Andy Wood Acoustic Workshop

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00:00:03

Intro Medley

 

00:06:13

Lost Indian

 

00:06:19

Lost Indian Tag

 

00:12:07

Lost Indian B Section

 

00:12:12

Lost Indian Pulloffs

 

00:12:17

Lost Indian Improv

 

00:13:06

Jerusalem Reset

 

00:14:22

Red Haired Melody

 

00:14:51

Jerusalem Pickup

 

00:16:38

Wheel Hoss

 

00:16:38

Wheel Hoss

 

00:17:00

Wheel Hoss Pause

 

00:17:09

Wheel Hoss Chop

 

00:17:16

Wheel Hoss Buildup

 

00:17:31

Rice Crescendo

 

00:17:58

Chop Mute

 

00:18:07

Chop Mute Count In

 

00:18:26

Banjo Style Comping

 

00:19:07

Double Time Rhythm Tk1

 

00:19:13

Double Time Rhythm Tk2

 

00:19:21

Sam Bush Strums

 

00:19:53

Funky Strummer

 

00:20:44

Crosspick Tone

 

00:20:53

Pedal Tone Descending

 

00:21:07

Monroe Rhythm

 

00:24:41

Brilliancy

 

00:24:54

Brilliancy Bush Style

 

00:25:28

8th of January Bush Style

 

00:25:38

8th of January

 

00:25:44

Scale Speeds

 

00:25:57

Smooth Speed Tk1

 

00:26:00

Smooth Speed Tk2

 

00:26:03

Smooth Speed Tk3

 

00:26:31

Swing Versus Straight

 

00:29:07

Sliding Arpeggios

 

00:30:55

Anchored Scale

 

00:31:30

Scalar Stages Ascending

 

00:31:35

Big Mon

 

00:35:12

Flat Five Improv

 

00:36:47

Little Rock Getaway

 

00:37:11

Single String Speed

 

00:37:40

Little Rock Rhythm

 

00:44:19

Tiny Hornpipe

 

00:44:23

Fishers Hornpipe Crosspick

 

00:44:47

Fishers Hornpipe Pickslant

 

00:54:09

Open G Improv

 

00:54:17

Ulysses

The Pit And The Pendulum, EGP

 

00:58:23

Andy's Swing

 

00:58:40

Grassy and Dark

 

00:59:15

Grassy and Bright

 

00:59:51

Dark Blues in D

 

01:02:38

pauliusmm

Can you explain more about 32nd note strumming? What is the rechnique and how you use it? Does it work the same on guitar?

 

01:02:46

Purple Funk

 

01:02:57

Purple Stops

 

01:03:13

Boom Chuck Strummy

 

01:04:04

Sweating Bullets Lick

 

01:06:19

Strummy Motorcycle Tk1

 

01:07:18

Boom Chuck Shuffle

 

01:07:22

Boom Chuckin' Medley

 

01:07:48

Boom Chuck Basic

 

01:07:53

Boom Chuck Strummy Faster

 

01:07:59

Boom Chuck Speed

 

01:08:46

Western Swing Tk1

 

01:08:57

Western Swing Tk2

 

01:09:24

Boom Chuck Accents Bass vs Treble

 

01:10:02

Boom Chuck Gently Weeps

 

01:11:23

Boom Chuck Edge Picking

 

01:13:52

Rock Rhythm

 

01:14:20

TheDivineSage

Acoustic vs. electric, do you find one harder than the other, and why?

 

01:15:34

Andy's Roll Tk1

 

01:16:08

Andy's Roll Tk2

 

01:18:42

Andy's Roll Minor Add2

 

01:19:15

Dixie Breakdown Ascending

 

01:19:18

Dixie Breakdown Descending

 

01:19:41

pauliusmm

Is there an effective way to mute when crosspicking 4 string rolls on guitar? Lets say ascending 4 string roll.

