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As a Colorado native who grew up near Boulder, Joe was surrounded by not only the natural beauty of the Rocky Mountains but also a vibrant acoustic-based music scene. He began playing the acoustic guitar at age 12. By the time he was 14, his dad suggested he take up the 5-string banjo. So instead of learning the latest Led Zeppelin and Beatles songs, he immersed himself in Bill Monroe, Lester Flat, and Earl Scruggs. Over the next several years, he was involved in various fol... (more) Joe currently offers 26 guitar lessons at JamPlay, with 26 beginner lessons.
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Are you a beginner at guitar but want something a little more than the basics? Joe Scott's Folk Americana for beginners is a course that will not only introduce you to your guitar and the fundamentals of beginning guitar playing but also introduce you to two Folk songs, 'Comin' Around the Mountain' and 'Wayfaring Stranger'!
Joe Scott introduces us to 'Folk Americana for Beginners'!
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Before we jump into our beginning Folk Americana lessons let's get started with some ground floor fundamentals featuring Trevor Gordon Hall! In this lesson, Trevor discusses the name and purpose of various parts of the acoustic guitar.
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Let's continue with our ground floor skills. Here, Trevor will discuss each of the strings and how to tune them properly using a digital tuner.
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Continuing on the ground floor, in this lesson, Trevor will discuss the importance of proper and ergonomic posture while playing.
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One more ground floor skill before we join Joe for our beginner Folk Americana lessons. Here, Trevor will break down the basic building blocks of guitar notation and provide us with the tools to help read the notation included with each lesson.
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Let's grab our guitar and get comfortable as Joe Scott takes us through some basic strumming techniques.
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Now let's build on the strumming techniques we just learned. Here, Joe incorporates a flat pick as we begin to play with a metronome.
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Now that we have a few of the basic techniques under our fingers, let's put them all together with our first strum pattern!
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In this lesson, Joe gives us some further tips to lock in and remember our strumming techniques.
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We have focused on our strumming hand in the last few lessons. Now, let's move on to our fretting hand so we can take steps to start making some music!
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Joe breaks down the fundamentals of what makes up a chord before diving into our first chord, the G chord!
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Let's kick it into high gear by getting two more chords under our fingers in this lesson with the C and D chords.
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Joe adds another musical tool to our toolbox with smooth transitions to help us transition between chords.
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Now that we have quite a bit under our fingers let's shift our focus to learning a more complicated strum pattern!
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In this lesson, we jump into our first song and learn the chord progression for 'Comin' Around the Mountain'.
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Now that we have the chord progression for 'Comin' Around the Mountain', we'll incorporate the strum pattern in this lesson.
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In this lesson, Joe gives us some techniques surrounding single-note melody for 'Comin' Round the Mountain'.
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We add a new tool to our toolbox in this lesson, Joe gives some insight on fingerpicking an alternative to strumming.
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Alright ready to test your vocal talents? In this lesson, Joe helps us incorporate vocals with strumming 'Comin' Around the Mountain'.
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We have our first song under our fingers, now let's move on to learning four new chords; A minor, D minor, F and E7.
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Joe talks us through the smooth transition techniques with our four new chords.
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Now that we have our new chords firmly under our fingers, Joe walks us through putting everything together with a strum pattern.
Ready for the next song? In this next lesson, Joe breaks down the chord progression for the haunting piece 'Wayfaring Stranger'.
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In this lesson, we learn the melody of the 'Wayfaring Stranger'.
Now it's time that we learn a finger picking pattern to be used over the four chords used in 'Wayfaring Stranger'.
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For the last lesson in this series we continue working on 'Wayfaring Stranger' by incorporating the vocals!
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