Acoustic Guitar Lessons: 4 Feel & Crosspicking

Course details

The bluegrass style is one of the most rewarding and technically demanding ways to play guitar. Once you've mastered the basics, you can play most songs. But becoming a great bluegrass guitarist has a lot to do with feel and dexterity—skills you can only master with the help of a great teacher. Bryan Sutton is arguably the best flatpick guitarist since the late great Doc Watson. In this course, part 4 of Bluegrass Guitar Lessons, he shares his Grammy-winning techniques with you.

Learn how to maintain flatpicking flow—consistent tone, groove, and musicality. Find out how to play along role-oriented lines, and find more musical opportunities. In chapters 3, 4, and 5, Bryan shows how to apply what you've learned to intermediate versions of popular bluegrass tunes. Each lesson helps you add a challenging new dimension to your sound, and improve your overall musicality.

Learning objectives
Adding feel
Developing groove
Crosspicking
Playing intermediate bluegrass tunes

Concepts

0. Introduction

01 - Welcome

1. Adding Feel and Developing Groove

02 - Developing groove and pocket - Part 1
03 - Developing groove and pocket - Part 2
04 - Feel - Exercise 1
05 - Feel - Exercise 2

2. Crosspicking

06 - Crosspicking - Part 1
07 - Crosspicking - Part 2
08 - Crosspicking (key of G) - Exercise 1
09 - Crosspicking (key of C) - Exercise 1
10 - Crosspicking with hammer-ons (key of C) - Exercise 1
11 - Crosspicking - Etude 1

3. Intermediate Bluegrass Tunes 2

12 - Big Sciota (intermediate) - Part 1
13 - Big Sciota (intermediate) - Part 2
14 - Blackberry Blossom (intermediate) - Analysis
15 - Blackberry Blossom (intermediate) - Performance 85 BPM
16 - Blackberry Blossom (intermediate) - Performance 95 BPM
17 - Daley's Reel (intermediate) - Part 1
18 - Daley's Reel (intermediate) - Part 2

4. Intermediate Bluegrass Tunes 3

19 - High Heel Shoe (intermediate)
20 - Whiskey Before Breakfast (intermediate) - Analysis, part 1
21 - Whiskey Before Breakfast (intermediate) - Analysis, part 2
22 - Whiskey Before Breakfast (intermediate) - Performance 80 BPM
23 - Whiskey Before Breakfast (intermediate) - Performance 90 BPM
24 - Shady Grove (intermediate)

5. Intermediate Bluegrass Tunes 4

25 - Jimmy Brown (intermediate)
26 - Kitchen Girl (intermediate) - Part 1
27 - Kitchen Girl (intermediate) - Part 2
28 - Wildwood Flower (intermediate) - Part 1
29 - Wildwood Flower (intermediate) - Part 2
30 - Red Haired Boy (intermediate) - Part 1
31 - Red Haired Boy (intermediate) - Part 2

Conclusion

32 - ArtistWorks and Next Steps