Acoustic Rhythm and Fills

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Vintage Goya S-14 Acoustic (steel string)
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[@jadynstewart2470]

Ur vid on why you should own a nylon string guitar is one of my favorite vids on KZbin, I watch it all the time. It’s so awesome to hear someone share my love for chilled out rhythm playing. Thank you for stressing the basics. Too often people focus on technical skill rather than vibe!

[@kentbeery4941]

Willie is a Legend we are so blessed to have him still

[@atombombtom8615]

Thanks Eric! Not only great guitar work, but a great hang as always...Plus the best houseplants in the guitar-o sphere...

[@MrTimdriver]

I love the sheer variety of your tastes and interests. This is what music is about. Nice one.

[@rjpritchard324]

Thank you, thank you! So glad to see the acoustics back in your hands!

[@ralphditchburn1456]

Well done. From simple concepts using a well thought out organized ideas are presented so nicely I can tell you know. You know. Glad your gifting us with these tutorials. I was ignorant of wildwood flower. Carter and never heard blues till my 40's. How life has changed. How I struggled with zero instruction. Having to figure out songs by ear. One note at a time. This is so wonderful. Thank you

[@mattylyons6471]

Going to hold you to that Blue Eyes lesson! Great tune! Great video, as always! Thank you!

[@digitalbit]

One of my favorite teachers teaching one of my favorite ways to play. Thank you Eric!

[@esanjuan212]

acoustic magic! Thanks Eric!!!

[@jasonmcvay09]

Love the acoustic videos, Eric! Looking forward to the future Willy lesson too

[@jotruck8581]

Thank you. You are king of smooth. Love you're vibe. The tone of your voice and guitars are soothing to my ears. Keep on, you're the best xo🥰

[@gyanissimo]

You are a great guitar player and a very good teacher. Thanks man!

[@Weshopwizard]

Love it!! That guild 12-string is a beaut.

[@user-ko1bg5wg8n]

Your tutorials are so great. The song choices are superb. Maybe they are obvious for those who grew up with them, but as a foreigner all of these were new to me

[@Chinhoyi62]

Great stuff. Just what I'm working in at the moment. Many thanks Eric.

[@patrickobrien376]

Not just Willy leads but the runs he puts in between chords to join them is absolute class.

[@user-mf8rj7oy8z]

Thank you for your easily understood lessons

[@howardowens721]

Perfect timing for dropping this video. This is exactly what I want at this point in my guitar journey.

[@I_am_nooh]

Keep the acoustic stuff coming mate!

[@robweatherford5957]

Excellent stuff- thanks so much

[@Dutcharmytent]

I learnt House of the Rising sun also aged 14 and then did not pick up a guitar till I was 50. I am re visiting this song at 68 because like before, I liked the way you played it and it brought back memories.

[@richardnipples7574]

always with the good stuff!

[@Animosaro970]

Great video and window coverings!

[@carson2668]

So unbelievably excited for that Willie video you kept mentioning. Thanks for all you do my friend. Namaste🤙

[@1974xaviers]

Good video... excellent information..need more like these

[@user-lw5bs5fg9o]

On that walk up from E to B7, Instead of playing A-A#-B, I've noticed that Wille, (and, I do it) Will play C# (on the 4th fret of the a string, down to C-to B), that's another cool trick to add "to your chordage arsenal" Alan in Columbus Georgia

[@justinlapoint]

Keep the great lessons coming Eric, you're the best!

[@johnl.6930]

Fantastic! Thank you Eric! Allowing icons as teachers. Thank you!✌️❤️

[@cheintz44]

I sometimes get lost in Noodleland also...love that Willie though!! Great video.

[@cameronfoy3662]

Yooo no way you just named drop The War On Drugs. That’s my favorite band! Been playing 5 years now and I have definitely been guilty of going too fast and trying to be too complicated. I really appreciate this simplified approach. My current teacher has taught me how important the right hand is. I was thinking so hard about note selection - I originally started with a Blues teacher - that I completely forgot about my strumming hand. He flipped my thinking on its head when he said that note selection is the last step and not the first. Note selection is what makes a good solo great. I’m trying to apply this rhythm centric approach to my playing. Tonight I’m looping a Blues in E at a slow tempo and building from there. That may not be what this video is about, but believe it or not your stuff inspires me to think this way!

[@adamtrimby1255]

I’m in the weird middle ground where I think I’m a bit better than I actually am (having not practiced or tried to develop my skills for years). This lesson has shown me what’s missing and in just a couple of weeks of practice got me playing some of the best, clean guitar I’ve played for years. Thanks so much Eric!

