How To Play Percussive Guitar [Percussive Guitar Tutorial]

In this video, I am going to show you how to play your guitar percussively.

Percussive guitar is a very popular way to play an acoustic guitar these days, and as difficult as it can look to do, I am going to show you how easy it is to be and running with this style of playing through some basic percussive guitar techniques for your playing.

Step 1: Percussive Guitar Techniques

I will begin by running you through a number of percussive techniques that can be executed across the body of the guitar with both your picking and fretting hands, emulating various parts of a drum kit.

We will look at ways to get a kick/bass drum sound, as well as the snare/rimshot, toms, and high hat sounds across the body of the acoustic.

Step 2: Percussive Guitar Beats And Grooves

Next, we will combine these approaches to create very cool beats and grooves, essentially turning your guitar into a drum kit.

Step 3: Percussive Guitar Vamps And Progressions

Finally, I show you how to take these beats and grooves and integrate them into chord vamps and progressions so you will have both percussive and melodic elements all going on at the same time.

[bracedface]

Finally someone who goes on depth on how this all works. I appreciate you for making these videos. Thank you!

[MedicineofSound]

I have been searching for lessons about percussive guitar, so happy this was eventually suggested. Definitely the best teacher so far, much appreciated 🙏🙏

[sydneyleigh]

This was BRILLIANT ! |I loved it. So much fun and so clearly explained. Thank you so much. I've downloaded the next video and have subbed. Will defo be looking at the rest of the channel. Happy strumming and drumming from sunny England. 😄😄

[sylviaueckermann]

Im fairly new to flamenco guitar....so this is great, looking forward to tucking into this...love the percussion lessons👏

[celiomarques]

Melhor aula já que vir no YouTube. Obrigado, Simon.

[lelinkant]

Plz sir make another lession like this🙏

[dominique]

Excellent explanation - thanks so much!

[DhammikeGoonatillake]

Excellent, Great lesson dear Sir ... Thank you ...

[saptarshimandal]

Thank you sir 😀 . it's really helpfull.

[holdthis]

nice lesson easy to get what your saying.

[dimwitsadvocate]

At 9:20, it reminds me of "pat your head and rub your belly" at the same time. 😆😆😆

[YorticusTV]

Hey, AGL, in case you don't know, the video that this links to for the tutorial sounds like it was recorded on one of those really old cameras that make that "clicking fast" (super 8 or 8mm film camera)... you're youtube videos are great quality though.... ><... not that I don't appreciate the lessons, they are excellent, I just thought you might want to know :D

[shineaungFingerstyle]

I would like to know what microphone you record with

[KaurManpreet-di]

13:20 can you pls tell me the strumming pattern for that