Bluegrass Flatpicking Guitar Lesson | Licks in Key of G, C, and D
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- Опубліковано 6 лис 2017
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Hello friends,
In today's session I'll be showing you how to combine a basic bluegrass rhythm with some classic flatpicking licks. We'll begin by reviewing the theory behind the 1.4.5 chord progression in G, a bluegrass style strumming pattern, and your major blues scales before combining these elements into a complete practice routine. Let's get started!
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After playing rock and metal for about 10 years I find myself here starting a new journey into Bluegrass and I love it!
THIS except i did grew up listening to bluegrass I just got away from it in my teens and I’m back baby 😂
Same man I started with bluegrass about 2 years ago after being strictly thrash metal for like 12 years.
Bluegrass doesn’t get street cred but those guys are all shredding. On acoustics. 🤘
Saaaaaame but I also rap too lol
I roamed around jazz metal rock and find my love here 🍻
I just turned 73. Started young, 13 or so, taught myself chords,Travis picking then stopped. Just picked it up again at 72, then I discovered Billy Strings. Picking like crazy for the past 1yr. Got too say, I'm glad I learned some.
Love blue Grass. Billy Strings and the other boys are fabulous. My favorite.💯
Makes me so happy to read this, thanks for sharing. I learned when i was 16, now 41, and in the last year been playing more than ever since i first learned. Travis picking has been my focus. Always wanted a Martin, and since i had my first son and "settled down" i got my first Martin, which makes playing that much funner/better with nice guitar. Had a Fender acoustic for the last 20 years and this Martin is so much different/better. Ive never played with a pick, but what the hell, might as well learn something new.
Yes, billy strings rocks
Dude this guy is the best teacher I have found online. Very concise but also explains in simple terms and slow enough to commit it to memory
As someone who spent the last 10 years playing songs, and is just now starting to learn how to actually play guitar these tutorials are proving invaluable. Thanks!
I have learned more from you, in this lesson alone, than I have from any other teacher, on here. The D run has opened my eyes. I'm an intermediate picker that has somewhat plateaued and that plateau is FINALLY over. Thank you!
I've been working on Billy strings speed and my strumming arm is sore! But now I've found a challenge worth perfecting, I've been a metal player and this art form will improve my skills ,or cripple me,only time will tell.
Yeah watching Billy Strings just makes me want to give up on guitar. That kid is insane!
This guy gives really good lessons! I just watched his gypsy jazz video, and was incidentally brought here when I started looking up bluegrass, too.
I really enjoyed that lesson! I found that it's also a great way to start building speed. I started practicing it at 60bpm with a metronome and increased the tempo by 5bmp everytime when I was able to get through it flawlessly a couply times. I really struggled at 90bpm... but I kept going and somehow got all the way to 120bpm - when I go back to 90bpm now it feels so slow.
Thanks for the inspiration needed this lmao
Ive been waiting for a video like this for a long time. thank you so much!
Hey man thanks a lot for this lesson. Ive been trying to elevate my play style but ive been too intimidated to learn flat pick but this really breaks down for the basics. Definitely gonna be rewatching and playing along for the next few weeks until ive mastered this routine and I look forward to your other videos.
You're officially my new (and first ever) guitar teacher! Have been strumming for years as a mere accompaniment to my voice, but it was only recently that I decided to stop limiting such a magnificent instrument to its basics and I am slowly but surely taking up bluegrass guitar. You're the best!!
I love this video. This step-by-step approach is extremely helpful! I cant wait to master this lesson and move on to the next!
Brilliant video thank you. So well explained and easy to follow.
Molly Tuttle inspired me to play bluegrass.
For its Billy string
I like this Chanel because the guy shows how to play the song and the music theory behind the song is great
+andresd Diaz always try to pepper in just enough theory, but it’s easy to lose people. Glad you’re digging it!
Great lesson, and just the difficulty I need! Cheers friend
Your teaching skills are very good.
Thanks for posting, Sir!
Great lesson!!! Very well explained and just what i was after
I saw this lesson and instantly bought a shirt. That lesson was exactly what i need. thx. glad to support - and get a t-shrit
stellar lesson!!!! the man slowed everything down note for note....love it
You’re a good teacher 😊 sent this to my son who’s just started interest in guitar and bluegrass music
Ur a good mom ❤️ keep being a supportive parent
Wow, amazing video, was able to write down the "tab" of it easy, thank you for teaching me this tasty rythm!!!!
Thank you so much. This opened a lot of things for me.
Thank you, for this great beginner lesson! I just recently decided to check out the "flatpicking" playing style. At first, I was concerned that they were using an "alternate tuning", but, I'm glad that I don't have to re-learn everything (new scale and chord patterns)! I would rather see you change your camera angle, so that we are looking down at the fretboard, as if we were looking over your left shoulder!
You're such a fantastic teacher! This was a great tutorial!
Great lesson, great teaching!
I really learned good stuff with this lesson, keep on the good work :)
Excellent lesson - thank you! 👌☺️
Excellent. Liked and subbed.
Thank you!
This is a well-done video chocked with good licks and technique!
I love this man very informative and fun to play
Really enjoyed that , thank you.
Thanks man...great !!!
Greatings from Holland.
Great lesson, thanks Rob.
Fantastic Video! Fantastic job on this video.
Superb lesson there is a life time of guitar playing just in this one tutorial .
Really excellent lesson. Thanks, Rob!
Great lesson
thanks rob another great lesson
Thank you so much for all these videos
Always a pleasure Molly & Corey May, thanks so much for watching. Please share when you have a chance. Enjoy your progress! -Rob
Excellent lesson!
Very good lesson.. I like that slide into the D position. I was doing the G run one day and realized that it was the E Blues staring from G tot G. Also with at D slide, that would be really great on a drop D.
