1 is the main groove of the song but only the percussion part. Be sure to work slowly, and be aware about keeping your first right/left hand's tom percussion hits smooth.
Part 2 is about the percussion groove plus the main theme. Be careful when hitting notes with your left hand, it's quite tricky to target it right when your hand is over the neck and playin...
Now we'll move on to the arpeggio part. Be careful of the transition between Part 2 and Part 3. You have very limited time to hit harmonics and go back to normal (your left hand playing un...
The last part is the same as Part 2 except you have to play it with your left hand in a standard position, hitting ghost notes (simplified Hi-hat) with your third finger. Two tricky parts a...