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Acoustic Guitar Lessons: 2 Scales, Walking Bass, Hammer-Ons, and Pull-Offs

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Overview

Learn how to play bluegrass guitar with Grammy-winning flatpicker Bryan Sutton. Course 2 covers major and pentatonic scales, walking bass, and hammer-ons, pull-offs, and slides.

Syllabus

Introduction
  • Welcome
1. Scales and Chord Theory
  • The major scales, part 1: G and C
  • The major scales, part 2: D and A
  • The major scales, part 3: F and E
  • The pentatonic scales, part 1: G and C
  • The pentatonic scales, part 2: D and A
  • The pentatonic scales, part 3: F and E
  • Chord theory: Part 1
  • Chord theory: Part 2
2. Walking Bass and Reading Tablature
  • Walking bass: Part 1
  • Walking bass: Part 2
  • Walking bass: Part 3
  • Reading tablature
3. Hammer-Ons, Pull-Offs, and Slides
  • Beginning hammer-ons
  • Hammer-ons: Exercise 1
  • Beginning pull-offs
  • Pull-offs: Exercise 1
  • Beginning slides
  • Slides: Exercise 1
4. Basic Bluegrass Tunes 1
  • “Wildwood Flower” (basic)
  • Using a capo
  • “Big Sciota” (basic): Melody
  • “Big Sciota” (basic): Rhythm
  • “Daley's Reel” (basic): Part 1
  • “Daley's Reel” (basic): Part 2
  • “Blackberry Blossom” (basic): Melody
  • “Blackberry Blossom” (basic): Rhythm
  • “Blackberry Blossom” (basic): Performance 75 BPM
  • “Blackberry Blossom” (basic): Performance 85 BPM
5. Basic Bluegrass Tunes 2
  • “Red Haired Boy” (basic): Melody, part 1
  • “Red Haired Boy” (basic): Melody, part 2
  • “Red Haired Boy” (basic): Rhythm
  • “Jimmy Brown” (basic)
  • “Kitchen Girl” (basic)
  • "Shady Grove" (basic): Melody
  • "Shady Grove" (basic): Rhythm
Conclusion
  • ArtistWorks and Next Steps

Taught by

Bryan Sutton

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