Campfire 3

Rhythms can also be played as single notes. This technique is called arpeggiating and makes the basic strumming patterns more interesting to listen and much easier to sing over. If there are 2 guitarists playing a song one of the players will almost always arpeggiate while the other strums. That was the formula used by 2 guitar bands like the Beatles and Stones throughout their careers. Because all the notes in an arpeggiated pattern are part of the same chord it is impossible to play a wrong note. The only thing that the guitarist must pay attention to is to not lose the rhythm when arpeggiating a pattern. In this level the focus is to build on the 9 basic rhythms by learning to arpeggiate them.

• Arpeggiating Technique - Warmup Exercises- Arpeggiating the chords of a "I-IV-V chord progression" in the key of A
• Arpeggiating Technique - Arpeggiating the template rhythms using an A chord
• Songs - in the style of Supertramp, Bruce Sprinsgteen, the Travelling Willburys, Jimmy Eat World

• Arpeggiating Technique - Arpeggiating the template rhythms using an Amin chord
• Harmony & Theory - 5 patterns of Blues scale
• Songs - in the style of the Eagles, the Drifters, Blue Rodeo

• Arpeggiating Technique - Arpeggiating the template rhythms using a B7 chord
• Songs - in the style of the Green Day

• Arpeggiating Technique - Warmup Exercises- Arpeggiating the chords of a "I-IV-V chord progression" in the key of C
• Arpeggiating Technique - Arpeggiating the template rhythms using a C chord
• Songs - in the style of REM, Glass Animals

• Jamming Skills - Reading a Chord Chart while Counting the 12 Bar Blues (memorizing the blues form)
• Arpeggiating Technique - Reading a Chord Chart while Counting the 12 Bar Blues (memorizing the blues form)
• Arpeggiating Technique - Reading a Chord Chart while Counting the 12 Bar Blues (memorizing the blues form)
• Songs - in the style of Norah Jones

• Arpeggiating Technique - Warmup Exercises- Arpeggiating the chords of a “I-IV-V chord progression” in the key of E
• Arpeggiating Technique - Arpeggiating the template rhythms using an E chord
• Songs - in the style of the Beatles

• Arpeggiating Technique - Arpeggiating the template rhythms using an Emin chord
• Songs - in the style of the Tom Petty

• Arpeggiating Technique - Arpeggiating the template rhythms using an F chord
• Songs - in the style of Plain White T’s, John Cougar Mellencamp

• Arpeggiating Technique - Warmup Exercises- Arpeggiating the chords of a "I-IV-V chord progression" in the key of G
• Arpeggiating Technique - Arpeggiating the template rhythms using a G chord
• Fingerpicking Technique - Travis picking using a capo
• Songs - in the style of Elton John

• Advanced Strumming Technique - "BOOT CAMP" for rhythm guitar
• Songs - in the style of Eric Clapton