Learn how to play bluegrass guitar with Grammy-winning flatpicker Bryan Sutton. Course 1 covers holding the guitar and pick, picking and fretting, and rhythm and chords.
Acoustic Guitar Lessons: 1 Picking, Fretting, & Chords
Overview
Syllabus
Introduction
- Welcome
- Introduction to bluegrass guitar
- Posture
- Tuning the guitar
- Picking hand fundamentals 1: Picking hand technique
- Picking hand fundamentals 2: Picking arm technique
- Fretting hand fundamentals 1: Fretting hand technique
- Fretting hand fundamentals 2: Fretting arm technique
- Combining picking hand and fretting hand
- Fundamentals of practice: Part 1
- Fundamentals of practice: Part 2
- Fundamentals of practice: Part 3
- Introduction to picking pattern exercises
- Picking pattern: Exercise 1
- Picking pattern: Exercise 2
- Picking pattern: Exercise 3
- Rhythm and chords overview
- Major chords 1: The chords G, C, and D
- Major chords 2: The chords A and E
- The "boom chuck" sound: Part 1
- The "boom chuck" sound: Part 2
- Changing chords in rhythm: Exercise 1
- “You Are My Sunshine” (basic)
- “Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star” (basic)
- “Whiskey Before Breakfast” (basic): Melody, part 1
- “Whiskey Before Breakfast” (basic): Melody, part 2
- “Whiskey Before Breakfast” (basic): Rhythm
- “Whiskey Before Breakfast” (basic): Performance 70 BPM
- “Whiskey Before Breakfast” (basic): Performance 80 BPM
- “Turkey in the Straw” (basic): Melody, part 1
- “Turkey in the Straw” (basic): Melody, part 2
- “Turkey in the Straw” (basic): Rhythm
- “My Home Across the Blue Ridge Mountains” (basic)
- “Soldiers Joy” (basic): Melody, part 1
- "Soldiers Joy" (basic): Melody, part 2
- "Soldiers Joy" (basic): Rhythm
- ArtistWorks and Next Steps
Taught by
Bryan Sutton
