Introduction
Welcome
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Reading music and tablature (TAB)
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1. New Colors and Textures
Flatpicking arpeggios
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Suspended chords
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Add9 chords
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Movable dominant 7th chords
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Harmonics
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Tuning with harmonics
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Slides
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Bending strings and vibrato
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2. New Grooves and Styles
Acoustic funk strumming
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Acoustic funk split strumming
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Creating a monster funk groove
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A taste of swing
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The grooves of New Orleans
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Modern celtic rhythm guitar
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Old-time guitar: The roots of bluegrass
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Bluegrass part 1: Flatpicking a fiddle tune
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Bluegrass part 2: Backup and lead
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Delta blues
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3. Pentatonic Possibilities
Rule the fretboard in five Notes—the major pentatonic scale sliding fingering
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Blurring the line between rhythm and lead
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The minor pentatonic sliding fingering
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4. Mapping the Fretboard in Boxes
The five positions of the minor pentatonic scale
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The five positions of the major pentatonic scale
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Using the pentatonic scales to play the 8-bar blues
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5. Harmony
Major triads up the neck
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Minor triads up the neck
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Triads in reggae
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The five major triad block forms
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Harmony for writing and arranging
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Double stops
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6. Introducing Alternate Tunings
Getting creative with open strings
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Drop D tuning
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Double drop D tuning
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Open G tuning
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Open D tuning
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Conclusion
Conclusion and credits
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Ex_Files_Intermediate_Acoustic.zip
(1.8 MB)