Parapicking For Knuckleheads
What is Parapicking you ask? It is a simple and musical way to incorporate a percussive sound in to your playing. It is a way to accompany yourself as a singer/songwriter that creates the feeling that there is more than just you and a guitar in the room. Learn from a songwriters perspective about how to present simple musical ideas in an original and complete way!
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About this course
What is Parapicking you ask? It is a simple and musical way to incorporate a percussive sound in to your playing. It is a way to accompany yourself as a singer/songwriter that creates the feeling that there is more than just you and a guitar in the room. Learn from a songwriters perspective about how to present simple musical ideas in an original and complete way!
What you'll learn
- Execute complex alternate picking patterns with integrated percussion
- Execute complex parapicking patterns with integrated percussion
- Use anchor finger technique for efficient chord transitions
- Play complete arrangement of 'Snow Day' including intro, verses, chorus, bridge, and two solos
- Coordinate palm muting with intricate picking patterns
Release date: 10/09/2014 • 5h 37m runtime
Sample lessons
Singles, Doubles & Triples
Singles, Doubles & Triples
Skip Those Strings
Skip Those Strings
Have Enough Flare?
Have Enough Flare?
Parapickin' & Kickin'
Riff Wid It
What's included
62 lessons • 24 charts
Take Simple Guitar to the Next Level!
What is Parapicking? Think of it as being your own band by combining simple, everyday guitar playing with smacking your guitar in different ways! Dustin shows you how to take things you may already know and play them differently. Learn from a variety of real song examples and inject them into your own songwriting!
Let's Get Warmed Up!
This may sound like a somewhat normal warm up, but once this is under your fingers, it will pave the way to groovin' like never before. Play clean and steady, and Dustin will start working in percussive magic shortly!
The Basics of Parapicking
Ok, you're warmed up and understand the demands of this style on the pick hand. Now it is time to jump in to the basic technique which makes those with their eyes closed swear that there is some percussion player backing your rhythmic guitar musings.
The Basics of Parapicking
Ok, you're warmed up and understand the demands of this style on the pick hand. Now it is time to jump in to the basic technique which makes those with their eyes closed swear that there is some percussion player backing your rhythmic guitar musings.
All About The Melody
The general audience wants to hear something they can sing along to! If they can sing along to your vocal melody, great! If they can sing along to a little guitar hook and your vocal melody, even better! Work on a passage from one of Dustin's songs that illustrates this idea brilliantly!
All About The Melody
The general audience wants to hear something they can sing along to! If they can sing along to your vocal melody, great! If they can sing along to a little guitar hook and your vocal melody, even better! Work on a passage from one of Dustin's songs that illustrates this idea brilliantly!
Singles, Doubles & Triples
It's time to get even groovier! In order to insert this style into your songwriting, you need to be comfortable with picking on many different levels. Practice rhythmic alternate picking with and without percussion in a musical context. Then work on making your own lines!
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