Acoustic Series

In this acoustic guitar lesson series, instructor Mike Walker demonstrates the style of acoustic playing. Here, you will learn everything from fingerpicking lessons, to strumming, to slapping and tapping on acoustic guitar, to concepts of flamenco ideas, to claws style playing, to drop D tuning, and more.

5.5 Hours

143 Lessons

Taught by

Mike Dugan

Mike Walker

Course Content

All Topics

Topic1

Mike Walker

Guitar Lessons / Style/Genre (Backup) / Acoustic Series

Foundations

00:00:0000:27:24

Acoustic Series-Introduction and Basics

Anatomy of Acoustic Guitar

Major Chord, Whole, and Half Note

Right Hand Claw Style

Difficulty

Completed

Topic2

Mike Walker

Guitar Lessons / Style/Genre (Backup) / Acoustic Series

Acoustic Series-Introduction and Basics

00:00:0000:03:50

Introduction and Basics

Prerequisites

Practice Routines

Difficulty

Completed

Topic3

Mike Walker

Guitar Lessons / Style/Genre (Backup) / Acoustic Series

Acoustic Series-Week 1

00:00:0000:11:18

Anatomy of Acoustic Guitar

Right Hand Exercise and Nothing Else Matters

9 Open Chords

G and Cadd9 Chords and Every Rose Has Its Thorn

Difficulty

Completed

Topic4

Mike Walker

Guitar Lessons / Style/Genre (Backup) / Acoustic Series

Acoustic Series-Week 2

00:00:0000:07:15

Evolution of Acoustic Guitar

Right Hand Exercise Variation

Major Chord Review and Song Hey Joe

Whole and Half Note Strums

Difficulty

Completed

Topic5

Mike Walker

Guitar Lessons / Style/Genre (Backup) / Acoustic Series

Acoustic Series-Week 3

00:00:0000:05:01

Right Hand Claw Style

Minor Chords and Quarter and Eighth Note Strumming

Difficulty

Completed

Topic6

Mike Walker

Guitar Lessons / Style/Genre (Backup) / Acoustic Series

Acoustic Series-Week 4

00:00:0000:07:28

12 String Guitar

Four String Fingerpicking

F major Chord

Brown Eyed Girl

Combining Patterns

Difficulty

Completed

Topic7

Mike Walker

Guitar Lessons / Style/Genre (Backup) / Acoustic Series

Finger Picking & Intermediate Chords

00:00:0000:27:54

Fingerpicking Foundations

Slash Chords and Finger Picking

Open Dominant Chords and Use of Capo

Difficulty

Completed

Topic8

Mike Walker

Guitar Lessons / Style/Genre (Backup) / Acoustic Series

Acoustic Series-Week 5

00:00:0000:06:20

Nylon String Guitar

Five String Finger Picking Exercise

Slash Chords

Wonderful Tonight

Difficulty

Completed

Topic9

Mike Walker

Guitar Lessons / Style/Genre (Backup) / Acoustic Series

Acoustic Series-Week 6

00:00:0000:06:11

Review

Triplet and Sixteenth Note Strum

Difficulty

Completed

Topic10

Mike Walker

Guitar Lessons / Style/Genre (Backup) / Acoustic Series

Acoustic Series-Week 7

00:00:0000:09:55

6 String Fingerpicking

Open Dominant Chords

Using a Capo

Hotel California Strum

Difficulty

Completed

Topic11

Mike Walker

Guitar Lessons / Style/Genre (Backup) / Acoustic Series

Acoustic Series-Week 8

00:00:0000:09:52

Travis Picking 1

Chords using Travis Picking 1

Blackbird

Difficulty

Completed

Topic12

Mike Walker

Guitar Lessons / Style/Genre (Backup) / Acoustic Series

Travis Picking

00:00:0000:57:24

Review - I

Travis Picking - I

Travis Picking with Alternate Bass

Rhythm Variants and Songs

Difficulty

Completed

Topic13

Mike Walker

Guitar Lessons / Style/Genre (Backup) / Acoustic Series

Acoustic Series-Week 9

00:00:0000:06:38

Travis Picking Part 1 on 6th and 4th Strings

Arpeggiating-House of the Rising Sun

Difficulty

Completed

Topic14

Mike Walker

Guitar Lessons / Style/Genre (Backup) / Acoustic Series

Acoustic Series-Week 10

00:00:0000:08:34

Travis Picking 2

Dust in the Wind Intro

Arpeggiation-Civil War

Difficulty

Completed

Topic15

Mike Walker

Guitar Lessons / Style/Genre (Backup) / Acoustic Series

Acoustic Series-Week 11

00:00:0000:01:48

Travis Picking 2 on 6th and 4th Strings

