Learn how to "think what you play and play what you think" in Hawkeye Herman's series, Hummin' and Strummin'! Relax, visualize and tune into your best friend: your guitar!
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Have you been playing guitar for a while but feel like something is missing? Maybe it's how you connect with your instrument! Hawkeye Herman is back with his series, Hummin' and Strummin'. Hawkeye will teach you how to truly connect with your instrument using relaxation and visualization techniques, how to tune properly and how to think what you play and play what you think!
Lesson 1
Hawkeye Herman introduces his new series, Hummin' and Strummin'! Learn how to "think what you play and play what you think". Relax, visualize and connect with your best friend: your guitar!
Length: 5:18 Difficulty: 0.0 Member OnlyLesson 2
The first step in connecting with your guitar is learning good posture and learning how to relax. Join Hawkeye in this lecture style lesson as he discusses how to get comfortable and how to relax!
Length: 16:28 Difficulty: 0.5 Member OnlyLesson 3
After we've relaxed ourselves, it's time to get the instrument in tune. In this lesson, Hawkeye discusses how to properly use a digital tuner.
Length: 8:41 Difficulty: 0.5 Member OnlyLesson 4
Are you guilty of watching yourself play? Hawkeye explores this topic in this lecture style lesson and helps you break the habit!
Length: 18:33 Difficulty: 0.5 Member OnlyLesson 5
Being intentional with your instrument is one of the best ways to connect with it! Hawkeye discusses his philosophy on being intentional through visualization techniques.
Length: 12:51 Difficulty: 0.5 Member OnlyLesson 6
Join Hawkeye as he shows you how to connect with your instrument through various chordal formats and rhythmic variations.
Length: 10:19 Difficulty: 0.5 Member OnlyLesson 7
So far, Hawkeye's shown us how to connect mostly through rhythm guitar. Now, he shows us the blues scale and takes Hummin' and Strummin' in a new direction!
Length: 11:24 Difficulty: 2.0 Member OnlyLesson 8
You've already learned the minor pentatonic scale. Now, learn to connect through the major pentatonic scale - a great scale to know for country and folk songs!
Length: 8:57 Difficulty: 2.0 Member OnlyLesson 9
The ability to transpose is a must have when playing your favorite songs. In this lesson, Hawkeye shows us an easy method for transposing songs. This will help keep you on the same page with others during your jam sessions!
Length: 14:46 Difficulty: 2.0 Member OnlyLesson 10
Hawkeye wraps up his Hummin' and Strummin' series with a recap of the philosophies and concepts he's shared so far. Thanks for joining him for this series! You should now have all the tools you need to truly connect with your instrument!
Length: 13:31 Difficulty: 1.5 Member Only
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