[@yourmachine27]

Hey! Thank you for pointing out what scale is going on at a certain part.

[@DG-mv6zw]

Great economy of playing. Sometimes less is indeed more. Never make the assumption that we already know stuff. Many of us definitely don't. Thanks for sharing 👍

[@kd_kissed]

Very nice dude! Thanx a lot!

[@guitarfriendtim]

The recent vid formats are SO good Eric - keepin it ultra tasty my guy🔥

[@EricHaugenGuitar]

Thanks bruh! I like doing the “this week on Eric Haugen Guitar” intros - I’ve been watching a lot of British car restoration shows and they do it that way 🤓

[@user-dv7jc9jh3y]

Yes great thanks Eric

[@tonywhetham8165]

Perfect. I’m learning Ripple right now.

[@billycockrell2470]

Great lesson

[@michaelmackenzie2569]

The nylon is back! Yes more Willie!!!

[@crimfan]

I love playing nylon. I was doing a lot a few years back when my left hand fingers were having some chronic pain. It really helped keep me playing but take the pressure off to let my fingers heal. It ended up helping my overall technique, too, because I was able to lighten my touch. The 12 sounds really boss, too! Totally with you about the issue of comping. If you want to play fills you can’t lose the groove. If you want to throw in more notes, you need to get your time really solid and outline the chords a lot in the licks. I like shell chords for that a lot, or even just a dyad. Great lesson!

[@richardlynch5632]

Coincidentally...changing ALL the strings on my 12string. 🙄 Trying something new...StringJoys coated 11's.🤞👍 Will tune up 1 whole step under until trussrodded neck acclimates... then tune to whichever tuning I'm in the mood for...maybe Pink Floyd's "Fearless"...? Changing the strings on a 12string is a labor of love🤣 Can't get enough of your acoustic talents there Eric 😎👍👍 😎✌👍❤🖖

[@mkrj2576]

Whoa! You are so much fun to listen too. Thanks. Blue eyes…. is one of my favorites but never got around to working it out. Thanks. Hopefully you ended up doing a show on the solo. I’ve been playing for over thirty years and performing for a lot of them but I’m still a lousy musician (more of an entertainer). Your advice is very good and your style is great - like I said, you are so much fun to watch! Thanks. PS…. Wildwood Flower was my intro to this style that lends itself so well to playing acoustic guitar solo gigs.

[@EricHaugenGuitar]

Here's a whole episode about Willie! kzbin.info/www/bejne/f5a7nY2DltF5qc0

[@brandonvalentine2555]

Mastering the “cowboy” position has been a goal of mine for a while now! This video is great

[@Jos317eph]

Nice touch with the tabs labeled below! Calling out the fret numbers can wear on the ears

[@hardyshmardy]

Yes! Isn’t Eric’s instruction just great? Not condescending, not boring; challenging, but not too much so - just right, imo!

[@gullywompr]

@@hardyshmardy yes, I agree. First guy to make CAGED not just comprehensible, but actually interesting

[@bengordon2330]

Thank you.

[@aminahmed2220]

Absolutely fantastic have a wonderful weekend Eric also happy first day of March ❤❤❤❤❤❤😊😊😊😊😊😊 also have a good weekend

[@2767javier]

Eric, eres el puto amo!! que gusto tienes tocando la guitarra!!!

[@Mindwave416]

oathhhh bro been loving acoustic lately gonna go grab these tabb-a-rinos

[@macsarcule]

Thank you, Eric! ✌️😌🎸

[@roldyclark]

Perfect timing exactly what I’ve been working on. Also funny that willie nelson always gets credit for hank williams blue eyes crying.

[@MacHeath699]

Fred Rose wrote "Blue Eyes."

[@waywardspirit7898]

Kind of like Manfred Mann getting credit for Blinded By The Light

[@roldyclark]

@@MacHeath699dang didn’t know it went so far back

[@MacHeath699]

@@roldyclark I just assumed for years that Willie wrote it, given the authority of his version. I was surprised to find out otherwise, too.

[@sethtravins3647]

Nice Goya guitars!

[@TheWaveGoodbye-Music]

please do do the lead thing next week, my friend ( a great guitarist) does all those licks it'd be nice to show him some, I usually fall back to the blues scale... XD

[@hulalei1]

Wonderful thank you

[@ralphditchburn1456]

Hmm. Nylon then 12 string. Hmm got a nylon in the closet. Now look what making me do. You are great teacher/insteuctor/purveyor of knowledge

[@cnking27]

Cover me up by Jason isbell has been a good one for practicing this for me

[@garywescott1643]

Playing Wildwood flower on the guitar is badass And don’t let anyone tell you different

[@gzackerman]

Thanks for sharing this lesson. What kind of strap extender are you using? I need to get something for my J45.

