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Day One of Four
01 introduction (5:54)
02 basics (14:20)
03 strumming (24:17)
04 add the left hand (5:14)
05 thoughts on last session (1:34)
06 reading hands 1 of 2 (21:10)
07 reading hands 2 of 2 (7:36)
08 backup chords 1 of 3 (14:13)
09 backup chords 2 of 3 (19:58)
10 backup chords 3 of 3 (18:55)
11 tune your dulcimer (21:42)
12 reading paper (5:59)
13 playing in different octaves (20:26)
14 making up melodies (safe notes) 1 of 2 (21:45)
15 making up melodies (safe notes) 2 of 2 (8:29)
16 baby bluegrass (19:55)
17 how do you know which chord to use (4:35)
18 review (4:59)
19 backing tracks (2:43)
20 hand reading practice (11:13)
21 so called playing by ear (6:03)
22 practice watching guitar (6:07)
23 first day wrap-up (2:28)
Day Two of Four
24 review, practice, and new stuff 1 of 2 (19:04)
25 review, practice, and new stuff 2 of 2 (18:15)
25_3 the rolling stones, brian jones, and david schnaufer (0:41)
25_6 flat-picking level one (13:10)
26 flat-picking level two (3:52)
27 focus on technique (9:52)
28 pick-strum patterns 1 of 2 (7:35)
29 pick-strum patterns 02 of 02 (4:02)
30 left-hand fingering for single-string melody playing (4:46)
31 flat-picking level three 1 of 2 - part 1 (14:06)
31 flat-picking level three 1 of 2 - part 2 (14:02)
32 flat-picking level three 2 of 2 (17:39)
33 pick type and grip for picking vs_ strumming (6:13)
34 chord shapes introduction (3:54)
35 l-shapes (2:59)
36 l-shape fingerings (4:43)
37 gallier fingering plus some improv tricks (3:17)
38 l-shapes continued (14:21)
39 slant-shapes (9:32)
40 slant-shape fingering (3:59)
41 extended slant shapes (2:49)
42 extended-slant-shape fingering (8:16)
43 why are we learning these shapes (2:39)
44 chord shapes - the big picture (9:40)
45 a small first taste of arpeggios (16:00)
46 complex rhythms 1 of 2 (14:06)
47 complex rhythms 2 of 2 (12:23)
48 swing 1 of 2 (15:21)
49 swing 2 of 2 (9:10)
50 questions (7:22)
Day Three of Four
51 noters (19:19)
52 simple to fancy 1 of 5 (2:11)
53 accurate movement (2:28)
54 simple to fancy 2 of 5 (11:26)
55 simple to fancy 3 of 5 (20:35)
56 simple to fancy 4 of 5 (12:27)
57 simple to fancy with whiskey (3:14)
58 simple to fancy 5 of 5 (2:31)
59 more whiskey before breakfast (13:26)
60 why are we doing all this (4:49)
61 grasshopper sitting on a sweet potato vine (9:49)
62 once more to whiskey before breakfast (8:46)
63 flat-picking whiskey before breakfast (5:56)
64 basic music theory on the piano (16:23)
65 using a capo (17:04)
66 the blues (24:31)
67 advice on learning music theory (1:20)
68 one very good way to learn a tune by ear (5:19)
69 sing little diamond polka (11:29)
70 play little diamond polka (11:40)
71 final advice on playing by ear (3:30)
72 minimal chord-melody (22:26)
73 harmonies (13:46)
74 introduction to finger-picking (13:21)
75 metronome (2:04)
76 hammer-ons (6:11)
77 pull-offs (4:45)
78 end of third day wrap-up (2:02)
Day Four of Four
79 welcome to day 4 (0:39)
80 my favorite left-hand exercise (4:34)
81 right hand in the air (6:54)
82 hands on the instrument (11:38)
83 speed up (5:12)
84 slow and remove pauses (2:27)
85 quoting the exercise (4:01)
86 practice (2:11)
87 as a warm-up (3:18)
88 together one more time (0:57)
89 closing thoughts (2:41)
90 exercise handouts (2:39)
91 scales (13:31)
92 flat-picking scales (7:42)
93 vibrato (7:09)
94 arpeggios (20:34)
95 flat-picking exercise (5:28)
96 long-shorts and short-longs (6:46)
97 arpeggios wrap-up (1:21)
98 exercises wrap-up (1:42)
99 dac tuning introduction (3:40)
100 greensleeves (9:38)
101 packington's pound (13:19)
102 the almaine 1 of 2 (3:01)
103 mapping out the dac tuningf (10:58)
104 the almaine 2 of 2 part 1 (18:57)
104 the almaine 2 of 2 part 2 (20:09)
105 1-3-5 tuning introduction (11:26)
106 harmonics (11:29)
107 if she's gone let her go part 1 (18:13)
107 if she's gone let her go part 2 (16:59)
108 back to dad (0:38)
109 harp scales (10:13)
110 schnaufer slides (17:09)
111 silver bell (25:05)
42 extended-slant-shape fingering
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