lonniewsj
Verified buyer
04/14/26
Great Technique Refresher
Great refresher course to get your technique back on track. Enjoy Dave Isaacs teaching approach. . . . very effective.
Effortless Technique Reset for Guitarists (JamPlay)
Break Bad Habits, Unlock Your Potential, and Play with Freedom
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About this course
Feeling stuck or held back by tension, sloppy technique, or ingrained habits? It's time to reset. In Effortless Technique Reset, veteran guitarist and educator Dave Isaacs guides you through a series of transformative lessons designed to rebuild your playing from the ground up—smarter, smoother, and more expressive.
Across 34 hands-on video lessons, Dave breaks down both fretting and picking hand mechanics, strumming patterns, coordination drills, rhythmic feel, and dynamic control. With a focus on ergonomic efficiency and musical fluency, you’ll rewire your technique to play with less effort and more expression.
Whether you're recovering from plateaus or pain—or simply want to refine your mechanics—this course offers the foundational reset needed to bring clarity and confidence back to your playing.
Across 34 hands-on video lessons, Dave breaks down both fretting and picking hand mechanics, strumming patterns, coordination drills, rhythmic feel, and dynamic control. With a focus on ergonomic efficiency and musical fluency, you’ll rewire your technique to play with less effort and more expression.
Whether you're recovering from plateaus or pain—or simply want to refine your mechanics—this course offers the foundational reset needed to bring clarity and confidence back to your playing.
What you'll learn
- Execute a simple alternating fingerstyle pattern (thumb-index-thumb-middle)
- Learn to isolate and practice component pieces of complex licks
- Understand how to use tempo manipulation strategically
- Learn the technique of practicing above target tempo to make target feel easier
- Develop ability to analyze mechanical challenges in passages
Release date: 10/28/2021 • 5h 10m runtime
Sample lessons
Mechanics of the Picking Hand
Mechanics of the Picking Hand
Two Hand Coordination
Two Hand Coordination
Syncopated Rhythms
Lesson
Circular Picking Patterns
Lesson
What's included
34 lessons • 24 charts • 9 Jam Tracks
Series Introduction
Dave introduces the concepts and techniques that will be learned throughout this course.
Fret Hand Balance
Dave introduces us to the approach of relaxed body mechanics as the foundation of effortless playing.
Shifting From the Arm
Dave explains how to build confidence in how your fretting hand interacts with the guitar neck.
Forearm Rotation
Building on the mechanics of the previous lesson, Dave explains the best angle to use with the fretting hand and how it relates to the forearm.
Relaxed Barre Chords
Barre chords can be intimidating at first, but Dave breaks down how to mechanically approach this technique.
Mechanics in Motion
Using rotation in the fretting hand, a lot can be accomplished in reaching the notes you need to hit.
Mechanics of the Picking Hand
Incorporating concepts from what we've learned about the fretting hand, this approach to the picking hand can revolutionize how you feel the notes.
+ 27 more lessons
Reviews
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Randy777
Verified buyer
10/14/24
Great Course
This is a great course to go back and strengthen your basic technical skills.
Osokin
Verified buyer
12/16/23
Helpful Technique Reset!
Dave Isaacs is an excellent guitarist and teacher, and in this course he does a great job of putting different aspects of technique under the microscope and providing students with exercises/approaches for developing good habits. Maybe not "effortless", but definitely very helpful.
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