Trailer for the Intermediate Acoustic Guitar Course Sample lesson - Tricks in C

• Over 60 new substitute chord shapes in keys G,C,D,A,E and B 
• How to build strumming patterns around the groove + 35 usable patterns 
• 18 finger style and 30 strumming technique ideas 
• 10 licks in the style of James Taylor, John Mayer and John Martyn 
• 12 unique exercises to help you master Travis picking – great for hymns! 
• Tricks for playing any open chord in B without barre chords or capo! 
• Use 10ths & 6ths to play alternative acoustic chord voicings up the neck 
• Use ‘5’ and add9 chords for power and beauty 
• Find four different capo positions for all 12 keys 
• Play barre chords without the pain! 
• Understand Nashville numbering to transpose easily into any key 

Plus

• Daily practice backing tracks 
• How to use high strung and baritone guitars in worship
•  Acoustic guitar buyers guide 

 

Totally different material to that contained in Musicademy’s other intermediate guitar course.

3 DVD box set with 7 hours of instruction

 

The equivalent to over a year of one to one teaching Plus interviews and tips from:

• David Crowder
• Tim Hughes
• Chris Tomlin
• Brenton Brown
• Stu G (Delirious?)
• David Ruis
• Leeland
• Tim Neufeld (Starfield) and many more

 

 

Review of Intermediate Acoustic Guitar DVD from Kim Gentes (worshipmusic.com/madvdiagbs.html)
Worship leaders and acoustic guitar players need to be wary of a major illness that can infect their playing. This malady is called complacency. It comes to rest all too often on rhythm acoustic guitar players, especially worship leaders. But fortunately there is a cure. And it comes in a nice, low calorie package. It is "Intermediate Acoustic Worship Guitar". 

 

When I began watching this DVD set to help understand what it was, I quickly realized this was more than a 1 hour DVD with a few "tricks and tips". Instead, "Intermediate Acoustic Worship Guitar" is a complete, and fully featured 7 hour course that will revamp and energize your acoustic guitar skills. This is a resource that is meant for rhythm players, and especially worship leaders. In fact, much of the items covered in the course, targets common applications for worship leaders such as fresh strumming patterns for common worship song rhythms. But the DVD's do not get you bogged down into bastions of skill sets for long periods of time. Instead, like other Musicademy products, this course flows from point to point and interjects interviews, quick tips and concepts that apply to the lessons being learned. 

 

This is a true course, not just a terse summary of best ideas from a guitar guru. But because it is broken into several lessons, this DVD could be used as a weekly teacher. Plug it in for 30 -40 minutes, work through a few lessons. Then work on that for a week. Come back in a week and roll through a couple more lessons. This DVD set works well as a self-paced course that will propel a rhythm acoustic guitar player. The amount of content in the DVD set is so voluminous, you may not believe it- it is over 7 hours (yes, I said seven) of digital video content, across 3 DVDs. The content starts head-on with strumming and moves through that extensively. All the while, the instruction compliments both single instrument and band contexts. In fact, worship leaders will especially appreciate the regular tips explaining how to apply concepts and skills in the worship team/band settings. Most of the strumming patterns actually accompany a drum click pattern that helps the player understand the rhythm context for their strumming patterns being learned. 

 

Topics move on to chord voicings, complex chords, barre chords and picking techniques. Even included are specific flourishes/licks that an acoustic guitarist can learn and put in their toolkit for appropriate settings/use. At first, the DVDs don't tackle classical music terms and foundations (other than timing), but as you work through the course, you learn keys, notes and timing, even Nashville Number system information. All of this would be far too much information, if the course was not well segmented, nicely paced and easy to watch and take at your pace. 

 

While this course is definitely not for the beginning guitar player, it is going to be very effective for those who play well enough to lead worship in a local church context. It will help take those people into an entire new strata of expression on their guitars, by providing very methodical, though engaging, lessons to invigorate their playing. The details about this course are much rather seen than read, so I highly encourage you to view the important video demo that is linked to from this page. 
The bottom line- if you are a worship leader, or know a worship leader, this course is a beautiful tool that will help you and work for you in your local church bad context. If you are an acoustic player looking for a sure-fire resource to move you along to the next level- this is it! I highly encourage you to consider the Musicademy: Intermediate Acoustic Worship Guitar resource.

Who is it for?

Acoustic guitar players who have reached a threshold in their playing.

Typically competent players can play through most worship songs but use the same old chords and strumming patterns.

 

How is it different from Musicademy's other Intermediate Guitar DVDs?

Here is a detailed article describing the differences between the three Intermediate Worship Guitar DVDs.

 

What else is available to help me practice?

We have a DVD called Worship Backing Band - Musicians Practice Tracks which contains 54 worship songs that you can play along with. Practice is a lot more fun with other people! You can select to take the vocals out of the mix so you are effectively the singer with a pro band. Its like high quality worship karaoke. The DVD shows on-screen words and chords so if you play an instrument you can also play along as you sing. 

 

Will the DVDs work on my DVD player?

The DVDs are NTSC and coded Region 0 which means they will play anywhere in the world.

 

Can I get a refund if I don't like the DVDs?

Yes, you are also covered by our 100% customer satisfaction guarantee if having received the DVDs you do not feel they are right for you.