How to FINGERPICK like Billy Strings. (doc's guitar tutorial)

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  • Опубліковано 22 гру 2024

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  • @samuelhatman8995
    @samuelhatman8995 6 місяців тому +4

    All of us... all of us... are genuinely self-effacing. You tabbed this thing for us, slowed it down, broke it into bite sized verbal pieces. That such sacrifice of mental and physical machination is never lost on this Doc and Billy finger style lover! Can I just mention a couple guys for your to enjoy? Pat Donohue and Mike Dowling. I've met both. Wonderful brothers in the craft and way out there on the edge of awesome for decades. They share our humility. Mike Dowling once held the start of his Workshop in St. Paul for an hour while I battled traffic from Mound Minnesota. My penance? Sure... Mike sat me next to him at the chalkboard and tutored me as his back up to a tune of his he called Caravan. I am modest and humble now for life. Awesome video!!!

    • @kostringworks
      @kostringworks  6 місяців тому +1

      Thanks for the kind words and suggestions! I am very familiar with both those guys. Would love to get them in for an interview/lesson sometime. So amazing.

  • @als1023
    @als1023 5 місяців тому +2

    Excellent Video !
    Great tab and demo,, Billie would laugh out loud , if he saw this video.
    He is not that far from his Traverse City roots ,, Loves and appreciates his fans , everyday.

    • @kostringworks
      @kostringworks  5 місяців тому

      Ha! Thanks dude! I hope he’d get a kick out of it, but I’m sure glad you did too!

  • @kmac2134
    @kmac2134 6 місяців тому +4

    Thanks for making this video. Great job! Up to speed this tune is really daunting, but your breakdown makes it seem (almost) attainable for we mortals.

  • @NagoyaHouseHead
    @NagoyaHouseHead 6 місяців тому +7

    This is also clearly the inspiration for Dylans Don't Think Twice Its Alright

    • @fiveamghost
      @fiveamghost 5 місяців тому +1

      Yes they sound extremely similar

  • @ethanhudson5439
    @ethanhudson5439 2 місяці тому +1

    Thanks for breaking it down

  • @alexhaugen7530
    @alexhaugen7530 5 місяців тому +2

    Hey bro, love the video, do you have a tutorial on the song you played at 2:35? Sounds great

    • @kostringworks
      @kostringworks  4 місяці тому +1

      The Doc Watson version? I do actually have that one tabbed out over in my patreon. Haven’t made a tutorial video of it though. Be a fun one!

    • @alexhaugen7530
      @alexhaugen7530 4 місяці тому

      @@kostringworkscool what the name of that song it sounds so familiar

    • @gerrynelsonmusic
      @gerrynelsonmusic 4 місяці тому

      Do you mean Heart and Soul? It's what everyone plays on piano.

  • @pecosnick45
    @pecosnick45 6 місяців тому +2

    Definitely want to see more finger style and banjo tunes from billy.

    • @kostringworks
      @kostringworks  6 місяців тому

      Dude for sure. The stuff he's doing on this piece totally seems banjo informed too. Absolutely mind-bending to get my right hand around at first.

  • @TaycroTC
    @TaycroTC 2 місяці тому +1

    I knew I’d find someone who went as insane about this as I did

  • @floatingcoffin
    @floatingcoffin 6 місяців тому +2

    Mach 1 speed was almost exactly "When the Night Comes" by Dan Auerbach of the Black Keys. Think he said his dad wrote it. Awesome song check it out!

    • @kostringworks
      @kostringworks  6 місяців тому +1

      Ha, I will! Yeah it amazing to me how much the speed changes thing!

  • @DamianMoody
    @DamianMoody 2 місяці тому +1

    He doesn't put the triplets in, there is a Doc Watson tab book called 'the songs of Doc Watson' that was tabbed by Doc himself on Oak publishing that has the correct tabs for this.

  • @carloscruik9687
    @carloscruik9687 3 місяці тому +1

    It appears that Billy picks with thumb, index and middle while anchoring with ring and little finger. Am I correct?

  • @nilspeereboom3000
    @nilspeereboom3000 6 місяців тому +1

    Nice!

  • @elginphelps5291
    @elginphelps5291 6 місяців тому +1

    There are plenty of pickers world wide who can do this. Billy knows.
    He doesn't trumpet his talent. He remains humble.

  • @dustinroadway6108
    @dustinroadway6108 6 місяців тому +1

    are you in MN.

  • @abhigyanbora8627
    @abhigyanbora8627 2 місяці тому +1

    Premium content !❤

  • @holzhausholz8215
    @holzhausholz8215 6 місяців тому +2

    Is it possible to play Doc's Guitar too fast? 🤔 Great analysis of Billy's cover- thanks!

    • @kostringworks
      @kostringworks  6 місяців тому

      I’ve yet to see it! Thanks bud!

  • @monoped8437
    @monoped8437 6 місяців тому

    i don't think i've ever heard billy called underrated

  • @firecrackerheart
    @firecrackerheart 6 місяців тому +4

    fantastic-and with tab! niiice .. . it never ceases to amaze me, the annoying and unfortunate vitriol billy receives from a segment of the bluegrass community. he's unconventional, yes, but an amazing and a unique voice in modern music-above and beyond genre....... billy strings is a stellar guitarist, songwriter, and musician .. .

    • @kostringworks
      @kostringworks  6 місяців тому +1

      Totally. Seems most folks that are ahead of the game get the most grief!

    • @CorneiliusLibowitz
      @CorneiliusLibowitz 6 місяців тому +2

      Otherwise known as Grassholes...

  • @joshwalowe756
    @joshwalowe756 3 місяці тому +2

    Tommy Emmanuel's version is even faster

  • @VictorVectorMusic
    @VictorVectorMusic 6 місяців тому +3

    Fingerpicking means not using a plectrum.

    • @kostringworks
      @kostringworks  6 місяців тому

      Precisely!

    • @JustBurnOil
      @JustBurnOil 6 місяців тому

      Billy strings is a flat picker

    • @russsalsman3512
      @russsalsman3512 5 місяців тому

      Lifelong finger picker and I always use a thumb pick. Sounds tighter than a thumb.