36 Acoustic Licks
Add style and spice to your acoustic guitar solos
36 Acoustic Licks is an acoustic guitar licks course taught by Steve Stine, GuitarZoom's Master Instructor. You learn country, rockabilly, bluegrass, blues and fingerpicking licks, plus chord embellishments, walking bass lines and ideas in the style of well-known songs. The course has 51 video lessons, about 2.5 hours in total, in seven sections with a 28-page PDF book.
What 36 Acoustic Licks is about
Steve breaks every skill into simple steps you can follow. In these videos, he introduces the course, teaches a James Taylor style slide lick, and walks through the key of G.
Course intro: 36 Acoustic Licks - Introduction · 1:30
Free preview lesson: James Taylor Style Slide Lick · 3:27
Free preview lesson: Walking Through the Key of G · 2:06
Is 36 Acoustic Licks right for you?
- Acoustic players who mostly strum. Chord embellishment and bass line licks add movement to the chords you already play.
- Players who want to solo on acoustic. Country, bluegrass and blues licks give you ready-made lead ideas.
- Fans of classic acoustic songs. A full section shows ideas in the style of songs like "Wish You Were Here" and "Dust in the Wind".
- Fingerstyle players. Lessons cover chromatic, percussive and bluegrass-style fingerpicking licks.
Skills you'll walk away with
- Play legato, slide and double-stop acoustic licks
- Play country, rockabilly, bluegrass and banjo-style licks
- Embellish chords with sus chord licks and vamps
- Play walking bass lines through G, C and D
- Play drop D blues riffs, a blues turnaround in E and other acoustic blues riffs
- Play fingerpicking licks, including a barre chord with a descending bass line
- Use body and string slapping for percussive sounds
- Play ideas in the style of well-known songs
The course, module by module
The full lesson list is below.
Introduction
An overview of the course and how to use the licks.
Essential Acoustic Licks
Four of Steve's own licks, a legato lick in D, a James Taylor-style slide lick, a double-stop slide lick, a country scale lick and a bluegrass lick.
Country and Rockabilly Licks
A moveable country chord riff, a Scotty Moore-style riff, a rockabilly chord lick, bluegrass licks, a country scale lick and a banjo-style lick.
Chord Embellishment Licks
A Ghost Riders-style lick, sus chord licks, a G to C vamp, A7 6th movement, an Am moving bass line, walking bass lines in G, and chromatic blues movement.
Acoustic Blues Licks
Drop D blues riffs with open strings, pull-offs and a Fleetwood Mac-style riff, a traditional blues riff, sliding blues chords, an E blues riff, a blues turnaround in E and a funky blues riff.
Fingerpicking Licks
A chromatic fingerpicking lick, a barre chord with a descending bass line, a percussive blues riff and bluegrass-style fingerpicking.
"In the Style of" Acoustic Licks
Ideas in the style of songs such as "Wish You Were Here", "Stairway to Heaven", "Dust in the Wind" and "More Than Words", covering counterpoint, spread fingerings, bass separation and body slapping, plus final words.
Learn at your own pace
Clear video lessons
Every move is shown up close. Pause, rewind and repeat each lesson as often as you need.
Practice materials
Includes 28-page PDF book. Use them to practice what you learn in each lesson.
Yours for life
Pay once and come back any time, on your computer, tablet or phone. No subscription.
Steve Stine
Steve has taught guitar for more than 30 years and has helped millions of players in over 100 countries. He has a Music Education degree from Minnesota State University Moorhead and taught guitar at North Dakota State University. He's known for breaking hard things into simple steps you can follow. Read Steve's full story
What students say about Steve's teaching
Excellent · 4.8 out of 5 on TrustpilotRead our reviews"The lessons are easy to learn. You'll progress quite well. Do it."
David P.United States
"You're gonna be surprised. You're gonna learn a lot very quickly."
Timothy C.Canada
"I think the really positive thing about GuitarZoom is the structure of the lessons."
David C.United States
"Steve does it in a nice, concise way, not too fast, not too slow."
David T.United States
"The content and the video quality are both extremely awesome."
Daryll O.India
"I find that I'm playing faster and with great confidence."
Paul C.Canada
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Where to go after 36 Acoustic Licks
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Learn flatpicking and fingerpicking on acoustic: picking technique, slurs, alternating bass, double notes and body tapping.
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Blues Licks
A library of 82 blues licks grouped by technique, plus a modern blues-rock section and tips on using licks in a solo.
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