Stage 10 · Intermediate
The Groove Garden
Fingerstyle, Travis picking, colour chords and funk
A garden of textures for accompaniment. You play with your fingers, free your thumb, add sus, add9 and slash chords, and master sixteenth-note strumming and funky syncopation.
Stops in this stage
- Fingerpickingp-i-m-a, arpeggiating chords and basic patterns.
- Travis pickingThe thumb alternates the bass while the fingers sing on top.
- Colour chords: sus, add9 and slashSuspensions, added notes and bass lines.
- Sixteenths and funkSixteenth-note strumming, muted strums and the hand that never stops.
- The syncopated grooveDisplaced accents, anticipations and feeling the pocket.
- Milestone: The Groove GardenReview, practical challenge and self-assessment to close the stage with everything you learned.