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This free 22 part beginner’s guide to playing acoustic guitar is your gateway to being ready for Tony’s Acoustic Challenge, the best place for fingerpickers & flatpickers to build skills, repertoire, & the confidence to play for others. Click here for more info.
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1.1 How to Tune Your Acoustic Guitar with an electronic tuner so your guitar sounds in tune and awesome.
The Lesson: https://youtu.be/8CZHWHi5Hgk
1.2 How to Read Guitar Tabs so you can be confident in reading any tab you find on the internet.
The Lesson: https://youtu.be/XOuQDqwT05E
1.3 How to Fret Your Guitar Properly so you can play single notes and chords that sound great and are buzz free.
Lesson Video: https://youtu.be/52imEwruDyE Lesson 2: Learn The Blues Shuffle (16 min)
2.1 How to Play the Blues Shuffle on Acoustic Guitar so you can play something you recognize and learn some basic rhythm skills.
Lesson Video: https://youtu.be/tqp-NdHJZ38
2.2 Identify Patterns on the Guitar With a Blues Shuffle so that you can compose the parts of the 12 barre blues, and practice transitions to set the foundation of playing a full song.
Lesson Video: https://youtu.be/Hn5szGufCcg
2.3 How to String Together Guitar Parts so that you can compose and play a song in it’s entirety.
Lesson Video: https://youtu.be/WNtFEijP1Ik Lesson 3: Learn Basic Blues Chords (17 min)
3.1 How to Play 3 Must-Know Guitar Chords: E, A, and D so you can play these chords confidently, correctly, and clearly and have them at the ready for many popular songs.
Lesson Video: https://youtu.be/avYG6ttWsKY
3.2 How to Transition Through the E, A, and D Major Chords so that when playing them in a song you can maintain tempo without skipping a beat.
Lesson Video: https://youtu.be/n6h7D-0i104
3.3 How to Maintain Steady Guitar Rhythm and add the “boom-chick” rhythm to add spice and interest to your basic open E, A, and D major chord progressions.
Lesson Video: https://youtu.be/PsC0kcv02fM Lesson 4: Learn Basic Riffs (11 min)
4.1 How to Play a Basic Blues Guitar Riff so you can integrate it into your blues repertoire and know that you don’t always have to play chords.
Lesson Video: https://youtu.be/FSYdbNOrl5g
4.2 How to Connect a Series of Guitar Riffs for Rhythmic Diversity and options to play various rhythm ideas as opposed to always playing chords.
Lesson Video: https://youtu.be/xxmGC1jTTt8
4.3 Play Your First Blues Riff [backing track!] listen to a backing track and apply the previously learned blues riffs so you can gain experience playing with another musician.
Backing Track Video: https://youtu.be/sppfL51-ifw Lesson 5: Learn Essential Minor Chords (20 min)
5.1 How to Play 3 Must-Know Minor Guitar Chords: A, D, and E and recognize how they are different from major chords so that you can learn their application and play them confidently, correctly, and clearly.
Lesson Video: https://youtu.be/1h49csNxNYs
5.2 How to Transition Through the A, D, and E Minor Chords Learn the value of a half note so you can understand rhythmic notation as well as confidently and smoothly change from chord to chord making playing songs easier.
Lesson Video: https://youtu.be/Y2R5ci-CKNo
5.3 How to Play the “boom chick-a” Rhythm over the A, D, and E minor chords so that you can add a common and effective rhythm pattern to your repertoire.
Lesson Video: https://youtu.be/7ueeFKUO97g
5.4 How to Play a Guitar Riff to Insinuate a Full Chord so you can have options when playing rhythm (either chord or riff), and add diversity to your rhythm playing overall.
Lesson Video: https://youtu.be/jRP7__5Kn8Y
5.5 Minor Chord Riff Guitar Play Along. Gain experience playing these minor chord riffs with another musician and maintaining the tempo while chords back you up.
Backing Track Video: https://youtu.be/b31gNyQ3XTc Lesson 6: Learn Essential Major Chords (21 min)
6.1 Three Beginner Guitar Chords: How to play the C, F, and G Chords so that you can play them cleanly, correctly, and confidently when encountered in a song.
Lesson Video: https://youtu.be/aX9fMaMyD_8
6.2 How to transition between the C, F, and G Chords using the countdown method in conjunction with quarter notes so that you can move smoothly and efficiently between these three necessary open chords while maintaining a steady tempo.
Lesson Video: https://youtu.be/7iI3xJF2o6w
6.3 How to Play the Most Popular Acoustic Guitar Rhythm Patterns and understand syncopation so you can apply it to any song that needs it such as many bluegrass tunes.
Lesson Video: https://youtu.be/HpmJvd4dIlM
6.4 How to Play a Riff Over a Major Chord as a Substitute for Playing the Chord in it’s entirety so that you can have options when playing back up guitar and diversify the sound of your back up or rhythm guitar.
Lesson Video: https://youtu.be/ra4XttAiC1Y
6.5 Must-Know Major Chord Play Along. Gain experience playing these major chord riffs with another musician and maintaining the tempo while chords back you up.
Lesson Video: https://youtu.be/FUG9jGHWWoo This free 22 part beginner’s guide to playing acoustic guitar is your gateway to being ready for Tony’s Acoustic Challenge, the best place for fingerpickers & flatpickers to build skills, repertoire, & the confidence to play for others. Click here for more info.