Acoustic Slap & Rhythm Lesson

Acoustic Slap & Rhythm

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  • Hey everybody!

    This is an acoustic song in D minor.

    I tuned my guitar in DADGAD.
    This tuning is used by a lot of acoustic guitar players such as like Michael Hedges, Andy McKee, Kaki King and many others.

    Basically this song is a combination of slap and fingerstyle rhythms but in a certain part of the song I pull the headstock of my guitar to create a nice crashed sound.

    I recorded it with the Zoom A3 pedal, plugged straight in my audio interface.

    Hope you guys dig it!

    Guitar : Ibanez AW3000

    Equipment : Zoom A3 plugged into my audio interface M-Audio Profire610.

    Tempo : 100 bpm

    Signature : 4/4

    Tuning : DADGAD

    Chord progression :

    | Dm | / |
    | F | / |
    | Bbsus2 | F |
    | Edim7 Dm | F Bbsus2 |
    | Gm F/A | Bbsus2 C |
    | Dm | / |
    | Dm | / |
    | Dm Gm | Bsus2 C |
    | Dm Gm | Bsus2 C |
    | Dm Gm | Bsus2 C |
    | Dm Gm | Bsus2 C |
    | Dm Gm | Bsus2 C |
    | Dm Gm | Bsus2 C |
    | Dm Gm | Bsus2 C |
    | Dm Gm | Bsus2 C |
    | Bbsus2 | C |
    | Dm | / |

    Key signature : D minor

    Techniques used :

    - Fingerstyle
    - Slap
    - Tapping
    - Artificial Harmonics

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