LESSONS
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Acoustic Series 1 - Lesson 1
During this series you will be taught and directed by the legendary 'Whitesnake' guitarist, Micky Moody. Throughtout the lessons he'll demonstrate valuable riffs, licks and ideas across a number of styles, including; Bluegrass, Blues, slide and will demonstrate some of his own work using unusual tuning methods. He will demonstrate some of the methods he uses and goes into detail as to slide and picking techniques This series is perfect for the seasoned guitarist - so bring your bottleneck, capo and don't worry - you're in good hands with Micky Moody
Acoustic Series 1 - Lesson 2
Micky demonstrates another piece in Open G tuning, but this time bring your slide. This is a lesson ideal for those who want to learn a little more about Open G. Micky will show you a merge between a Bluegrass and a blues piece; showing you certain licks and techniques to get you going, including slide and finger picking techniques. At the end, he'll show you a little blues in the style of Robert Johnson and you'll get to see what Micky is like before and after coffee.
Acoustic Series 1 - Lesson 3
In this lesson legend, Micky Moody, heats it up with one of his favourite tunings - DADGAD. He demonstrates a great rhythmic piece to challenge your fingers and move you on to the next level. Micky will show you how to control the basic tuning of DADGAD and demonstrate some licks as well as going into some detail regarding the picking technique.
Acoustic Series 1 - Lesson 4
Micky is back with his slide in this lesson and is taking things slow and easy. He demonstrates a non-standard tuning called E-Fifth in order to allow you to build up your knowledge of tuning styles. It is a really atmospheric tuning and great played fast or slow. He demonstrates some licks and goes into detail with the picking. This is a great mellow piece, which is good for the elementary slide guitarist, to build up those slide skills.
Acoustic Series 1 - Lesson 5
In this lesson Micky is back with his Resonator guitar in Open D tuning, it is a good job, because this tuning is fantastic and extremely popular with slide guitarists. Micky demonstrates a really nice bluesy piece, with an East Coast, Red River Bluesy twang. As with the other lessons he demonstrates some of the key licks and goes into detail as to the picking technique he uses. It has a nice relaxed turnaround, which sounds brilliant, and he'll show you how to keep a slide in tune and give some insight into fretting notes behind the slide.
Acoustic Series 1 - Lesson 6
Micky will take you through C Second tuning, a quite unusual tuning which requires quite heavy strings for the full effect. This particular lesson is definitely not for the squeamish however it has a very gentle and quirky melody for you to get your fingers around. Micky provides some context regarding the tuning as well as some ideas for you to develop. As ever, he explores the picking techniques and shows some of the methods he uses in his playing. Micky looks forward to seeing you all in the future lessons, and urges you to "keep playing, annoy everybody!"
Acoustic Series 1 - Tone & Gear
In this final video on the series, Micky gives a little tour of all of his kit he has been using in the past six lessons. He shows his resonator guitar, his acoustic and demonstrates some of the techniques he uses regarding picking. He talks a little about the tunings he uses and goes into some detail as to his amp settings which he uses to get the lovely sound you have enjoyed in the previous lessons.
