Acoustic Hymns Guitar Method
A progressive guitar course built around accompanying and singing timeless hymns.
123 lessons27 sections7+ hoursVideo · lead sheets · 4 levels

Structured across four levels, the course teaches students how to accompany hymns on acoustic guitar using the chord shapes, fingerpicking patterns, strumming approaches, capo techniques, and rhythmic vocabulary that Blayne himself reaches for after decades of playing and leading music. While approachable for complete beginners, the later levels gradually move into more advanced accompaniment concepts, including drop-D tuning, chord melody playing, open-string scales, connecting lines between chords, and fuller solo-guitar textures.
Rather than treating technique as isolated exercises, the course teaches through repertoire. Across the four levels, students work through fifteen hymns:
- Amazing Grace
- Be Thou My Vision
- Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing
- Fairest Lord Jesus
- For the Beauty of the Earth
- Great Is Thy Faithfulness
- How Firm a Foundation
- It Is Well
- Jesus Paid It All
- Nothing But the Blood of Jesus
- O the Deep, Deep Love of Jesus
- Pass Me Not O Gentle Savior
- Praise to the Lord, the Almighty
- This Is My Father's World
- When I Survey (Water is Wide melody)
The hymns chosen throughout the course are not only enduring congregational songs, but also musically rich teaching pieces whose chord movement, melodic structure, and accompaniment possibilities provide a strong foundation for broader acoustic guitar playing.
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Acoustic Hymns Guitar Method — Level 1
Instrument
Guitar
Sections
6
Videos
32 · 19 min
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