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Patra26th June 2022awesome!
Cosmin Lupu30th July 2013Thank you Gabe!
Gabriel Leopardi29th July 2013What a great lesson Cosmin! It's fantastic what you played and composed for this one. I love it.
- Cosmin Lupu22nd July 2013
Thanks man!
newguyatgmc21st July 2013Wow
- Cosmin Lupu19th July 2013
Thank you man!
- Zaek18th July 2013
Wow, beautiful.
- Cosmin Lupu18th July 2013
Thank you Piotr and Ben - @Piotr: I love the reverb styles available in there!
Piotr Kaczor18th July 2013Indeed, Ben
Fantastic sound and great composition, Cosmin! p.s. I also use a variverb vst - really cool stuff 
Ben Higgins16th July 2013Wow that sounds beautiful C-Maestro.. I didn't want it to stop !!
- Cosmin Lupu16th July 2013
thank you man!
- rsouther16th July 2013
gonna give Hedges a little attention now...again, top notch stuff
- 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..
DeGroot14th July 2013Very nice fingerstyle acoustic! Begininng reminded me of Michael Hedges... the ending atmosphere is very nice too!
BTrian14th July 2013nice one, this place needs far more fingerstyle acoustic stuff
- Cosmin Lupu14th July 2013
Gracias Javier!
Javier Aviles14th July 2013Fantastic song! like a film soundtrack
- Cosmin Lupu13th July 2013
That is a very nice compliment man
Thank you very much! - rsouther13th July 2013
Ralf Illenberger's Soleil as well, gonna have to break out the ole Narada collection soon! Well Done
- rsouther13th July 2013
Great classic 90's New Age vibe! reminds me a little of Michael Manring.
- Cosmin Lupu12th July 2013
Thank you very much djentemen!!
waynedcoville11th July 2013nice. reminds me of ani difranco and kaki king. great tone and reverb, too!
- sieg66611th July 2013
Now that was a breath of fresh air. Pleasing to the ear and very soothing.
Darius Wave11th July 2013Oh...He's slapping, using tapping making all the fretboard traffic. Very classy playing buddy...all those notes just ain't go muddy
Sinisa Cekic11th July 2013Sitting on the hotel pool, drinking Cubra libre, and listening to this beautiful song
cheers !- 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
Bogdan Radovic11th July 2013Very cool lesson Cosmin!
I love how slap and pop sound applied to the acoustic guitar.
Patrik Berg11th July 2013sounds great Cosmin
- Cosmin Lupu11th July 2013
Thank you Tom!
Hajduk11th July 2013Awesome Cosmin, great feel and sound.
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- My notes
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
Jump to start: Home or `s` , you can also click/tap the lesson part again (the numbers above player)
Go to next part: PageUP or End.
Volume: ArrowUp / ArrowDown keys
Go to any part: Number keys (combinations also possible)
Pause or play: `k` or space key
Fullscreen: `f`, esc to close
Increase / decrease speed : `+` or `-`
