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Lessons With Kaki King
Renowned guitarist Kaki King teaches musicality, altered tunings and percussive elements in her artist series.
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Renowned guitarist Kaki King teaches musicality, altered tunings and percussive elements in her artist series.
Lessons in this Series:
Lesson 1
Interview With Kaki King
To start off her artist series with JamPlay, Kaki King sits down with the JamPlay staff for an exclusive interview.
Length: 38:16 Difficulty: 0.5 Member Only
Percussive Techniques
Kaki King explains how to use the guitar as a percussive instrument.
Length: 7:26 Difficulty: 2.0 Member Only
Altering One String
Kaki King discusses changing your tuning by one note, or one half step to open up new possibilities.
Length: 7:37 Difficulty: 2.0 Member Only
Keeping A Backbeat
Kaki King explains how to keep a rhythmic backbeat on your guitar.
Length: 9:47 Difficulty: 2.0 Member Only
Fingerpicking Variations
In lesson 5, Kaki demonstrates how you can use variations on fingerpicking patterns to spice up your playing.
Length: 8:37 Difficulty: 2.0 Member OnlyLesson 6
Left and Right Hand Relationship
In lesson 6, Kaki discusses how the left and right hands can work together or independently of each other to create different timbres.
Length: 6:04 Difficulty: 2.0 Free Sample Lesson from this Series!
5/4 Time Signature
Kaki King demonstrates how to count and play the 5/4 time signature. She demonstrates how she uses this odd meter in her own playing.
Length: 9:37 Difficulty: 2.0 Member Only
Two Handed Tapping
Kaki King discusses and demonstrates a two handed tapping technique for acoustic and electric guitar.
Length: 8:18 Difficulty: 2.5 Member Only
Single Note Tapping
Kaki King demonstrates single note tapping on the electric guitar.
Length: 6:09 Difficulty: 2.0 Member Only
Pinky Development
Kaki King discusses the importance of the left hand pinky. She provides several strength building exercises.
Length: 6:34 Difficulty: 1.5 Member Only
Muted Strumming
Kaki King demonstrates how muted strumming can be used to create dynamics and depth in your playing.
Length: 10:52 Difficulty: 0.0 Member Only
Song Writing
Kaki discusses the differences between a song and an instrumental tune and how they relate to playing guitar. She goes over some techniques that will help you write either instrumental or lyric based music.
Length: 6:36 Difficulty: 0.0 Member Only
Altered Tunings
Kaki King discusses some of the reasons why you may want to experiment with altered tunings.
Length: 8:23 Difficulty: 1.5 Member Only
Combining Hands
Kaki King provides an exercise that combines a tapped bass line in the left hand and a tapped chord in the right hand.
Length: 5:32 Difficulty: 2.0 Member Only
Combining Elements
Kaki King takes a look at a few excerpts that combine most of the techniques she uses. The combination of hammer-ons, pull-offs, altered tunings and fingerstyle techniques create a sound that is unmistakably Kaki King.
Length: 9:49 Difficulty: 3.0 Member Only
Musicality and the Music Business
Kaki King provides a monologue about musicality and how it relates to the music industry. She talks about uniqueness, labels, and record contracts.
Length: 19:15 Difficulty: 0.5 Member Only
Over Neck Tapping #1
Kaki uses her song "Carmine St." as a basis to teach over the neck bass tapping. This technique is not purely for show! Learn some practical applications in this lesson.
Length: 8:27 Difficulty: 3.0 Member Only
Combining the Right Hand and Over the Neck Tapping
Kaki King takes another look at over the neck tapping. This time you'll add right hand fingerstyle technique into the mix. Once again, excerpts are taken from "Carmine St."
Length: 4:58 Difficulty: 3.0 Member Only
False Harmonics
Kaki King demonstrates how she uses "false" or artificial harmonics in her playing. She discusses where it might be appropriate to inject this technique into your own playing.
Length: 8:27 Difficulty: 2.0 Member Only
Tapped Bass Lines
Kaki King discusses how to create tapped bass lines using the over the neck tapping technique. This skill is usually associated with Michael Hedges' playing.
Length: 6:38 Difficulty: 2.5 Member Only
Basic Over-Neck Tapping
Kaki King provides a lesson an exercise to acquaint you with the process of over the neck-tapping. She slowly introduces strumming hand elements as a discussion on creating rhythmic movement between the hands.
Length: 9:04 Difficulty: 1.5 Member Only
Overcoming a Rut
In her 22nd lesson with JamPlay, Kaki King discusses plateaus and ruts. She talks about what she does to overcome these obstacles to her playing and how you might benefit from putting the guitar down for a short period of time.
Length: 8:00 Difficulty: 0.0 Member Only
Signature Riff
In lesson 23 of her artist series, Kaki King demonstrates a signature riff that she uses for transitional purposes. This riff will also help you build dexterity and strength in your fretting hand.
Length: 5:51 Difficulty: 1.5 Member Only
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