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Percussive Fingerstyle Guitar
Rating: 4.6 out of 5(346 ratings)
3,220 students

Percussive Fingerstyle Guitar

Learn the basics of the Percussive Fingerstyle. Step by step and right from the start.
Created byTobias Rauscher
Last updated 10/2016
English

What you'll learn

  • ✔ You will learn the basics of percussive fingerstyle
  • ✔ You will learn to play two instruments at once by emulating a drum set
  • ✔ You will learn and understand rather advanced rhythms
  • ✔ You will learn to read beat notation and tabs correctly
  • ✔ You will learn how to use percussion to compose own rhythms and songs
  • ✔ You will learn your first percussive fingerstyle song

Course content

6 sections • 74 lectures • 47m total length

  • Some Advice On How To Use This Course0:36

    This lecture summarizes some important advice such as:

    • Turn on HD on videos
    • Check out the material downloads
    • Having fun ;)
  • Lessons & Resources0:11
  • My First Lecture1:18

    This lecture covers:

    • Basic parts of a drum kit
    • How does a beackbeat work
  • The Parts Of A Drum Kit?
  • Emulating Bass & Snare1:55

    This lecture covers:

    • How to emulate the bass drum on your guitar
    • How to emulate the snare drum on your guitar
  • Reading Beats (Basic)0:42

    This lecture shows you how you can read basic beat notation

  • Beat Variation #10:17
  • Beat Variation #20:19
  • Adding The Hi-Hat1:14

    This lecture covers:

    • Explaining how the hi hat is emulated on the guitar
    • Beat exercises
  • Second Beat0:57

    This lecture covers:

    • The first complete beat exercise
    • All three elements of a drum kit are used here
  • Read This Beat0:10
  • Remember The Beat?

Requirements

  • ✔ You should be able to play open and bar chords
  • ✔ You should be able to play standard strumming patters
  • ✔ You shoud have a basic knowledge of fingerpicking

Description

Learn Percussive Fingerstyle right from the start in a comprehensive guitar course that teaches you the basic techniques step by step. All lessons are based around a percussive guitar song that you will be able to play at the end.

The main learning objective of this course is to teach you how to play the guitar as two instruments at once by adding backbeats to regular chord progressions and picking schemes. Furthermore, you will learn some advanced strumming patterns and rhythms.

Besides the HD video tutorials you get many exercises consisting of PDF, Guitar Pro 5+6 and audio files in three different speed levels to help you learn even better. Challenging quizzes increase your understanding and provide you with instant feedback.

This course provides you with material for 4 to 6 weeks on average whereas the amount of time can vary depending on your level of playing.

Who this course is for:

  • ✔ Intermediate to advanced guitarists that want to learn the basics of percussive fingerstyle
  • ✘ This course is probably not for you if you are further advanced and already have some experience with the percussive guitar technique

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