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DIY Pop Acoustic Grooves
Learn How To Play Acoustic Guitar “Hooks”
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All hit songs share three common qualities; the melody grabs your ear, the lyrics are relatable, and your body moves involuntarily to the rhythmic groove. Everything falls flat without that solid rhythmic “hook”, arguably the most critical ingredient of any hit song.
Gareth Pearson’s DIY Pop Acoustic Grooves will teach you how to craft and how to play powerful “pop” grooves, in the style of Ed Sheeran, John Mayer, Jason Mraz, Jessie J, Tracy Chapman, Bruce Springsteen and many other chart-topping artists.
”I’ll breakdown and demonstrate 10 of the most powerful formulas for creating “hook” grooves: Building a Melodic Hook, A Less is More Approach, Muted Arpeggios, Bouncy Pop Basslines, Reggae-Like Up-Strums, Double-Stop Pop Stabs, Using Sparse Rhythmic Riffs, Folky Fingerpicking, Steady Bass & Pinched Harmonies, and Funky Right Hand Strumming.
For each groove, I’ll first explain the formula and show you a simple exercise to help you grasp the creative techniques that power that acoustic groove. Then, we’ll apply the formula and example, over a playalong backing track, for musical context.”
Gareth will explain and demonstrate all of the key concepts and approaches along the way. You’ll get standard notation and tabs for all of the performance studies. All of the backing tracks are included for to practice with on your own.
Plus, you’ll be able to use TrueFire’s learning tools to sync the tab and notation to the video lesson. You can also loop or slow down the videos so that you can work with the lessons at your own pace.
Grab your guitar and let's get in the “acoustic groove” with Gareth Pearson!
Gareth Pearson’s DIY Pop Acoustic Grooves will teach you how to craft and how to play powerful “pop” grooves, in the style of Ed Sheeran, John Mayer, Jason Mraz, Jessie J, Tracy Chapman, Bruce Springsteen and many other chart-topping artists.
”I’ll breakdown and demonstrate 10 of the most powerful formulas for creating “hook” grooves: Building a Melodic Hook, A Less is More Approach, Muted Arpeggios, Bouncy Pop Basslines, Reggae-Like Up-Strums, Double-Stop Pop Stabs, Using Sparse Rhythmic Riffs, Folky Fingerpicking, Steady Bass & Pinched Harmonies, and Funky Right Hand Strumming.
For each groove, I’ll first explain the formula and show you a simple exercise to help you grasp the creative techniques that power that acoustic groove. Then, we’ll apply the formula and example, over a playalong backing track, for musical context.”
Gareth will explain and demonstrate all of the key concepts and approaches along the way. You’ll get standard notation and tabs for all of the performance studies. All of the backing tracks are included for to practice with on your own.
Plus, you’ll be able to use TrueFire’s learning tools to sync the tab and notation to the video lesson. You can also loop or slow down the videos so that you can work with the lessons at your own pace.
Grab your guitar and let's get in the “acoustic groove” with Gareth Pearson!
What you'll learn
- Navigate chord changes while maintaining independent bass and melody lines
- Play an embellished fingerstyle arrangement with alternating bass and melody
- Use percussive thumb techniques as rhythmic accents
- Apply rhythmic muting techniques with right hand while strumming
- Maintain clean note separation and sustain in complex fingerstyle patterns
Release date: 08/16/2022 • 1h 24m runtime
Sample lessons
Perfectly
Performance
Double Stop Pop Stabs
Concept & Exercise
Domino Effect
Overview
Domino Effect
Performance
What's included
42 lessons • 20 charts • 10 Jam Tracks
DIY Pop Acoustic Grooves
Hey Gareth Pearson here, welcome to DIY Pop Acoustic Grooves.
All of your favorite hit songs share three qualities; you love the singer’s voice, you relate to the lyrics, and your body moves to the rhythmic groove.
Everything falls flat without a solid rhythmic “hook”, arguably the most critical ingredient of a hit pop song.