[@ghromm1]

Hey hey my my!

[@danielcoughlan2622]

Thanks!

[@EricHaugenGuitar]

Thanks so much Daniel!

[@Emmetgriffin9]

❤❤❤❤❤

[@MrJaybird0730]

This guy breaks all the rules in all the right ways. using a pick on a classical acoustic? !>!>! AND he wears a baseball cap while teaching????? I'm on my way to Patreon land for sure. just the exact kind of guitar lesson i yearn for on my Friday afternoons while 'working' my regular gig

[@pogomole]

That's how Willie plays it. That's why his guitar has a hole worn in it.

[@fc7896]

Not sure those are nylon strings - in relationship to using a pick.

[@fixedgear37]

Willie’s been doing it for decades

[@crimfan]

Lots of pick usage in nylons. If you want to go on the technical side, both Al De Meola and John McLaughlin have used picks on nylon a lot, for example. I often play hybrid on my crossover nylon.

[@crimfan]

@@fc7896Those are nylon. Pick brings out the highs more.

[@nerad1994]

I feel like you’d really dig some Ennio morricone acoustic

[@89ji76]

If you get bored playing cowboy chords, you haven’t explored them enough 🤠🥳

[@azbluesdog]

“Lost in noodle land.” It’s Friday… eat spaghetti? 🍝

[@hardyshmardy]

What’s that nylon string? You sound good on it.

[@EricHaugenGuitar]

That's my old Goya S-10 - my first guitar!

[@lawrencetaylor4101]

Trigger warning. Willy Nelson songs.

[@EricHaugenGuitar]

😂🤣😂

[@345kobi]

13:25 House Of The Rising Sun for intro.???

[@gullywompr]

At first I was like: Retune my 12 string?!?! Don't jest me, Shirley! But I did and oh man that's a cool tuning for the twelve string, takes the jangle right out! And let me grab my standard-tuned six-string.... Hey! That's just a blues in A! Hmmm, something tells me we haven't heard the end of this....

[@gullywompr]

and capo up to the third fret, back in standard tuning, but way more mellow. Love it!

[@emilienbialecki448]

Noodle land haha

[@EricHaugenGuitar]

Hey y'all if you see someone that looks like me that says "FOLLOW ME ON TELEGRAM" it's not me. It's a scam bot that pops up every week.

[@hardyshmardy]

thanks for clearing that up!

[@mattylyons6471]

So you don't want to talk to me privately? Lol! That's what the message said that was sent!

[@tonythue8113]

Where's the next chord? I don't know...I got lost in Noodleland! 😂

[@MsDenver2]

I don’t even know how to start ?😢

[@PruettPublishing]

more Willie...

[@ianrichardson3968]

Eric. Wonderful stuff. Now OK, I can play and strum big chords over 2 octaves etc. I can play fairly fast licks n stuff. Can't shred to save me life but then again I don't really like it anyway. I agree that this is the essence of guitar, using the bass 3 strings and the treble 3 in this way. Using short chords, chord partials..fragments whatever you wanna call it. As for "Cowboy" chords..This is nonsense to me. Those "Cowboy" chords are everything, they just move up the neck fret by fret. Usually called barre chords. Except with barre chords you cannot do all the little add in fills and nuances you can with open chords. This is where the Capo comes in. If we watch Willie Nelson play, or the Highwaymen, mostly they are playing open chords or using a capo when needed. John Prine the same...God I love John Prine's playing..similar to my way of playing. Same for Willie Nelson except I cannot play anywhere near as good as he could. His solos are sublime. Learning Barre chords is good yes, and the rest of it. But people should never dismiss open chords as "cowboy chords". I play open chords with and without a capo all the time, only putting in barre chords for instance when I need to. Speaking of shred...Bluegrass players were doing that long before Van Halen was even born..they still are. And if that isn't where the Blues came from....

[@michaelkemp5408]

You’re not really selling Groove and Fill playing when you say ‘the key is not to do this’ *Awesome Runs*. Dude you need to make those fills more like mine 😂 Anyway, enjoying the lessons and the TrueFire content- hope you enjoyed the pizza 🍕

[@emirozdemir2037]

great taste in acoustics mate.. levins and goyas are great