Your Unique Voice: Core Skills

Skill Building Guitar Course from Jeff Gunn

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Along the journey, many players come to a point where they want to hone their sound to stand out in a crowd - to sound different...unique. In this informative course, Jeff Gunn takes us on a journey to explore what makes the way we play unique and how we can polish that quality until it shines. Covering everything from basic call and response to the importance of triplets and skipping strings, Gunn makes sure that you have the tools to be perfectly unique!

22 Lessons

Complete course with step-by-step lessons and practice examples.

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Course filmed with 6 cameras for the perfect angles.

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Full Course Breakdown

Jeff shows us how to stand out and differentiate our playing from the masses. We'll start with learning the basics of call and response, then move on to work our way through triplets and quarter notes. After that, we'll shift gears to skipping strings and playing vertically and horizontally before we bring it all home to create our own unique voice!

Begin the Course
1

Introduction

Jeff shows us what we will learn from this course and gives us some examples of what to expect!

2:35 Runtime

3.0 Difficulty

2

Call and Response

In this lesson, Jeff shows us how to bring the magic of call and response into our playing.

14:14 Runtime

2.5 Difficulty

3

Call and Response - Rhythmic Approach

Here we will build upon the art of call and response by focusing on the rhythmic approach.

13:41 Runtime

2.5 Difficulty

4

Call and Response - Your Turn!

Now it's your turn to try your hand at call and response!

12:56 Runtime

3.0 Difficulty

5

Triplets

Let's learn about triplets and how to incorporate them into our playing.

13:56 Runtime

3.0 Difficulty

6

Triplets with Chords

Now Jeff will show us how to incorporate chords with our triplets.

14:07 Runtime

3.0 Difficulty

7

Single Note Quarter Note Triplets

Let's take a look at single note quarter note triplets and how to incorporate them into our playing.

13:41 Runtime

3.0 Difficulty

8

Chords with Quarter Note Triplets

Here we will deepen our understanding of quarter-note triplets by learning about adding chords alongside them.

13:27 Runtime

3.0 Difficulty

9

Playing Horizontally

Now we will focus on playing horizontally.

15:56 Runtime

3.0 Difficulty

10

Playing Horizontally on Multiple Strings

Let's take what we have learned and start working with multiple strings.

14:58 Runtime

3.0 Difficulty

11

Playing Chords Horizontally

Time to go even further! Now let's focus on playing horizontally using chords.

13:25 Runtime

3.0 Difficulty

12

Playing Single Notes in One Position

It's time to learn how to play a different single note... In just one position.

13:48 Runtime

2.5 Difficulty

13

Skipping Strings

Jeff shows us the magic of skipping strings and how we can use this in the upcoming lessons.

14:47 Runtime

3.0 Difficulty

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14

Playing Chords in One Position

Now it's time to focus on playing chords in just one position.

13:25 Runtime

3.0 Difficulty

15

Playing in Thirds Vertically

We've focused on playing horizontally. Now, let's learn to play thirds vertically.

16:17 Runtime

3.5 Difficulty

16

Playing in Thirds Horizontally

Now let's take our thirds and learn to play them horizontally.

14:30 Runtime

3.0 Difficulty

17

Playing in 4ths Vertically

Let's take a look at how to play 4ths, and more importantly, how to play 4ths in a vertical fashion.

16:52 Runtime

3.5 Difficulty

18

Playing in 4ths Horizontally

You guessed it! Now it's time to play 4ths horizontally.

15:28 Runtime

3.5 Difficulty

19

Playing in 6ths Vertically

It's time to focus on 6ths an how we can incorporate them into our vertical playing.

17:54 Runtime

3.5 Difficulty

20

Playing in 6ths Horizontally

Now we'll take our 6ths, but instead of vertically, we will focus on how to play them horizontally!

18:22 Runtime

3.5 Difficulty

21

Putting it All Together: 3rds and 6ths

In this lesson, Jeff shows us how to put everything we have learned together using 3rds and 6ths.

14:05 Runtime

3.5 Difficulty

22

Putting it All Together: Call and Response

Now let's close out the course by taking everything that we have learned and use it in our call and response technique!

15:29 Runtime

3.5 Difficulty

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Jeff Gunn

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  • Playing since 2000
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Jeff Gunn is Juno Award nominated guitarist, songwriter and producer for his work on Emmanuel Jal's The Key (Gatwitch/Universal). He is the author of the Hidden Sounds: Discover Your Own Method on Guitar (Mayfair Music Publications) and a regular “guitar tips” contributor in print and film with Acoustic Guitar Magazine, Guitar World, Canadian Musician, Overdrive (Thailand), and The Guitar Mag (Thailand).

Jeff Gunn is Juno Award nominated guitarist, songwriter and producer for his work on Emmanuel Jal's The Key (Gatwitch/Universal). He is the author of the Hidden Sounds: Discover Your Own Method on Guitar (Mayfair Music Publications) and a regular “guitar tips” contributor in print and film with Acoustic Guitar Magazine, Guitar World, Canadian Musician, Overdrive (Thailand), and The Guitar Mag (Thailand). He co-wrote the song "Scars" with Jal and Nelly Furtado for the film The Good Lie (Warner Brothers 2014) and The Black Prince (2017) soundtrack. He has recorded with Emmanuel Jal, Nelly Furtado, Bibi McGill, Mark Pellizzer, Kae Sun, Domanique Grant, Rayzak, performed with DMC, Swizz Beatz, Kate Todd, Tanika Charles, and continues to serve as musical director for Jal opening for such acts as Nico & Vinz, Peter Gabriel, Bonnie Raitt, Angelique Kidjo, Xavier Rudd, Mumford & Sons and Ellie Goulding. He has performed at Glastonbury, Juno Songwriters’ Circle, John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Ringo Starr’s Birthday Concert at Capitol Records, United Nations, Grammy Museum Concert Series in Honour of Bob Marley, Jimmy Kimmel’s Annual Italian Festival, and at the Dalai Lama One World Concert. He has appeared on CBC, CTV Canada AM, Good Day New York, Fox TV, Ted Talks, The Travel Channel (Thailand) and more. Jeff is endorsed by Godin Guitars, D’Addario Canada, Levy’s Guitar Straps, Planet Waves, G7th Capos, JHS Pedals and Gravity Guitar Picks.