Man, it is a beautiful day today. Hey, guys. Claude Johnson here and I am very, very excited about our new DVD course called “Acoustic

Here’s a great exercise for building-up your accuracy and speed with the finger picking. What we’ve got here is basically a really simple G chord.

Country thumb picking technique, it’s kind of like a Merle Travis, Chet Atkins thing. This isn’t really like an accurate recreation of their styles because

Now we’re going to talk about some pick rhythms using a flat pick. This is going to be a different style. I want to move

So just the same as how we took the initial, the little, simple pentatonic phrasing and we turned it into a major by doing this

Now, the key part of this is getting the rhythm andit’s not quite so much like a country picking stylewhere you have to alternate really

Check out more of Sol’s acoustic jammin…its some sweet picking and blues inspiration! Yes, I know the background is out of focus — that’s just

New Course from one of our favorite teachers — Sol Philcox. Yep, the same guy who brought us “Wicked Chicken Pickin Chops” and “Ultimate Blues