In this course, we'll focus on crafting powerful “Pop” acoustic grooves in the style of Ed Sheeran, John Mayer, Jason Mraz, Jessie J, Tracy Chapman, Bruce Springsteen amongst other chart-topping artists.
For each groove, I'll first give you a quick lesson and a simple exercise to help you grasp the key creative approaches and techniques. Then, we'll apply those approaches over a playalong backing track.
Everything is tabbed and synced to the video, and using TrueFire’s learning tools, you can slow down or loop any of the video lessons to learn at your own pace.
Grab your guitar, and let’s go.
All of your favorite hit songs share three qualities; you love the singer’s voice, you relate to the lyrics, and your body moves to the rhythmic groove.
Everything falls flat without a solid rhythmic “hook”, arguably the most critical ingredient of a hit pop song.
In this course, we'll focus on crafting powerful “Pop” acoustic grooves in the style of Ed Sheeran, John Mayer, Jason Mraz, Jessie J, Tracy Chapman, Bruce Springsteen amongst other chart-topping artists.
For each groove, I'll first give you a quick lesson and a simple exercise to help you grasp the key creative approaches and techniques. Then, we'll apply those approaches over a playalong backing track.
Everything is tabbed and synced to the video, and using TrueFire’s learning tools, you can slow down or loop any of the video lessons to learn at your own pace.
Grab your guitar, and let’s go.
Building a Melodic Hook
One of the most popular ideas and elements in acoustic guitar pop music is riffing on simple melodic ideas and hooks. In this series of lessons we're going to work with a tune inspired by Tracy Chapman's Fast Car and see how riffing can inspire us to build a melodic hook. We'll start things off with a brief overview, next I'll perform the tune for you using the techniques we've discussed, and finally I will break everything down for you in detail. Let's get started!
Faster Car
One of the most popular ideas and elements in acoustic guitar pop music is riffing on simple melodic ideas and hooks. In this series of lessons we're going to work with a tune inspired by Tracy Chapman's Fast Car and see how riffing can inspire us to build a melodic hook. We'll start things off with a brief overview, next I'll perform the tune for you using the techniques we've discussed, and finally I will break everything down for you in detail. Let's get started!
Faster Car
One of the most popular ideas and elements in acoustic guitar pop music is riffing on simple melodic ideas and hooks. In this series of lessons we're going to work with a tune inspired by Tracy Chapman's Fast Car and see how riffing can inspire us to build a melodic hook. We'll start things off with a brief overview, next I'll perform the tune for you using the techniques we've discussed, and finally I will break everything down for you in detail. Let's get started!
Faster Car
One of the most popular ideas and elements in acoustic guitar pop music is riffing on simple melodic ideas and hooks. In this series of lessons we're going to work with a tune inspired by Tracy Chapman's Fast Car and see how riffing can inspire us to build a melodic hook. We'll start things off with a brief overview, next I'll perform the tune for you using the techniques we've discussed, and finally I will break everything down for you in detail. Let's get started!
A Less is More Approach
Here will be working on how you can do less with more and learn how to create a bed of notes that don't clash with the singer or whatever is going on lead wise in your tune. In this series of lessons we're going to work with a song inspired by Ed Sheeran's Perfect and see how doing more with less can help you build a strong foundation. We'll start things off with a brief overview, next I'll perform the tune for you using the techniques we've discussed, and finally I will break everything down for you in detail. Let's get started!
Perfectly
Here will be working on how you can do less with more and learn how to create a bed of notes that don't clash with the singer or whatever is going on lead wise in your tune. In this series of lessons we're going to work with a song inspired by Ed Sheeran's Perfect and see how doing more with less can help you build a strong foundation. We'll start things off with a brief overview, next I'll perform the tune for you using the techniques we've discussed, and finally I will break everything down for you in detail. Let's get started!
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guitaralice
Verified buyer
09/17/22
How to play "pop" grooves
In a short and concise form you get game sketches that appear in songs by stars like Ed Sheeran, John Mayer .... Gareth Pearson manages to get to the heart of the issues and concepts without lengthy monologues. The various game ideas are ideal as warm-up exercises.
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