Slap/Pop Dreamy Acoustic Workshop Lesson

- Hajduk11th July 2013
  Awesome Cosmin, great feel and sound.
- Cosmin Lupu11th July 2013
  Thank you Tom!
- Patrik Berg11th July 2013
  sounds great Cosmin
- Bogdan Radovic11th July 2013
  Very cool lesson Cosmin!
  I love how slap and pop sound applied to the acoustic guitar.
- Cosmin Lupu11th July 2013
  Thank you Bogdan and Patrik! @Bogdan - it's something I wanted to try for a loooong time, but never had the opportunity
- Sinisa Cekic11th July 2013
  Sitting on the hotel pool, drinking Cubra libre, and listening to this beautiful song
  
  cheers !
- Darius Wave11th July 2013
  Oh...He's slapping, using tapping making all the fretboard traffic. Very classy playing buddy...all those notes just ain't go muddy
- sieg66611th July 2013
  Now that was a breath of fresh air. Pleasing to the ear and very soothing.
- waynedcoville11th July 2013
  nice. reminds me of ani difranco and kaki king. great tone and reverb, too!
- Cosmin Lupu12th July 2013
  Thank you very much djentemen!!
- rsouther13th July 2013
  Great classic 90's New Age vibe! reminds me a little of Michael Manring.
- rsouther13th July 2013
  Ralf Illenberger's Soleil as well, gonna have to break out the ole Narada collection soon! Well Done
- Cosmin Lupu13th July 2013
  That is a very nice compliment man Thank you very much!
- Javier Aviles14th July 2013
  Fantastic song! like a film soundtrack
- Cosmin Lupu14th July 2013
  Gracias Javier!
- BTrian14th July 2013
  nice one, this place needs far more fingerstyle acoustic stuff
- DeGroot14th July 2013
  Very nice fingerstyle acoustic! Begininng reminded me of Michael Hedges... the ending atmosphere is very nice too!
- Cosmin Lupu15th July 2013
  Thank you BTrain and DG! Michael Hedges was actually the one who started it all back in the 80s with this whole acoustic thing, out of what I know..
- rsouther16th July 2013
  gonna give Hedges a little attention now...again, top notch stuff
- Cosmin Lupu16th July 2013
  thank you man!
- Ben Higgins16th July 2013
  Wow that sounds beautiful C-Maestro.. I didn't want it to stop !!
- Piotr Kaczor18th July 2013
  Indeed, Ben Fantastic sound and great composition, Cosmin! p.s. I also use a variverb vst - really cool stuff
- Cosmin Lupu18th July 2013
  Thank you Piotr and Ben - @Piotr: I love the reverb styles available in there!
- Zaek18th July 2013
  Wow, beautiful.
- Cosmin Lupu19th July 2013
  Thank you man!
- newguyatgmc21st July 2013
  Wow
- Cosmin Lupu22nd July 2013
  Thanks man!
- Gabriel Leopardi29th July 2013
  What a great lesson Cosmin! It's fantastic what you played and composed for this one. I love it.
- Cosmin Lupu30th July 2013
  Thank you Gabe!

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- Tags: Slap, Pop, Acoustic, Alternate picking
Hello there GMC'ers!

Today's lesson is dedicated to a wide variety of acoustic techniques, combining a lot of dynamics and melodies to create a great atmosphere using just an acoustic guitar.

I will let the lesson take you into this amazing world of acoustic playing and recommend you to search and listen to players such as Andy McKee, Antoine DuFour, Mike Dawes or Michael Hedges and John Gomm - essential players for anyone who wants to dive into a complete listening experience regarding this style.

If you master this lesson, you will become more proficient at:

- slap and pop
- finger picking - Merle Travis style
- taping
- finger strumming
- alternate picking
- hybrid picking
- chords
- building nice melodic lines using the natural minor scale
- shifting time signatures

Here are the tech specs:

Homework included: Improvisation assignment - check out Part 11 of the lesson!

Tempo: 120 BPM

Scale: D minor

Tuning: Standard D - D G C F A D

Time signature: 4/4, 6/8

Tone settings:

- Acoustic guitar straight into the soundboard

Effects:

- DAW added reverb/delay over all the sections (Variverb pluggin)

Guitar: Yamaha 1979 FG 365 S

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