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Looking to dig deeper into various acoustic styles such as acoustic blues, bluegrass, and country-blues fingerpicking? In this expansive course, David Isaacs presents us with 30 licks that will enhance our musical repertoire to help us become more well-rounded players!
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David takes us through the variety of styles he will be demonstrating and breaks down what they all have in common to make it easier to hone our skills to master these licks. As we work through each fun lick, Dave will push us to practice our improvising skills so we can use these licks in a variety of musical settings!
David Isaacs introduces us to "30 Acoustic Roots Licks You Must Know"!
7:16 Runtime
0.0 Difficulty
Let's kick off this lick series with a simple fingering pattern in the key of E!
4:49 Runtime
1.5 Difficulty
In this lesson, David takes us through this fun bluegrass lick in G where we essentially walk up the pentatonic scale.
8:31 Runtime
For this swampy lick, we will be working off of the E minor pentatonic scale.
7:00 Runtime
2.0 Difficulty
Now let's cover a great lick that utilizes a moveable bass in the melody!
5:21 Runtime
2.5 Difficulty
Let's kick up the energy with this rockin' lick in the key of A.
For this next lick we combine a few different elements; double stops, minor 3rds, major 3rds, hammer-ons, and pull-offs!
5:27 Runtime
For this lick, we work off the A five power chord.
5:18 Runtime
For this bluesy lick, we'll hone in on our fingerpicking skills.
7:49 Runtime
In this bluegrass-vibed lick, we will combine our modes to get a well-versed full sound!
7:43 Runtime
Switching gears, Dave takes us through a Boom Chick lick in the key of G.
4:14 Runtime
Let's kick up the tempo a bit with this pentatonic shuffle lick!
8:02 Runtime
Here's another Swampy lick to add to our musical toolbox, where Dave walks us through a hybrid picking technique!
8:37 Runtime
3.0 Difficulty
Switching it up to some country tones, Dave walks us through a lick that could be used for an intro to a song or a turnaround.
6:57 Runtime
Working in the A bar for this lick, Dave gives us some tips on how to incorporate some extensions.
8:04 Runtime
We move on to another stomp lick, where we focus on getting that stomp sound from the bass strings.
6:14 Runtime
For this swampy lick, we work in D minor pentatonic.
7:20 Runtime
For this lick, Dave walks us through Drop D tuning.
7:51 Runtime
In this fun shuffle lick, we find all sorts of hammer-ons and slides!
7:27 Runtime
In this lick, Dave gives us some tips and tricks regarding rhythmic playing.
6:50 Runtime
In this next "train" lick we will be in the key of A.
7:19 Runtime
Let's pick up with pass with this boom chick-paced bass lick!
7:02 Runtime
This next swampy lick we practice our fingerpicking skills.
5:10 Runtime
Dave gets us comfortable with the key of F in this next lick.
7:04 Runtime
In this next lick, we touch on fingerings that we have yet to come across in this series!
7:05 Runtime
We tackle another boom chick pace within this stride lick.
9:04 Runtime
Switching it up a bit we get into some droning elements. In this lick, Dave breaks down the definition of drone notes and how to incorporate them within this lick.
7:36 Runtime
Let's add another boom-chicka lick to our musical toolbox!
7:07 Runtime
For this lick we get back to some country vibes in the E major pentatonic.
6:27 Runtime
Let's add an upbeat swampy lick to our toolbox, where we will be working on the G form.
6:45 Runtime
For our last lick of the series, we tackle a train feel lick!
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