Intro to the Pluck and Chuck Guitar Series

Welcome to this series that explores a new percussive style of finger picking that can really spice up your playing.

We will explore a number of popular songs as well as go into advanced finger style guitar technique, exploring multi-voice improvisation and complex groove expansions. The songs of many artists including John Mayer, Jason Mraz, and about a dozen other artists will be explored in this series and used for inspiration in further creative ventures.

If you want tabs, tips and other lessons, click the link to the Pluck and Chuck Guitar Series page on my website:
http://jonmichaelswift.com/lessons/vi...

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0:00 Intro Sketch (written by Niall Carmichael)

1:38 How the series is constructed

4:00 What the series will cover

4:33 Explanation of "Chuck" techniques

6:05 Basic plucking exercise

7:36 Intro to thumb slaps

9:09 "The Single Chuck"

10:28 Tips on how to make your chucks really really good ; )

13:19 Picking hand extension exercise

16:19 Digitization - Digitacion en Espanol XD
AKA which fingers to train and when to use them

18:41 A Brief History of Pluck and Chuck Guitar

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