Whilst a lot of those pieces are still sinking in (and that will take time), we should absolutely look at a little bit of chord construction theory. Assuming you know your triad construction (if not, check that out first in our theory lab) here is the construction of 7th chords, which we're using more and more as we develop.

We'll now get very specific on the percussion side of the acoustic playing. You've already done plenty of work with this in previous courses, but this challenge offers something a little different… Another way to approach it that will further improve this rhythmic side of your playing. Good luck!

I've given you a lot of pieces and tracks to learn recently, all at a pretty high level, so we're going to take a break and learn two units of theory. This gives you something new to work through, but also allows you to continue learning the previous tracks before we get to the John Mayer Acoustic study! First up, let's look at 9th chords!

Here we go! It's John Mayer time, and there is no doubt that he is a master acoustic player. The best thing about this study is that Thomas takes John's style, and re works it slightly to fit a more traditional fingerstyle approach. This essentially means that we can learn to sound like John Mayer, without having to learn a completely new style of playing! Thank you Thomas! Enjoy this difficult but rewarding study!