Acoustic Percussion Etude

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Instructor: Sean Conklin Level: Intermediate Topic: Technique Style: Acoustic

Excerpt: Hey everyone! Welcome to this tutorial on acoustic percussion. This is a short etude tutorial that will help familiarize yourself with the basic techniques of this modern acoustic style. Percussive playing on the acoustic guitar is getting more and more popular, and is used by artists such as Andy McKee, Antoine DuFour, and many more. To start off, we're go...

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Instructor: Sean Conklin Level: Intermediate Topic: Technique Style: Acoustic

Excerpt: If you aren't familiar with playing percussion on the acoustic, be sure to learn this at a very slow pace. Watch the videos very closely and pay attention to my hand movements. At first, it might seem like there's a lot going on with all the different motions, but if you learn it note-by-note it shouldn't be too overwhelming. Just go slowly and only advance...

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Instructor: Sean Conklin Level: Intermediate Topic: Technique Style: Acoustic

Excerpt: In Part 2, there will be a lot more movement with your left hand as it makes its way over to knock the guitar body. Make sure you have the guitar in a stable position so it doesn't sway too much with your arm and hand movements. Tablature Reference L.str = use left hand to slap the strings L. bod = use left hand to knock the guitar body R.str = use right h...

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