Acoustic Guitar After The Basics

A brief look at the chords and rhythms that were explored in the Acoustic Guitar Basics course

  0:11 Chord of G 

  0:17 Cadd9 

  0:21 Chord of D 

  0:24 Chord of C 

  0:27 E minor 

  0:30 A minor 

  0:57 Basic rhythm pattern 4 beats per bar 

  1:35  Rhythm with up-strokes 

  2:40  Final rhythm pattern 

Adding extra rhythm to Knockin' On Heavens Door chord sequence

    0:12 Chord sequence for the song 

    1:18 Into to 1/16th strumming 

    0:00 1/16th strumming with chord sequence 

    5:00 1/16th strumming at the end of the sequence 

    7:03 Some ideas for using 1/16th strumming  

How to read TAB and how to add individual notes between chords using Let It Be chord sequence

     0:00  TAB explained 

     2:11 Connecting chords C and G 

     3:10 Let It Be chord sequence 

     4:33 adding some 1/16th strumming to the sequence 

     5:20 Using a capo with the song 

Learn how to play the The River and also how to include a passing chord between G and Em

   0:27 Changing between G and C 

   0:53 Passing chord G/F# 

   2:27 Adding rhythm to the song 

   3:34 Separating bass notes from the chord 

   4:56 Chord sequence for the song 

New chords Fmajor7, Dsus2 and G6 as part of the song One

    0:00 Fmajor7 chord 

    1:25 G6 chord 

    2:03 Chord of Dsuspended2 (Dsus2) 

    2:56 Changing from Am to Dsus2 and Fmaj7 

    4:37 the full chord sequence for the verse 

    6:05 chorus chord sequence 

    9:09 Rhythm pattern for the song 

    12:12  Adding some extra strumming to the rhythm  

Learn the rhythm for That's Entertainment with 16th strumming starting before the first bar of the song

  0:24 16th strumming starting before the first bar 

  1:01 Rhythm of the song with G and Em 

  2:46 Rhythm of the song with Am and Fmajor7 

Learn some chord variations, Em7 and Dsus4 along with the rhythm for Wonderwall

 0:24 Eminor7  

 1:12 moving from Em7 to G  

 1:42 Dsuspended4th or Dsus4  

 2:18 A7sus4  

 3:42 Basic beat of the song, 2 beats per chord  

 4:38 Adding in 16ths  

 6:08 Leaving out some 16ths  

 6:52 Another rhythm variation  

 9:11 Combining rhythm patterns  

 10:01 Adding some extra 16ths 

I get asked a lot by students 'How do I know which rhythm to use in a song?' This lesson gives you a practical solution to building the rhythm for a chord pattern.

 0:15 Establish how beats are needed for each chord 

 0:44 Default rhythm for songs with 4 beats per chord 

 1:34 Songs with only 2 beats per chord 

 2:13 Songs that have 4 beats for most chords but also have some chords with 2 beats 

Learn some new chords Amajor, A7 and D7 and use these along with other chords you already know to get the chord sequence for Hey Jude

     0:08 A major chord 

     2:09 A7 chord 

     3:12 D7 chord 

     3:55 Chord sequence for the song 

This lecture goes into greater detail about TAB and using it for fingerstyle guitar picking.

 2:05 Right-hand position for playing fingerstyle guitar 

 3:05 Playing a D chord 

 4:56 Playing the C chord 

 5:57 Playing the Em chord 

 8:25 Putting the chord sequence together 

Learn another right-hand fingerstyle pattern that is very common, where you would pick 6 notes per bar (6/8 time)

 0:00 Right-hand position for the D chord 

 1:36 Playing the sequence in time 

 2:07 Right-hand position for G chord 

 4:06 Changing between D and G chords 

 5:29 Right-hand sequence for Em and A major chords 

 6:57 Connecting A major to Em with passing notes 

 8:27 Connecting G to Em  

 9:46 Putting the whole song together 

Learn how to play 2 new chords F major and E7

 0:00 How to play F major 

 1:47 How to play the E7 chord 

Some new chords Fmajor and E7 which can be combined with other chords you have previously learned to play House of the Rising Sun. This song is also in 6/8

  0:08 Chord sequence for the song 

  0:50 Right-hand position for Am and C chords 

  2:30 Changing from C to D 

  3:00 Right-hand position for D and F 

  3:43 changing from D to F 

  5:23 Right-hand position for E 

  6:05 Full chord sequence 

  6:43 Changing the rhythm  

The chord sequence for Hallelujah along with new chord B7. Another song in 6/8 time

 0:00 Connecting G to Em7 with passing notes 

 1:45 Right-hand position 

 4:40 B7 chord 

 5:29 The full chord sequence 

 7:30 Using the capo 

Learn how to play this song, also in 6/8 time, using fingerstlye and also using passing notes to connect chords

 00:25 Chord sequence for the song 

 2:38 Connecting D to C with passing notes 

 4:13 Full chord sequence with passing notes 

This is a more complicated right-hand fingerstlye pattern quite different to what we have looked at up to now.

 0:34 Right-hand position for Am chord 

 2:11 Pattern for C chord 

 2:40 Left-hand melody for Am 

 3:48 Left-hand melody for C chord 

 4:13 Em chord 

 5:28 Putting the chords together 

Learn how to execute the hammer-on technique where you produce 2 notes but only pick 1

  0:00 How to play hammer-ons 

  2:15 Hammer-ons in Heart of Gold 

  2:40 Hammer-ons in Wish You Were Here 

 3:20 Advice on how to practice hammer-ons 

In a previous lesson we looked at the chord sequence and strumming for this song now we are going to learn how to pick out individual notes for the intro and first verse.

 0:19 Basic picking pattern for G 

 0:58 Pattern for Cadd9 

 1:14 Pattern for D chord 

 1:30 Putting the sequence together 

Previously we looked at the chord sequence and strumming for this song now in this lesson we learn how to pick out individual notes for the first verse

  0:18 Picking pattern for Em 

  0:56 Pattern for G 

  1:04 Pattern for D 

  1:17 Picking pattern for C 

  1:31 Putting the sequence together 

  2:56 Picking pattern for connecting G to Em 

Learn how to execute the pull-off technique where you produce 2 notes but only pick 1 and also combine this with the previously learned technique, the hammer-on, and produce 3 notes but only pick the string once

 1:25 Pull-offs used in Wonderful Tonight 

 2:00 Hammer-ons combined with a pull-off 

 2:30 New technique played in Wonderful Tonight