Description

This updated book and DVD set is ideal for guitarists who have grasped the fundamentals and are eager to progress further. Discover a range of techniques from harmonics and funk strumming to swing, Celtic, bluegrass, and Delta blues genres. Gain proficiency in the higher positions of the fretboard through major scales, triads, and pentatonic scales. Explore alternate tunings and practice examples inspired by the greats. The new DVD features guitar virtuoso Jared Meeker, who provides crucial demonstrations and performances. If you have finished Beginning Acoustic Guitar or consider yourself an advanced beginner, Intermediate Acoustic Guitar will elevate your skills to the next level.

Second Edition Features

* Revised examples reflecting the styles of acoustic guitar legends

* Newly added companion DVD showcasing the examples presented in the book

* Enhanced guidance on acoustic guitar techniques and theory, including flatpicking, fingerstyle, and strumming techniques.

Songs / Content

• Introduction
• Chapter 1-Reading Music And Tablature (TAB)
• Lesson 1: Pitch
• Lesson 2: Time
• Lesson 3: Tablature
• Part One-Styles and Techniques
• Chapter 2-New Colors and Textures
• Lesson 1: Flatpicking Arpeggios
• Love and Trains
• Lesson 2: Suspended Chords
• Suspension Bridge
• Not a Solution, Just a Suspension
• Lesson 3: Add9 Chords
• Make Mine Add9
• Lesson 4: Movable Dominant 7th Chords
• Lesson 5: Harmonics
• The Bells of Whimsy
• Crystal Chords
• Lesson 6: Tuning with Harmonics
• Lesson 7: Slides
• Lesson 8: Bending Strings and Vibrato
• Chapter 3-New Grooves and Styles
• Lesson 1: Acoustic Funk Strumming
• Funk on the Cue-Stick Tip
• Lesson 2: Acoustic Funk Split Strumming
• Lesson 3: Creating a Monster Funk Groove
• Dancing with Mr. Neckbolts (The Funkmonster)
• Lesson 4: A Taste of Swing
• Still A Minor at 32
• Still A Minor at 32 (Souped-Up Hep-Cat Version)
• Lesson 5: The Grooves of New Orleans
• Elysian Fields Boogaloo
• Lesson 6: Modern Celtic Rhythm Guitar
• The Rocky Road to the Foggy Cliffs of Erin's Green Shamrock Shore
• Lesson 7: Old-Time Guitar-The Roots of Bluegrass
• Down in the Willow Garden
• Lesson 8: Bluegrass Part 1-Flatpicking a Fiddle Tune
• Red-Haired Boy
• Lesson 9: Bluegrass Part 2-Backup and Lead
• This Hammer's Too Heavy (Bluegrass Backup)
• This Hammer's Too Heavy (Bluegrass Lead)
• Lesson 10: Delta Blues
• Baby Blue Blues
• Part Two-Going up the Neck
• Chapter 4-Pentatonic Possibilities
• Lesson 1: Reviewing the Chromatic Scale, Major Scale, and Intervals
• Lesson 2: Rule the Fretboard in Five Notes-Major Pentatonic Scale Sliding Fingering
• Let It Breathe
• Slip and Slide Jam
• Lesson 3: Blurring the Line Between Rhythm and Lead
• Soul Meeting
• Flip Flop Stroll
• Lesson 4: The Minor Pentatonic Sliding Fingering
• The Shifty Shuffle
• Why the Long Face?
• Chapter 5-Mapping the Fretboard in Boxes
• Lesson 1: The Five Positions of the Minor Pentatonic Scale
• Return of the Son of Still A Minor at 32
• Lesson 2: The Five Positions of the Major Pentatonic Scale
• Lesson 3: Using the Pentatonic Scales to Play the 8-Bar Blues
• Eight Ball in the Corner Blues (Solo 1)
• Eight Ball in the Corner Blues (Solo 2)
• Eight Ball in the Corner Blues (Solo 3)
• Chapter 6-Harmony
• Lesson 1: Major Triads up the Neck
• Windchimes and Bottlecaps
• Lesson 2: Minor Triads up the Neck
• Lesson 3: Triads in Reggae
• Skanking The Triads
• Lesson 4: The Five Major Triad Block Forms
• Lesson 5: Harmony for Writing and Arranging
• Lesson 6: Double Stops
• Oaxaca Juan's Waltz
• 6th Sense
• Part Three-Alternate Tunings
• Chapter 7-Introducing Alternate Tunings
• Lesson 1: Getting Creative with Open Strings
• Spare Change for a New Chord
• Shufflin' Succotash
• Lesson 2: Drop D Tuning
• Man of Intermittent Malaise
• Lesson 3: Double Drop D Tuning
• Free Cinnamon Buns in Paris
• Sprinkles and Jimmies
• Lesson 4: Open G Tuning
• Bats in the Barrelhouse
• Lesson 5: Open D Tuning
• Don't Tell Mum