 

01:19:58

Mediterranean Sundance

 

01:20:22

Andy's Roll Muted

 

01:20:43

Tumeni Roll

 

01:21:30

Di Meola Mutes Tk1

 

01:21:50

Di Meola Seven

 

01:22:14

Major Seven Mute

 

01:22:20

Spain Pt1

 

01:22:27

Di Meola Mutes Tk2

 

01:22:31

Spain Pt2

 

01:22:39

Di Meola Tremolo Tk1

 

01:23:20

Di Meola Tremolo Tk2

 

01:23:26

Di Meola Anchor Tk1

 

01:23:32

Di Meola Anchor Tk2

 

01:24:58

JustAGuitarPlayer

How many hours did you practice those crosspicking patterns each day to get them so fluid?

 

01:25:42

TV Arpeggios

 

01:25:51

TV Pulse Arpeggios

 

01:28:10

ksurette

So to emphasize a strum Andy does the motorcycle motion. Is there a way he plays other strings quieter without muting? For example the way he plays the opening A minor in Jerusalem Ridge? Does it just seem like quiet playing compared to the emphasized motorcycled plucks?

 

01:28:39

Strummy Motorcycle Tk2

 

01:28:52

Jerusalem Dynamics

 

01:30:29

G Run Rhythm Bright

 

01:30:46

Gee Tee

Why does Andy use such light gauge strings when they play electric? Why don't they just scale down a gauge or two?

 

01:31:26

f5mando

The Open Road; Q: How do you count the intro and change to the B part?

 

01:32:35

Jerusalem Ridge

 

01:32:59

Jerusalem Motion Tk1

 

01:33:50

Jerusalem Motion Tk2

 

01:34:05

Jerusalem Arpeggios

 

01:34:34

EJ Pentatonics

 

01:36:21

Whiskey Before Breakfast

 

01:36:43

Pepsi Before Breakfast

 

01:37:09

Hanky Pooh

Do you think there comes a time when a player should stop obsessing over techniques, and rely on the ear's guidance to perform, and enjoy what they are playing? How important do you think technique practice, and exercises, are once a player is playing the music they enjoy? Should time alway be allocated for technique drills? Sorry for run on sentences. ????

 

01:38:40

Xenouvious

What is the most common approach you take when composing your music? You start with a melodic idea (either on mando or guitar), with a chord progression, a percussion pattern, borrow an idea from one of your bandmates and go from there,...?

 

01:40:46

Tweedy Chicken

 

01:42:10

Minor Swing

 

8th of January

 

00:25:38

8th of January Bush Style

 

00:25:28

Anchored Scale

 

00:30:55

Andy's Roll Minor Add2

 

01:18:42

Andy's Roll Muted

 

01:20:22

Andy's Roll Tk1

 

01:15:34

Andy's Roll Tk2

 

01:16:08

Andy's Swing

 

00:58:23

Banjo Style Comping

 

00:18:26

Big Mon

 

00:31:35

Boom Chuck Accents Bass vs Treble

 

01:09:24

Boom Chuck Basic

 

01:07:48

Boom Chuck Edge Picking

 

01:11:23

Boom Chuck Gently Weeps

 

01:10:02

Boom Chuck Shuffle

 

01:07:18

Boom Chuck Speed

 

01:07:59

Boom Chuck Strummy

 

01:03:13

Boom Chuck Strummy Faster

 

01:07:53

Boom Chuckin' Medley

 

01:07:22

Brilliancy

 

00:24:41

Brilliancy Bush Style

 

00:24:54

Chop Mute

 

00:17:58

Chop Mute Count In

 

00:18:07

Crosspick Tone

 

00:20:44

Dark Blues in D

 

00:59:51

Di Meola Anchor Tk1

 

01:23:26

Di Meola Anchor Tk2

 

01:23:32

Di Meola Mutes Tk1

 

01:21:30

Di Meola Mutes Tk2

 

01:22:27

Di Meola Seven

 

01:21:50

Di Meola Tremolo Tk1

 

