9 HUGE Takeaways from Doc Watson’s Guitar Journey ★ Acoustic Tuesday 221

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Tony Polecastro

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🗓️ 11 January 2022

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

Doc Watson is perhaps one of the most versatile guitarists to grace the music world. In this video, I'm going to extract 9 huge takeaways from Doc Watson's extensive career. You'll learn how to apply these lessons to your guitar journey to help you find more fun, focus, and progress every day. I chose Doc Watson because he had such a vast career. Whether he was playing banjo, guitar, country music, blues, or somewhere in between, Doc was a legendary musician. The techniques he used changed many genres and inspired generations of guitarists — myself included! Doc Watson also had some unique approaches to music. I love the way he weaves jokes into he sets, never afraid to use humor. Doc wasn't afraid to tell authentic stories. And, it just so happened that his stories were often humorous, contributing to his incredible stage presence. While Doc Watson passed away almost a decade ago, guitarists worldwide are still inspired every day by the way he played and the way he lived. I hope you learned some invaluable lessons today. Even if you take just one or two of these lessons from Doc Watson's life, I hope they help you find fun, focus, and progress on your guitar journey! Featured in this episode...- The North American Guitar - Iris Guitars- Blind Guitars- Trey Hensley - Machine Gun Kelly

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0:00.0	Doc Watson was one of the greatest folk, blues, bluegrass, and traditional guitar players ever to strum the strings.
0:07.0	His playing was multifaceted, and he could coax any sound he needed to from the guitar, be it a speedy flat-picking tune, a slow bluesy number, or a traditional folk ballad.
0:18.0	On today's show, we're going to dig into his guitar style, and you're
0:21.3	going to come away with nine lessons from this guitar icon. Hey, Tack family, welcome to episode
0:27.5	221 of the Acoustic Tuesday Show. This show is designed to infuse your guitar journey
0:33.2	with fun, focus, progress, and inspiration on a weekly basis.
0:41.6	Today we'll be looking at some small wins from you, Acoustic Tuesday viewers.
0:46.1	You're also going to get a sneak peek at what the TAC family is working on today,
0:50.5	and it just so happens to be a blues lick that is extremely fun to play.
0:52.0	I cannot wait to show it to you.
0:55.0	And, of course, your weekly dose of acoustic acoustic news awaits and it's all about guitar builders with a heartwarming musical infused
1:00.8	wrap-up. But first let's learn from the guitar greatness of Doc Watson. Before we begin,
1:07.5	I want to make it clear that this is not a lesson on how to play a Doc Watson song note for note.
1:13.1	Rather, this is a look at his approach to the guitar.
1:16.0	We're going to be analyzing some Doc isms so that you can apply them to your own playing, to the songs that you are working on.
1:22.5	So you can kind of give a nod to one of the acoustic guitar grates.
1:25.4	With that being said, let's dig into the lessons.
1:28.6	Doc Watson, lesson number one, milk each note. One of the things that Doc was so good at was
1:35.3	taking a basic melody and not changing it, but literally milking each note. I'm going to break down
1:41.9	the melody to a song called Mountain Dew.
1:44.2	In fact, in just a little bit, you're going to hear Doc play this song and hear the exact
1:48.1	technique that I'm about to show you.
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