Intermediate
Country: Intermediate (6 weeks)
Boom-chick rhythm, walkups and the train beat, then major pentatonic runs, pedal-steel bends, hybrid picking and chicken pickin'. For players who know their open chords and basic bends.
Week 1: Boom-chick and walkups
4 sessions
Week 1: Boom-chick and walkups
4 sessionsSession 128 min
- G-Em-C-D loopOne-minute changes80 bpm · 5 min
- Read: Boom-chick7 min
- Root and strum on C and GBoom-chick70 bpm · 8 min
- Alternating bass: G, C, G, DBoom-chick70 bpm · 8 min
Session 234 min
- G-Em-C-D loopOne-minute changes85 bpm · 5 min
- Root and strum on C and GBoom-chick80 bpm · 7 min
- Alternating bass: G, C, G, DBoom-chick80 bpm · 8 min
- 🔒 Read: Bass walkups7 min
- 🔒 Walk up G to C, walk back downBass walkups70 bpm · 7 min
Session 329 min
- Root and strum on C and GBoom-chick90 bpm · 5 min
- 🔒 Walk up G to C, walk back downBass walkups80 bpm · 8 min
- 🔒 Walk up G to D, walk back downBass walkups70 bpm · 8 min
- Alternating bass: G, C, G, DBoom-chick90 bpm · 8 min
Session 429 min
- Root and strum on C and GBoom-chick95 bpm · 5 min
- Alternating bass: G, C, G, DBoom-chick100 bpm · 8 min
- 🔒 Walk up G to D, walk back downBass walkups80 bpm · 8 min
- 🔒 Walk up G to C, walk back downBass walkups90 bpm · 8 min
Week 2: The train beat
4 sessions
Week 2: The train beat
4 sessionsSession 134 min
- Alternating bass: G, C, G, DBoom-chick100 bpm · 5 min
- 🔒 Read: The train beat7 min
- 🔒 Eighth-note train on GThe train beat70 bpm · 8 min
- 🔒 Walk up G to C, walk back downBass walkups95 bpm · 7 min
- 🔒 Walk up G to D, walk back downBass walkups90 bpm · 7 min
Session 234 min
- Root and strum on C and GBoom-chick100 bpm · 5 min
- 🔒 Eighth-note train on GThe train beat80 bpm · 8 min
- 🔒 Sixteenth-note train, G to CThe train beat60 bpm · 7 min
- Alternating bass: G, C, G, DBoom-chick110 bpm · 7 min
- 🔒 Walk up G to C, walk back downBass walkups100 bpm · 7 min
Session 328 min
- 🔒 Walk up G to D, walk back downBass walkups95 bpm · 5 min
- 🔒 Eighth-note train on GThe train beat90 bpm · 8 min
- 🔒 Sixteenth-note train, G to CThe train beat65 bpm · 8 min
- Alternating bass: G, C, G, DBoom-chick115 bpm · 7 min
Session 434 min
- Root and strum on C and GBoom-chick105 bpm · 5 min
- 🔒 Sixteenth-note train, G to CThe train beat70 bpm · 8 min
- 🔒 Eighth-note train on GThe train beat100 bpm · 8 min
- 🔒 Walk up G to D, walk back downBass walkups105 bpm · 7 min
- 🔒 Walk up G to C, walk back downBass walkups110 bpm · 6 min
Week 3: Major pentatonic runs
4 sessions
Week 3: Major pentatonic runs
4 sessionsSession 133 min
- 🔒 Eighth-note train on GThe train beat100 bpm · 5 min
- Read: The major pentatonic shape7 min
- G major pentatonic up and downThe major pentatonic shape60 bpm · 7 min
- Read: Major pentatonic licks7 min
- Open-position G runMajor pentatonic licks70 bpm · 7 min
Session 234 min
- Alternating bass: G, C, G, DBoom-chick120 bpm · 5 min
- G major pentatonic up and downThe major pentatonic shape70 bpm · 7 min
- Open-position G runMajor pentatonic licks80 bpm · 8 min
- Slide into the thirdMajor pentatonic licks70 bpm · 8 min
- 🔒 Sixteenth-note train, G to CThe train beat75 bpm · 6 min
Session 334 min
- G major pentatonic up and downThe major pentatonic shape80 bpm · 5 min
- Slide into the thirdMajor pentatonic licks80 bpm · 8 min
- Open-position G runMajor pentatonic licks90 bpm · 8 min
- A first G major phraseThe major pentatonic shape60 bpm · 7 min
- 🔒 Eighth-note train on GThe train beat110 bpm · 6 min
Session 434 min
- G major pentatonic up and downThe major pentatonic shape85 bpm · 5 min
- Open-position G runMajor pentatonic licks100 bpm · 8 min
- Slide into the thirdMajor pentatonic licks90 bpm · 8 min
- A first G major phraseThe major pentatonic shape70 bpm · 7 min
- 🔒 Walk up G to C, walk back downBass walkups115 bpm · 6 min
Week 4: Pedal-steel bends
4 sessions
Week 4: Pedal-steel bends
4 sessionsSession 144 min
- G major pentatonic up and downThe major pentatonic shape90 bpm · 5 min
