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Stevie Wonder Lesson | Classical and Bluegrass Exercises

May 6, 2015 by Jeremy Casey Leave a Comment

Stevie Wonder’s Master Blaster (Jammin’) has always been a personal favorite of mine. Stevie’s take on reggae has a combination of great horn parts over an unforgettable groove. Justin Sandercoe has created a guitar arrangement for the song that becomes a really fun lesson to play around with.

Bluegrass Speed: Learn how to utilize crosspicking to play up tempo flatpicking licks. Jake Stephens will show you how to pick through chord shapes using a down-down-up or alternate picking pattern.

Classical Guitar Exercises: Our first practice session on playing tremolos will teach the basics of this essential technique. By playing a note three times in a row on the same string, you can create a shimmering sound.  In our follow up video, we’ll use a planting technique to develop more speed and control with tremolos.

Let us know if you saw any other great lessons around the web this week.

Filed Under: acoustic guitar, guitar lesson, new free lesson Tagged With: bluegrass, classical guitar

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