How to Use Staccato on Guitar Like a Pro ★ Acoustic Tuesday 227

Acoustic Tuesday | Guitar Routine Show

Tony Polecastro

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🗓️ 22 February 2022

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Looking for a technique that can help you stand out with relative ease? Try staccato playing with this in-depth lesson! Add staccato playing to your tonal toolbox and start jamming away! This episode will dive into a technique called staccato playing. Staccato playing involves using short, punchy notes to create rhythmic drive and tonal separation from other notes. If you've never heard or tried this technique, don't worry — I'll show you how to both use the technique and how to apply it to your playing. I love staccato playing because it allows rhythmic playing. It has a choppy sound that can give you more options to approach playing a lick or song. When you add staccato to a single-note phrase, it stands out so much more. In addition to learning how to use staccato playing, I'll also show you how staccato notes can help you control dynamics in your playing. Because it has a loud but punchy tone, you can insert notes without burying others you are playing with. If you're worried about this being a music theory lesson, you can rest assured that this isn't about music theory. Rather, this lesson focuses on technique rather than note choice. I'll offer plenty of examples of how to use staccato playing, so be sure to leave a comment on which example was your favorite or most helpful! Featured in this episode… Iris Carr Restoration Atkin Guitars Punch Brothers Lost Dog Street Band Western AF

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0:00.0	If you want to make whatever you play on your guitar stand out, then today's Acoustic Tuesday show is for you.
0:05.0	You'll be learning some staccato and dynamic techniques so you can expand your tonal toolbox.
0:10.0	Go ahead and grab your guitar because today's show will have you learning and playing from start to finish.
0:15.0	Hey, TAC family, welcome to episode 227 of the Acoustic Tuesday Show.
0:21.6	This show is designed to inject your guitar journey with a weekly dose of fun, focus, progress, and inspiration.
0:26.6	Have you ever tried percussive strumming on the guitar?
0:29.6	Well, recently, a TAC family member did, and she had some problems.
0:33.6	And in today's show, I'm going to actually fix those problems.
0:36.6	You're also going to see which guitar lick the TAC family is working on today.
0:41.3	And it goes by the name of special swamp sauce, and it contains copious amounts of staccato.
0:47.3	Plus your weekly dose of acoustic news awaits, which includes a Ninja Repair Woman, a new album in all of its glory, and much, much more.
0:56.0	But first, go ahead and grab your guitar, it's time to add a new tool to your tonal toolbox.
1:01.0	We're going to kick things off today with a segment entitled Lesson Behind the Lick.
1:07.0	Every Acoustic Tuesday show, I show you what guitar lick the TAC family is working on.
1:11.6	Today will be no different.
1:13.6	But behind that guitar lick, there's usually a driving force, a technique or a concept that you can actually add to your own playing in many other areas,
1:23.6	well beyond just a singular guitar lick.
1:25.6	So that's the whole point of this segment. Here's how it works.
1:29.7	First, I'm going to share with you what the concept or technique is. Second, I'm going to share
1:34.7	with you what it does for your playing, what it offers you. Third, I'm going to share with you
1:40.0	why it works. What are the elements that make this technique so effective? And then lastly, I'll share with you some examples. So if you don't have your guitar yet, go ahead and grab it and let's get started.
1:52.0	The concept for today is staccato, adding staccato to your guitar playing. Now if you've never heard this term before, if you don't know what the heck I'm talking about, first off, don't worry, you're not alone. Let's go ahead and get on the same page.
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