Uploaded April 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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@MadisonCunningham displays her off the charts guitar skills, wonderous tunings and brilliant picking techniques!
Madison plays her song Wake: youtu.be/2UlVTfFztPA

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Instagram: instagram.com/pauldavidsguitar

▶MY COURSES◀
🎸Beginner: learnpracticeplay.com
🎸Intermediate: nextlevelplaying.com
🎸Intermediate to advanced: electricelevation.com
🎸Acoustic: acousticadventure.com
🎸Guitar Looping: loopschool.com

▶GUITARS◀
Madison: Martin Nylon string, Silvertone Rubber bridge
Paul: Atkin The Forty Seven, Bourgeois L-DB2

Hi, my name is Paul Davids! I am a guitar player, teacher, producer, and overall music enthusiast from the Netherlands! I try to inspire people from all over the world with my videos, here on YouTube.

Thank you for watching!
Paul

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▶SFX & Background music◀
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0:00 Intro
0:48 Madison Cunningham
2:37 John Mayer
4:18 Her favorite tuning
8:28 Favorite chords
9:48 Unconventional chords and surprises
12:45 Adding fills and leaving space
15:25 Everyone is good at guitar now
17:13 'Playing like a man'
18:45 Picking patterns
21:02 Playing while singing and sloppyness
22:57 Rubber Bridge Guitar
26:16 Dark tone
29:21 Mistakes and Madison writes a song
32:56 Guitar picks (vs fingers)
36:45 Madison learns System of a Down
38:20 Arpeggiated picking
39:20 Standard tuning