- Read: Whole-step bends to pitch5 min
- Whole-step bends on G, B and eWhole-step bends to pitch60 bpm · 5 min
- 🔒 Read: Pedal-steel bends8 min
- 🔒 Bend one note, hold the otherPedal-steel bends60 bpm · 8 min
- Open-position G runMajor pentatonic licks105 bpm · 7 min
- Slide into the thirdMajor pentatonic licks95 bpm · 6 min
Session 234 min
- Open-position G runMajor pentatonic licks110 bpm · 5 min
- 🔒 Bend one note, hold the otherPedal-steel bends65 bpm · 8 min
- 🔒 Steel lick resolving to GPedal-steel bends60 bpm · 8 min
- 🔒 Sixteenth-note train, G to CThe train beat80 bpm · 7 min
- Alternating bass: G, C, G, DBoom-chick125 bpm · 6 min
Session 334 min
- Slide into the thirdMajor pentatonic licks100 bpm · 5 min
- 🔒 Steel lick resolving to GPedal-steel bends70 bpm · 8 min
- 🔒 Bend one note, hold the otherPedal-steel bends70 bpm · 8 min
- Open-position G runMajor pentatonic licks115 bpm · 7 min
- 🔒 Eighth-note train on GThe train beat115 bpm · 6 min
Session 434 min
- G major pentatonic up and downThe major pentatonic shape90 bpm · 5 min
- 🔒 Bend one note, hold the otherPedal-steel bends75 bpm · 8 min
- 🔒 Steel lick resolving to GPedal-steel bends80 bpm · 8 min
- 🔒 Walk up G to D, walk back downBass walkups115 bpm · 7 min
- Slide into the thirdMajor pentatonic licks105 bpm · 6 min
Week 5: Hybrid picking
4 sessions
Week 5: Hybrid picking
4 sessionsSession 134 min
- Open-position G runMajor pentatonic licks115 bpm · 5 min
- 🔒 Read: Hybrid-picking rhythm7 min
- 🔒 Pick the bass, pluck the topHybrid-picking rhythm70 bpm · 8 min
- 🔒 Read: Hybrid-picking licks7 min
- 🔒 Banjo roll over G and CHybrid-picking licks70 bpm · 7 min
Session 234 min
- 🔒 Steel lick resolving to GPedal-steel bends85 bpm · 5 min
- 🔒 Pick the bass, pluck the topHybrid-picking rhythm80 bpm · 8 min
- 🔒 Pick and pluck with bass walksHybrid-picking rhythm70 bpm · 8 min
- 🔒 Banjo roll over G and CHybrid-picking licks80 bpm · 7 min
- 🔒 Bend one note, hold the otherPedal-steel bends80 bpm · 6 min
Session 334 min
- 🔒 Pick the bass, pluck the topHybrid-picking rhythm90 bpm · 5 min
- 🔒 Banjo roll over G and CHybrid-picking licks90 bpm · 8 min
- 🔒 Cascading lick in AHybrid-picking licks60 bpm · 8 min
- 🔒 Pick and pluck with bass walksHybrid-picking rhythm80 bpm · 7 min
- 🔒 Sixteenth-note train, G to CThe train beat85 bpm · 6 min
Session 434 min
- 🔒 Pick the bass, pluck the topHybrid-picking rhythm100 bpm · 5 min
- 🔒 Cascading lick in AHybrid-picking licks70 bpm · 8 min
- 🔒 Pick and pluck with bass walksHybrid-picking rhythm90 bpm · 8 min
- 🔒 Banjo roll over G and CHybrid-picking licks100 bpm · 7 min
- 🔒 Steel lick resolving to GPedal-steel bends90 bpm · 6 min
Week 6: Chicken pickin'
4 sessions
Week 6: Chicken pickin'
4 sessionsSession 134 min
- 🔒 Pick the bass, pluck the topHybrid-picking rhythm105 bpm · 5 min
- 🔒 Read: Chicken pickin'8 min
- 🔒 Scratch and snap in AChicken pickin'70 bpm · 8 min
- 🔒 Cascading lick in AHybrid-picking licks80 bpm · 7 min
- 🔒 Banjo roll over G and CHybrid-picking licks105 bpm · 6 min
Session 234 min
- Open-position G runMajor pentatonic licks120 bpm · 5 min
- 🔒 Scratch and snap in AChicken pickin'80 bpm · 8 min
- 🔒 Sixteenth-note cluck lineChicken pickin'60 bpm · 8 min
- 🔒 Pick and pluck with bass walksHybrid-picking rhythm100 bpm · 7 min
- 🔒 Steel lick resolving to GPedal-steel bends95 bpm · 6 min
Session 334 min
- 🔒 Banjo roll over G and CHybrid-picking licks110 bpm · 5 min
- 🔒 Sixteenth-note cluck lineChicken pickin'70 bpm · 8 min
- 🔒 Scratch and snap in AChicken pickin'90 bpm · 8 min
- 🔒 Cascading lick in AHybrid-picking licks90 bpm · 7 min
- 🔒 Sixteenth-note train, G to CThe train beat90 bpm · 6 min
Session 434 min
- 🔒 Pick the bass, pluck the topHybrid-picking rhythm115 bpm · 5 min
- 🔒 Scratch and snap in AChicken pickin'100 bpm · 8 min
- 🔒 Sixteenth-note cluck lineChicken pickin'75 bpm · 8 min
- 🔒 Cascading lick in AHybrid-picking licks95 bpm · 7 min
- 🔒 Pick and pluck with bass walksHybrid-picking rhythm110 bpm · 6 min