Singer/Songwriter Toolbox
Hone your skills as a rhythm acoustic guitar player. Work on techniques like Travis Picking, combining chords with melody and more! Learn how to take everyday life experiences and musical moments and turn them in to songs!
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About this course
Hone your skills as a rhythm acoustic guitar player. Work on techniques like Travis Picking, combining chords with melody and more! Learn how to take everyday life experiences and musical moments and turn them in to songs!
What you'll learn
- Mute strings while pulling off for dead note sounds
- Feel triplet rhythm internally without playing every note
- Read and interpret triplet notation including rests
- Understand how triplets divide a beat into three equal parts
- Recognize the 'waltz' or 'swing' feel of triplets
Release date: 08/12/2014 • 4h 51m runtime
Sample lessons
Travis Picking & Melody
Travis Picking & Melody
Playing & Singing Together
Playing & Singing Together
Songwriting as Storytelling
Cadences
Slap & Riffing
Slap & Riffing
What's included
37 lessons • 27 charts
Singer/Songwriter Toolbox
Take the basic elements of guitar playing, blend them with a sense of the world around you, and learn how to create songs! Work on skills like Travis picking, strumming, and singing and playing at the same time as a springboard for creating your own music.
Introduction to Travis Picking
Travis Picking is a standard for the singer/songwriter. It provides an excellent accompaniment underneath a vocal and a song with a story. Learn the basic building blocks for this technique.
Travis Picking & Melody
Take the basic Travis Picking technique and add a melody within the picking pattern. The use of passing tones, or notes not in the chord will add interest and tension.
Creating Movement & Interest
Continuing in the study of Travis picking, Dave further explores ways to add flare and interest to a basic fingerpicking pattern.
Breaking down Strum Patterns
Learn how to break down a specific strum pattern and start thinking about your own strumming more clearly. It's a good idea to be calculated when deciding your strum pattern. The more you know about it, the easier it is to add creative elements to it.
Fingerpicking Variations
Learning how to subtly and efficiently provide accompaniment for your songs is an art form in and of itself. Dave shares a variety of basic fingerpicking patterns that serve as simple, yet interesting beds underneath your song ideas.
Fingerpicking Variations
Learning how to subtly and efficiently provide accompaniment for your songs is an art form in and of itself. Dave shares a variety of basic fingerpicking patterns that serve as simple, yet interesting beds underneath your song ideas.
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