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Guitarists are always looking to add to their musical toolbox! One of the most sought-after tools is definitely the percussive acoustic style. In this fun series, Mark Kroos gives us four grooves to work with and all of the tips and tricks needed to ease our frustrations when tackling these techniques. After completing this course we'll be mastering these percussive grooves in no time!
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Mark will provide four unique grooves that he will break by incorporating various concepts such as fretting, harp harmonics, and body percussion. With each groove, Mark will break it up into three easily digestible lessons so we can get the concepts under our fingers. Then we'll follow up each skill with a practice session to help get the skills committed to muscle memory!
Mark Kroos introduces us to the 'Percussive Fingerstyle Practice Plan'!
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0.0 Difficulty
Let's grab our guitars as Mark starts us off with our first groove in this series, where he breaks down DADGAD tuning and the bassline and backbeat of this groove.
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3.0 Difficulty
Alright, now that we have the bassline and backbeat of this groove under our fingers, let's practice with some repetitions!
9:38 Runtime
Time to get the melody of this groove under our fingertips!
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For this practice session, we are going to stick with just focusing on the melody as we practice this part of the groove at multiple tempos!
9:07 Runtime
Mark gives us some tips and tricks as we put all the pieces of this groove together!
5:36 Runtime
3.5 Difficulty
Now that we have the complete groove under our fingers, let's practice it at multiple tempos!
11:19 Runtime
Moving on, Mark breaks down the open D tuning we will be playing in and then takes us slowly through the bassline and backbeat of this groove.
4:19 Runtime
Let's get that bassline and backbeat ingrained in our muscle memory by practicing it at various tempos!
10:57 Runtime
Mark helps guide us with some tips and tricks on how to tackle the natural harmonics found in this melody of this groove.
6:40 Runtime
Let's practice the melody we just learned at three different tempos.
Now that we have both parts under our fingers, let's line them up to see how they flow together.
6:14 Runtime
Time to get that full groove down by practicing it with some practice repetitions!
12:42 Runtime
In this lesson, Mark focuses on playing solely with the left hand for this groove, as we will be keeping a drum-like beat on the guitar with our right hand.
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Let's commit these skills to muscle memory by practicing this melody at various tempos.
9:21 Runtime
Here, we focus on our right hand by playing the body percussion on the guitar for this groove as Mark gives us some insight on what kind of percussive sounds we can generate on different parts of the guitar.
2:51 Runtime
Now let's practice with just that right hand while keeping our percussive beat at various tempos.
9:18 Runtime
Now that we have those two parts under our fingers let's put them together to complete this groove.
5:38 Runtime
4.0 Difficulty
Let's practice this complete groove at different tempos!
9:26 Runtime
Mark incorporates some harp harmonics along with fretting for the final groove of the series!
10:35 Runtime
For this practice, we focus on getting the backbeat, the bass notes, and the harp harmonics under our fingers by playing them at different tempos.
13:36 Runtime
Here, we'll incorporate a left-hand 16th-note figure with some hammer-ons and pull-offs.
3:55 Runtime
Time to practice our left-hand exercise to get it burned into our muscle memory for this groove!
7:38 Runtime
Now we'll combine the left-hand and right-hand parts of this groove. Here, Mark breaks it down for us slowly so we can see how these two parts work together.
8:55 Runtime
4.5 Difficulty
Now let's close out the series and practice this final groove at different tempos!
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