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.
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'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.
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 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.
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!!
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!
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.
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
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
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.
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.
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 ;)
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!
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
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
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.
If you watch Saturday Night Live, do you remember Vanessa Bayer’s character the “Poetry Teacher”? Do you hear what Im talking about? This is an awesome and now HILARIOUS lesson 🤣😂
When showing the scales over the 3 chords in section 3....you add an extra note on the B string playing over C. When showing it slowly you added in the extra...but playing at speed you arent playing it.
This is definitely and informative lesson on the notes and scales etc, but I think it’s missing some info on technique when it comes to the picking. Even the teacher has some struggles with the picking, you can hear it in whenever he plays the first run of notes. I think there’s a lot of economy and alternate picking with this kind of stuff. Not bagging on anyone, just putting my opinion out there. I think the technique is what makes it sound the way it does.
The video is good. The picking ? You alternate it and that's all. I have learned it = it is ok. And sometimes one adapts his own way of playing to the one proposed in the lesson.
I was looking for this comment. I agree. He covered the bluegrass idea well, the progression, the scales used, but he didn't even cover the right hand, it is definitely down up down up, duh bro... but in flat picking there is a 4 note over 3 string strumming pattern that creates the speed and sound that he doesn't even mention. Its the hardest part and defining quality of flatpicking.
When someone says something like this, Philo, your first reaction should be to ask why, not try and correct them. For one, its rude, and for 2, its should be obvious to you(it is to us) that the original commenter knows more about guitar/music than you. If you want to improve at music learn to shut up and pick up on the good advice. If you only used this video, you would literally never learn to flat pick. And this one comment was your only chance to learn that on this video/thread. Instead your ego prevented you from improving.
