In this octave guitar tutorial I'll show you how to play octaves on guitar in a few different ways.
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⏱ Video Content Outline for this Octave Guitar Tutorial

0:00 - What's covered in this octave guitar tutorial
0:31 - Octave guitar shapes
1:19 - Muting strings
4:03 - An octave guitar exercise
4:44 - Thumb strumming
5:03 - Pick strumming
6:29 - Finger picking & hybrid picking
7:15 - Recap & what to play next
7:45 - The best guitar technique exercise / warmup (FREE PDF)
8:35 - Watch next & outro

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💬 Lesson Description for this Octave Guitar Tutorial

In this octave guitar tutorial I'll show you how to play octaves on guitar in a few different ways.

I cover four main points in this lesson:

• how we need to mute certain strings for proper octave guitar technique
• a specific exercise for getting started with how to play octaves on guitar
• right hand technique options to play octaves on guitar - using a pick, using your thumb, or hybrid picking
• how you can get a funky or jazzy sound after you're comfortable with how to play octaves on guitar

After the main points, I suggest some ways to continue playing and practicing this awesome guitar tradition.

I hope you enjoyed this lesson about how to play octaves on guitar and found it beneficial. Let me know what you thought in the comments.

Thanks! :)

- Jared

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