Basic

Acoustic Guitar in Worship

Join Austin Johnson as he shares his thoughts on capos, strumming, gear, and acoustic guitar in worship - along with tips and tricks for improving your tone and feel within a set.

What You'll Learn

Basic Gear

Learn how to use the essential items like tuners, DI Boxes, pick-ups, and more.

Using the Capo

Understand how moving the capo up and down the fret board opens up every key for every song.

Playing Technique

Make sure you are playing chords, strumming, and finger picking the right way.

Song Preparation

See the process of hearing a song for the first time, to being able to play it live.
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Acoustic Guitar in Worship

A beginner course for acoustic guitar players that know their basic chords, but aren't sure how to fit in to worship band. Your skills are still raw, but you have enough to start leading or playing on Sundays. In this course, Austin Johnson walks you through simple tips, tricks, and tools to help you apply your skills to sets.
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Austin Johnson

  
Originally from Lindale, Texas, Austin Johnson now lives in Redding, California, where he serves on the worship team at Bethel Church and is part of Bethel Music. Growing up in the church, Austin developed a deep love for worship from a young age. After experiencing a true transformation as a born-again believer during his teenage years, he began leading worship for the local church youth ministry and Sunday services, laying the foundation for his future in ministry.In 2014, Austin moved to Redding, California, to attend Bethel School of Supernatural Ministry. There, he began serving on the worship team at Bethel Church and launched his career as a songwriter for Bethel Music in 2018. Austin is passionate about serving the church through writing and leading songs that inspire the Body to offer an honest, true, and wholehearted response to who God is and all He has done—cultivating a people whose greatest desire is to minister to Him above all else. When he isn’t leading worship, traveling, or writing music, Austin enjoys spending time at home in Nashville with his wife, Ariana, and their daughter, Elsie.
 

Course Overview

From small groups to stadiums, worship is often led musically from the acoustic guitar. However, one of the more common obstacles many face when starting this journey is getting from learning chords at home to plugging in on stage and playing with a team.

In this course with Austin Johnson, many of the common hurdles and basic knowledge are given on how to approach song preparation, different chord voicings, how to use a capo, common and necessary gear, and how to fit it all together into the context of a worship set.

This course is designed to equip acoustic players with accessible ways to show up prepared, and approach acoustic guitar with intentionality and excellence, even at the basic levels of playing.

COVERED IN THIS COURSE:

⁃ Basic strumming and picking techniques

⁃ Capo usage and chord voicings

⁃ Necessary acoustic guitar gear

⁃ The role of acoustic in a band

⁃ A full song preparation walk through



Course contents