Now that we've practiced the mechanical, mathematical and musical elements at work in this strumming pattern, it's time to use it in a musical context. We'll do that with what I call a â€"practice tuneâ€, which is a little song I come up with purely for the purpose of this lesson. It'll have a simple intro, a verse a chorus and an outro.
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1: It All Starts At The Campfire!
Down Stroke Strumming Pattern
- Introduction
- Guitar Talk
- All Downstrokes
- Adding Feel
- Adding An Upstroke
- Downstroke Practice Tune Breakdown
- Downstroke Practice Tune Play Through
Embellishing The Cowboy Chords
- Digging For Left Hand Gold
- Embellishing The C Chord
- Embellishing The A Minor Chord
- Embellishing The E Minor Chord
- Embellishing The D Chord
- Embellishing The G Chord
- Embellishment Practice Tune Breakdown
- Embellishment Practice Tune Play Through
Strumming Pattern Tried-and-True
- Intro
- Getting The Right Hand Moving
- Adding The Chord
- Muting Strings
- Strumming A Progression
- Practice Tune Breakdown
- Practice Tune Playthrough
Classic Chords With Common Tones
- Intro
- G chord
- C add Chord
- D sus 4
- E minor 7
- F 6/9
- Practice Tune Breakdown
- Practice Tune Play Through
Strumming With a Waltz Feel
- Intro
- Understanding The Math
- Building A Strumming Pattern
- Adding Chords With All 6 Strings
- Adding Chords With Muted Strings
- Practice Tune Breakdown
- Practice Tune Play Through
The Chords We Love and Hate
2: Finger Picking: Poor Man's Piano
Intro To Finger Picking
- Intro To Fingerpicking: Intro
- The Mechanics
- The Pattern
- Adding a Chord: Finding The Root Note
- Changing Chords: Same Bass String
- Changing Chords: Different Bass Strings
- Optional Practice Tune Breakdown
- Optional Practice Tune Performance
Next Level Finger Picking
- Your Next Finger Picking Pattern
- Inside Vs. Outside
- Piecing Together The Pattern
- Changing The Up Strings
- Changing The Bass Notes
- Loose Approach To String Choice
- Optional Practice Tune Breakdown
- Optional Practice Tune Play Through
Working In a Simple Melody Embellishments
- Intro
- Piano-Style Left and Right Hand
- The Simplest Melody
- Adding Two Notes On the High E-String
- Combining The Melody Notes
- Exploring The G Chord
- Exploring The D Minor Chord
- Practice Tune Breakdown
- Practice Tune Performance
Finger Strumming
- Intro
- The Ghost Pick
- The Thumb Strum
- The Index Finger Strum
- Hybrid Pattern
- Practice Tune Breakdown
- Practice Tune Play Through
Introducing Alternating Bass Notes
- Intro
- Alternating Bass Within The D-Chord
- Alternating Bass Within The E-Chord
- Alternating Bass Within The C-Chord
- Alternating Bass Within The G-Chord
- Practice Tune Breakdown
- Practice Tune Performance
Finger Picking Practice Tune
3: Look Right, Then Left, Then Right Again
16th Note Strumming Pattern
- Intro
- Understanding & Feeling The 16th Note Rhythm
- Piecing Together The Pattern
- Adding Chords – All 6 strings
- Adding Chords With Muted Low E-String
- Adding Chords With Top 4 Strings
- Practice Tune Breakdown
- Practice Tune Performance
Basics Of The Blues
- Intro
- 12 Bar Blues in A
- 12 Bar Blues in G
- 12 Bar Blues in E
- The Basic Boogie Pattern
- 12 Bar in A With The Boogie Pattern
- Practice Tune Breakdown
- Practice Tune Performance
Open Drony Strings
- Intro
- The Moving E Major Shape
- The Moving C Major Shape
- The Moving A7 & E7 Shape
- The Moving D Major Shape
- Practice Tune Breakdown
- Practice Tune Performance
Root-Chord & Root-5 Strumming
- Intro
- Root/chord Strumming Basics
- Using Root/Chord Strumming In a Progression
- Root/5 Strumming
- Practice Tune Breakdown
- Practice Tune Performance
Barre Chords With Ghost Notes
- Intro
- Getting Your Fingers In Place - E-major Shaped Barre-Chords
- Getting Your Fingers In Place - A-major Shaped Barre-Chords
- Getting Your Fingers In Place - E-minor Shaped Barre-Chords
- Getting Your Fingers In Place - A-minor Shaped Barre-Chords
- The Cheat!
- Practice Tune Breakdown
- Practice Tune Performance
Arpeggiating
4: Finger Picking Party Tricks
New Combinations
- Intro
- Finger Picking The Moving C Major Shape
- Finger Picking The Moving D Major Shape
- Finger Picking Dominant 7 Chords
- Finger Picking Barre-chords
- Finger Picking Practice Tune
- Finger Picking Play Through
Bass Lines
- Intro
- The Most Classic Lead-in
- Leading To F
- Playing It Backwards
- Other Chords and Keys
- Leading With Chord Tones and Chromatics
- Bass Line Practice Tune
- Bass Line Practice Tune Play Through
Chord Plucking and Back Beat Slapping
- Intro
- How To Make The Sound
- The Most Basic Pattern
- Applying The Pattern To Other Chords/String Sets
- Chord Plucking Practice Tune
- Chord Plucking Play Through
Travis Picking
- Intro
- Thumb
- Adding 'Chicks'
- Adding 'Chicks' on Upbeats
- Combining The Upbeats And Downbeats
- Changing The Chord
- Travis Picking Practice Tune
- Travis Picking Play Through
More Melodies
- Intro
- Almost The Full Major Scale
- Playing A Melody
- Same Notes Different Chord
- Same Notes Different Chord
- Finger Picking Practice Tune
- Finger Picking Play Through
Next Level Finger Picking Practice Tune
5: Music Theory In Action
Chord Anatomy 101
- Accelerate Your Learning
- Learning The Major Scale
- Counting Out The Scale and Understanding The Notes
- Making Chords
- Understanding Why Minor is Minor
- Adding The 7
- Practice Tune Breakdown
- Practice Tune Play Through
I, IV and V
- The Harmonic Family
- Starting From The A Major Scale
- Trying Another Key
- The Dominant 7 Leads To the IV
- The Minor Shortcut
- Practice Tune Breakdown
- Practice Tune Play Through
The Minor Chords - II, III and VI
- Introducing The Harmonic Cousins
- Introducing The VI minor
- Introducing The II minor
- Introducing the III Minor
- Practice Tune Breakdown
- Practice Tune Play Through
Secondary Dominants
6: Songs Without Singers
Pop Rock Practice Tune
- Rhythm Section Practice Tune
- Intro: Rhythmic Hits!
- Verse: Common Tones and Sixteenth Note Strumming
- Chorus: Barre-chords with Ghost Notes
- Bridge: 8th note Arpeggio Breakdown
- Review and Form
- Play Through
Moody Country Pop Practice Tune
Pop Practice Tune
Finger Picking Practice Tune (Final)

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