01:22:39

Di Meola Tremolo Tk2

 

01:23:20

Dixie Breakdown Ascending

 

01:19:15

Dixie Breakdown Descending

 

01:19:18

Double Time Rhythm Tk1

 

00:19:07

Double Time Rhythm Tk2

 

00:19:13

EJ Pentatonics

 

01:34:34

Fishers Hornpipe Crosspick

 

00:44:23

Fishers Hornpipe Pickslant

 

00:44:47

Flat Five Improv

 

00:35:12

Funky Strummer

 

00:19:53

G Run Rhythm Bright

 

01:30:29

Grassy and Bright

 

00:59:15

Grassy and Dark

 

00:58:40

Intro Medley

 

00:00:03

Jerusalem Arpeggios

 

01:34:05

Jerusalem Dynamics

 

01:28:52

Jerusalem Motion Tk1

 

01:32:59

Jerusalem Motion Tk2

 

01:33:50

Jerusalem Pickup

 

00:14:51

Jerusalem Reset

 

00:13:06

Jerusalem Ridge

 

01:32:35

Little Rock Getaway

 

00:36:47

Little Rock Rhythm

 

00:37:40

Lost Indian

 

00:06:13

Lost Indian B Section

 

00:12:07

Lost Indian Improv

 

00:12:17

Lost Indian Pulloffs

 

00:12:12

Lost Indian Tag

 

00:06:19

Major Seven Mute

 

01:22:14

Mediterranean Sundance

 

01:19:58

Minor Swing

 

01:42:10

Monroe Rhythm

 

00:21:07

Open G Improv

 

00:54:09

Pedal Tone Descending

 

00:20:53

Pepsi Before Breakfast

 

01:36:43

Purple Funk

 

01:02:46

Purple Stops

 

01:02:57

Red Haired Melody

 

00:14:22

Rice Crescendo

 

00:17:31

Rock Rhythm

 

01:13:52

Sam Bush Strums

 

00:19:21

Scalar Stages Ascending

 

00:31:30

Scale Speeds

 

00:25:44

Single String Speed

 

00:37:11

Sliding Arpeggios

 

00:29:07

Smooth Speed Tk1

 

00:25:57

Smooth Speed Tk2

 

00:26:00

Smooth Speed Tk3

 

00:26:03

Spain Pt1

 

01:22:20

Spain Pt2

 

01:22:31

Strummy Motorcycle Tk1

 

01:06:19

Strummy Motorcycle Tk2

 

01:28:39

Sweating Bullets Lick

 

01:04:04

Swing Versus Straight

 

00:26:31

Tiny Hornpipe

 

00:44:19

Tumeni Roll

 

01:20:43

TV Arpeggios

 

01:25:42

TV Pulse Arpeggios

 

01:25:51

Tweedy Chicken

 

01:40:46

Western Swing Tk1

 

01:08:46

Western Swing Tk2

 

01:08:57

Wheel Hoss

 

00:16:38

Wheel Hoss

 

00:16:38

Wheel Hoss Buildup

 

00:17:16

Wheel Hoss Chop

 

00:17:09

Wheel Hoss Pause

 

00:17:00

Whiskey Before Breakfast

 

01:36:21

Andy’s amazing right hand movements across electric guitar, acoustic guitar and mandolin share a family resemblance in their super fluid use of wrist motion mechanics. These movements adapt in subtle yet important ways to the task at hand, from the big box of the Martin D28 Dreadnought to the tiny violin-sized mandolin — among both the largest and smallest picked instruments most of us are likely to encounter.

While it’s awesome to know that the same basic ingredients can work on such disparate mechanical problems, it’s another to actually make that happen. In this live broadcast we look at the exact arm and hand setups, anchor points, and picking motions Andy uses to generate his famously fluid and accurate sound on both of these important instruments.

Even if you’re not an acoustic or mandolin player, the experience of making your technique work in the smaller format can be an invaluable type of cross-training for learning complicated hand movements on your usual axe.