Open 7th Chords Blues Switches

Strum-Combining Note Durations

Difficulty

Completed

Topic16

Mike Walker

Guitar Lessons / Style/Genre (Backup) / Acoustic Series

Acoustic Series-Week 12

00:00:0000:02:01

Review Lessons 7 through 11

Difficulty

Completed

Topic17

Mike Walker

Guitar Lessons / Style/Genre (Backup) / Acoustic Series

Acoustic Series-Week 13

00:00:0000:06:52

Travis 1-Alternate Bass

Alternate Bass with Open Chords

Song Example-Folsom Blues Prison

Difficulty

Completed

Topic18

Mike Walker

Guitar Lessons / Style/Genre (Backup) / Acoustic Series

Acoustic Series-Week 14

00:00:0000:08:11

Combining Strum and Arpeggiating

Travis Picking 2-Alternate Bass

Moving an E Chord

Song-Wish You Were Here

Difficulty

Completed

Topic19

Mike Walker

Guitar Lessons / Style/Genre (Backup) / Acoustic Series

Acoustic Series-Week 15

00:00:0000:11:01

Back beat on 2 and 4

Landslide 1

Moving an A minor Chord

Playing in Open G Major Chord Region

Difficulty

Completed

Topic20

Mike Walker

Guitar Lessons / Style/Genre (Backup) / Acoustic Series

Acoustic Series-Week 16

00:00:0000:06:11

6-8 Time Signature

Romanza Part 1

Movable D Chord

Difficulty

Completed

Topic21

Mike Walker

Guitar Lessons / Style/Genre (Backup) / Acoustic Series

Acoustic Series-Week 17

00:00:0000:04:41

Introduction

Finishing Romanza

Landslide 2

Technique-Leyenda

Difficulty

Completed

Topic22

Mike Walker

Guitar Lessons / Style/Genre (Backup) / Acoustic Series

Classical Techniques and Advanced Skills

00:00:0000:29:48

6-8 Time Signature and Song: Romanza

Technique: Tremolo

E Minor 9 Moving Root

Polyphonic Technique and Rhiannon

Difficulty

Completed

Topic23

Mike Walker

Guitar Lessons / Style/Genre (Backup) / Acoustic Series

Acoustic Series-Week 18 Review

00:00:0000:02:26

Review

Difficulty

Completed

Topic24

Mike Walker

Guitar Lessons / Style/Genre (Backup) / Acoustic Series

Acoustic Series-Week 19

00:00:0000:04:33

Technique-Tremolo

Leyenda using Tremolo Technique

Difficulty

Completed

Topic25

Mike Walker

Guitar Lessons / Style/Genre (Backup) / Acoustic Series

Acoustic Series-Week 20

00:00:0000:10:48

Classical Romance

Movable D and F Chords

Suspended Chords

Difficulty

Completed

Topic26

Mike Walker

Guitar Lessons / Style/Genre (Backup) / Acoustic Series

Acoustic Series-Week 21

00:00:0000:06:11

D Minor Classical Riff-Part 1

E Minor 9 Moving Root

Difficulty

Completed

Topic27

Mike Walker

Guitar Lessons / Style/Genre (Backup) / Acoustic Series

Movable Chords and Strumming

00:00:0000:09:40

Introduction to Technique: Leyenda

Review - III

Difficulty

Completed

Topic28

Mike Walker

Guitar Lessons / Style/Genre (Backup) / Acoustic Series

Acoustic Series-Week 22

00:00:0000:06:38

Barre Chords

Barre Chords with Alternate Bass

D Minor Classical Riff-Part 2

Difficulty

Completed

Topic29

Mike Walker

Guitar Lessons / Style/Genre (Backup) / Acoustic Series

Acoustic Series-Week 23

00:00:0000:08:12

Polyphonic Technique

Rhiannon

Difficulty

Completed

Topic30

Mike Walker

Guitar Lessons / Style/Genre (Backup) / Acoustic Series

Acoustic Series-Week 24 (January)

00:00:0000:00:00

Difficulty

Completed

Topic31

Mike Walker

Guitar Lessons / Style/Genre (Backup) / Acoustic Series

Level 7

00:00:0000:13:56

Movable D and F Chords

Barre Chords and Riffs

Difficulty

Completed

What you’ll learn

Master various acoustic guitar styles demonstrated by instructor Mike Walker, including fingerpicking, strumming, slapping, tapping, and flamenco techniques.

Develop proficiency in advanced concepts such as claw-style playing and drop D tuning to expand your acoustic guitar repertoire.

Gain a comprehensive understanding of acoustic guitar techniques, enabling you to express yourself

By the end:

Confidently play and switch between chords and songs!