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Take a minute to review the course lessons from our Yvette Young Course. Filmed in 4k and delivered in 1080p video quality, this course is a JamPlay exclusive and can't be found anywhere else.
This course offers 25 lessons covering 3+ hours of material in
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Series Introduction
Welcome to Yvette Young's series! Join Yvette as she gets creative with open tunings.
3:16 Runtime
0.5 Difficulty
Open Tunings
While this course will primarily focus on the tuning, DADF#AE, there are a lot of other options out there. In this lesson, Yvette introduces just a handful of those tunings.
9:53 Runtime
1.5 Difficulty
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Right Hand Dexterity Exercise
Yvette teaches a right hand exercise that doesn't require much thought, but will help build the endurance and muscle memory necessary for fast, controlled fingerpicking.
7:29 Runtime
1.5 Difficulty
Left Hand Dexterity Exercise
Now that you're right hand is more limber and controlled, it's time to work on the left hand. This left hand exercise will walk through the D-Scale, working on muscle memory and getting more familiar with fretboard in this tuning.
3:52 Runtime
2.0 Difficulty
Right Hand Triplet Exercise
Learn another passive, muscle memory building exercise that will work on speed and coordination between your thumb and your fingers.
3:40 Runtime
2.0 Difficulty
Triplets in D Major
Continuing on with a triplet fingerpicking pattern, Yvette brings in the fretting hand and plays the triplets over a D Major scale.
3:30 Runtime
2.0 Difficulty
Fretboard Movement
In this lesson, Yvette takes a look at the two different forms of movement around the fretboard, horizontal and vertical.
3:19 Runtime
2.0 Difficulty
Shibuya - Fingerstyle Riff
Learn a riff from Yvette's song, Shibuya. This riff involves complex shapes with fingerpicking and a moving bass line.
5:59 Runtime
2.5 Difficulty
Two-Handed Tapping
As guitarists, we never have enough fingers. As Yvette demonstrates in this lesson, two-handed tapping is a great way to create a flurry of notes that simply can't be achieved any other way.
6:32 Runtime
2.5 Difficulty
Tap Pull-Offs
Tap pull-offs are a useful tool for expanding and filling out your sound. Join Yvette as she walks through her approach to this technique and teaches a riff that utilizes it.
2:47 Runtime
3.0 Difficulty
Two-Handed Tap Melody
Building off of what we've learned so far with two-handed tapping, Yvette teaches a new melodic idea in this lesson.
4:43 Runtime
3.0 Difficulty
Tap Slides
Tap slides are a very useful tool for adding fluidity to your runs. Join Yvette as she shows how to effectively utilize this cool technique.
7:02 Runtime
3.0 Difficulty
Practice Technique: Chunking
Coming from a background in classical music, Yvette has mastered the art of practicing. In this lesson she teaches a very useful tool for effective practice. We'll be using this technique throughout the remainder of the course, so pay attention!
3:36 Runtime
1.0 Difficulty
Shibuya - Staccato Tapping
In this lesson, Yvette breaks down a staccato tapping riff from her song, Shibuya.
7:37 Runtime
3.0 Difficulty
Advanced Tapping
This lesson expands on the tapping techniques Yvette's demonstrated so far in the course by blending them with fingerpicking, to create beautiful, complex melodies.
7:23 Runtime
3.0 Difficulty
Writing in Odd Time
If you've ever feel stuck coming up with new riffs or melodies, changing the time signature can be a great way to get the creative juices flowing. Join Yvette as she explores this concept.
6:20 Runtime
3.0 Difficulty
Odd Time Riff
Yvette teaches a fun riff with a blend of tapping and fingerstyle over an odd, changing meter.
8:29 Runtime
3.0 Difficulty
Tap Flourishes
Time to give those fingers a work out! In this lesson, Yvette teaches and demonstrates tap flourshes that require some serious coordination.
7:37 Runtime
3.0 Difficulty
The Technique Toolkit
In this lesson, Yvette walks through the way she approaches songwriting and utilizing various techniques to create engaging dynamics and texture in your creations.
9:45 Runtime
2.0 Difficulty
Tapping on Acoustic
Tapping on acoustic is typically much harder than on electric. In this lesson, Yvette explains and demonstrates her approach to this technique.
6:06 Runtime
2.5 Difficulty
Writer's Block
Sometimes you just don't know where to go next in a song. While there's no magic bullet, Yvette shares some tools that have helped her break out of a creative funk.
9:24 Runtime
1.5 Difficulty
Singing and Playing
Singing and playing doesn't have to be as hard as it seems. In this lesson, Yvette demonstrates some tricks to help you master this intimidating skill.
5:54 Runtime
2.0 Difficulty
Song Lesson: Blossom
Sit down with Yvette and take a look at her song, Blossom. Drawing upon many of the techniques she's taught in this course, this song utilizes fingerpicking, slides and harmonics in the context of a beautiful, flowing melody, supported by easy harmonies.
18:47 Runtime
3.0 Difficulty
Song Lesson: Nautilus
Join Yvette as she walks through the song Nautilus. This track is a great exercise in tapping and contains a number of riffs that should be familiar from the series.
13:34 Runtime
3.0 Difficulty
Song Lesson: Shibuya
This song has made it's way into at least a couple of the lessons in the series, but in this lesson we're going to take a comprehensive look at it and break it into manageable chunks.
15:52 Runtime
3.0 Difficulty
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