Fortunately, both dad and mom were musicians.. Dad played guitar and mom played piano. I banged on the piano for years, then mom got me lessons. Took them from sent grade through 12th. Dad taught me how to play lead on the
high E string. When I was 12., He gave me a Craftsman Silvertone guitar. Over the years learned uke, harmonica, 5 string banjo, base and others. I'm starting to use Irealpro..wow..I paid for the pro version ,but the free is good also. Great to practice with. Great video and good teaching. I'm going to download your materials. Thanks for sharing.
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That’s a cool lick / Thanks for putting that up . 🎶👍😎
loved the lesson
This is rad thank you
Fun to play and easy to switch up and make your own. Bouncing off those open strings does magic.
Perfect Lesson , easy to follow
Excellent lesson, thank you
Thank you so much for what you do for us...
From Mont-Tremblant Québec 😊
Nice another great video. Thanks
Haven't picked up the guitar in a while. This lesson was easy to learn, I'm too lazy to learn fingerpicking. Subscribed and looking forward to learning some more, thanks :)
It’s the opposite for me learning stuff like this is way harder than learning fingerpicking unless your talking about like classical finger picking guitar
Brilliant tutorial.. Thanks
Good lesson👍🏻
Great! Thank you very much! 👏
Very well made
Great video!
Great lesson 😊👍👍
great lesson
Sent here from a Billy Strings video lol
Same!
Im in also!
Haha same!
Looked it up because of a Billy Strings video. Wish I'd been sent. I thought you knew me better, UA-cam.
True
Thanks Rob, great breakdown of the style of bluegrass. I fell in love with this after discovering Billy Strings.
The way you say note is fascinating 😂
That’s what I was thinking I found myself saying it like him every time he did😂
great vid thanks man!
Nice too see someone playing a guild.
I wish I had you while I was first starting. I started when I was 10 and missed out on a lot of good years bc I didn’t have the right teacher. Now at 24 trying to teach myself the stuff I want to learn is a night mare
Been there done that, have the T shirt.
I got the same t shirt
I’m in that exact same position
Everyone teaches their own way so you dont know whats right or wrong that's whats so frustrating to me
This is a big help, as I'm trying to work on my flat picking. Thanks for posting!
Hi rob realy enjoyed this lesson cheers rob
Yo Rob, thanks for reaching out. Glad you're enjoying it!
Nice to see you playing a guild. Man I am a fan of thst brand. Got a 240d and a nice breedlove that both sound fantastic.
U r the best!!!
Thanks
Thanks bud.
Very cool
Good thanks
Thanks boii
Just sliding the D is so satisfying it made me go Yeah! xD
awesome
Just listening to his voice, I thought it was Ben Stiller giving bluegrass lessons hahaha
Hello, thank you for this lesson, a very good introduction to bluegrass, after some days, I got it.... what next lesson do you advise me to evolve? Thanks again, Tibo
You are leaving out the D note next to the last of you Major Blues scale! Thanks 🙏
I had no idea I should switch Key scales to each specific chord. I assumed if I play in 1 key than I use that 1 key scale for 'all' chords within that same key. Thanks!
Polar Apple - With a basic 1-4-5 sequence like this, such as you find in nearly all blues songs you can either stay with the 1 scale or change keys for each chord. Or alternate the two choices. Hendrix used to change for each chord in a song.
You should look into the chord structure of a major key. It will help you solidify this idea. Most people at first wouldn't assume that minor chords are actually an inherent part of every major key. For example the chords of c major are; C major, d minor, e minor, f major, G major, A minor, B diminished, then back to C major. So Carl is correct,most of the time, but you can see how in a lot of progressions and situations, playing the root scale through an entire progression will sound weird and limit you, and occasionally straight up not work.
Thanks for your time. Great teacher. Anyone else looking for bluegrass lessons check out his doc watson version of summertime. Nails it!! Billy strings fans check out billy playing it with marcus king. Fyi as for the d chord slide, ( being from philly maybe you couldnt bring yourself to say it😉) but its called “digging taters” thanks again from tennessee!
This is brilliant, thank you! Any chance for a Mississippi John Hurt fingerpicking lesson?
I second this request!
Great choice, I third it.
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It's easy. Pinch, pinch, T, I, T, M
Awesome lesson! I’m working on my bluegrass/flat picking. You had a little fuzz on your thumb. Don’t know why, but it was bothering me hahahahaha. Good job man
Yeah caught that in post production, it was driving me nuts too... so glad you enjoyed the lesson though!
Sounds beautiful
Just for the way you say nōte I’ve got to sub.
You should do another video of this that we can play along to once we got all the licks down.
Finnaly learned blue Grass
All you need now is a dictionary and basic grammar.
Nice....
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This is cool thank you. What model guitar is that ? Sounds great.
“The fifth no”. Just kidding- awesome video!
great
Hey Daniel, thanks so much for watching and taking the time to comment. Many more lessons are on the way both here and via Patreon. Keep checking in!
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Heyo guys!
And especially the kind uploader.
I am looking for a a video that teaches rolls and cuts.
I play mostly Celtic, Breton and Irish tunes and haven’t found anything on those cuts and rolls ornamentations on the guitar.
Regards ;)
Love these picking challenges, Rob! It's been a couple years since you created this video, and I don't know if you'll see my comment here. But I'm wondering about the down-up when arpeggio picking. Seems somewhat arbitrary. Is it just a feel thing? Thx so much for all you do.
You usually start the picking with a down stroke.
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Do you hear what Im talking about? This is an awesome and now HILARIOUS lesson 🤣😂
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you are handsome and a good teacher. score!
I get new idea to compose song
After the D lick are you muting the G string during the slide?
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