Bluegrass

[Dafiryde]

In need of some assistance here
Looking for a good progressive bluegrass book or on line course.

[Matt G]

http://www.flatpick.com/product_p/2437.htm

Lots of folks around here recommend this book. I bought volume 4, and it's great.

[DebbieE]

There's also Artistworks Bryan Sutton bluegrass guitar. There's a whole bunch of lessons, and you send Video Exchanges in to Bryan and he replies via video on his critique of your video and anything he thinks you should work on. It's a real nice program. If you wait until Christmas time they usually have a 50% off sale on the year course.

[Ten]

Agreed on Bryan’s lessons, also recommend Steve Kaufman’s material (http://www.flatpik.com) and Ryan Kimm’s (https://musicwithryan.com).

[Silly Moustache]

Hi, I started playing in bluegrass bands in about 1975. There were no resources like there are now, so I learned from listening and watching.

I'm concerned that when learning from "the asters" one may get the idea that their abilities are what you should achieve and get disheartened.

Remember that the guitar is essentially a rhythm instrument in a bluegrass band, and a guitar talking solos was very rare until folk like Clarence White came along.
Of course there have been some wonderful solo guitarists like doc Watson and David Grier who play fiddle tunes with expertise but that is really a branch away from bluegrass.

So I'd suggest that you become familiar with the basic boom - chick rhythm styles and then progress to picking out the melodies from within the chords.

This might help:

and then, perhaps this :

Hope this helps.

[Wyllys]

Originally Posted by Silly Moustache

Hi, I started playing in bluegrass bands in about 1975. There were no resources like there are now, so I learned from listening and watching.

I'm concerned that when learning from "the asters" one may get the idea that their abilities are what you should achieve and get disheartened.

Remember that the guitar is essentially a rhythm instrument in a bluegrass band, and a guitar talking solos was very rare until folk like Clarence White came along.
Of course there have been some wonderful solo guitarists like doc Watson and David Grier who play fiddle tunes with expertise but that is really a branch away from bluegrass.

So I'd suggest that you become familiar with the basic boom - chick rhythm styles and then progress to picking out the melodies from within the chords.

This might help:

and then, perhaps this :

Hope this helps.

Exactly.

To th second point in bold I'd refer all to Maybelle Carter and Lester Flatt.

[DaveKell]

countryguitaronline.com.
This young man has very affordable subscription plans and excellent instruction in the styles of many well known bluegrass and contemporary artists. He's usually online in a chat window on his site as well.

[jwing]

Assuming that you don't know much about playing bluegrass:

Bluegrass is music made by a band. Dive right in; you'll know better how to approach it after you've immersed yourself in some slow jamming. Start here:

https://www.drbanjo.com/play-along-b...s-jam-dvds.php

The first thing that you should realize is that in bluegrass, most of the instruments play rhythm most of the time. Especially the guitar and the bass. So the first thing you should learn is how to play rock-solid rhythm, bluegrass style. The second thing you should learn is the runs and fills that embellish the rhythm guitar and define the sound of bluegrass.