Acoustic Guitar Lessons: 3 Rhythm & Voicings

Course details

Learn how to play bluegrass guitar—one of the most rewarding and technically demanding ways to play guitar. In part 3 of the Bluegrass Guitar Lessons series, Grammy-winning flatpicker Bryan Sutton concentrates on big-picture techniques that will help you develop your own personal sound. Learn intermediate techniques for fretting without tension and embellishing your sound with hammer-ons and pull-offs. Find out how to move beyond basic rhythms into more complex bass strum patterns, phrasing, and scale walking. Open up the fretboard with some exciting new scales and chord shapes. Bryan shows how to apply what you've learned to intermediate versions of popular bluegrass tunes, such as "Turkey in the Straw" and "Soldier's Joy." Watch at your own pace; start and stop where and when you need. Each lesson helps you add a challenging new dimension to your sound, and improve your overall musicality.

Learning objectives
Intermediate bluegrass guitar techniques
Intermediate fretting
Hammer-ons and pull-offs in G, C, and D
Intermediate rhythm exercises
Playing intermediate bluegrass tunes
Opening up the fretboard with expanded scales and chord exercises

Concepts

0. Introduction

01 - Welcome

1. Intermediate Right and Left Hand Technique

02 - Intermediate Bluegrass Guitar
03 - Fretting Hand Review
04 - Hammer and Pull (Key of G) - Exercise 1
05 - Picking Hand Review
06 - Hammer (Key of C) - Exercise 1
07 - Hammer and Pull (Key of D) - Exercise 1

2. Intermediate Rhythm and Concepts

08 - Playing Alternate Downbeat Notes
09 - Intermediate Rhythm Exercise
10 - Moving Beyond the Boom Chuck
11 - The G Run
12 - Listening and Common Sense

3. Intermediate Bluegrass Tunes 1

13 - Turkey in the Straw (Intermediate) - Part 1
14 - Turkey in the Straw (Intermediate) - Part 2
15 - John Hardy - Key of G (Intermediate)

4. Expanded Scales to Open Up the Fretboard

16 - Major Scales - 2nd Position Closed - Key of G
17 - Major Scales - 2nd Position Closed - Key of C
18 - Major Scales - 2nd Position Closed - Key of D
19 - Major Scales - 2nd Position Closed - Key of A
20 - Major Scales - 2nd Position Closed - Key of F
21 - Pentatonic Scales - Closed Position - Key of G
22 - Pentatonic Scales - Closed Position - Key of C
23 - Pentatonic Scales - Closed Position - Key of D
24 - Pentatonic Scales - Closed Position - Key of A
25 - Opening Up the Fretboard - Part 1
26 - Opening Up the Fretboard - Part 2

5. Fretboard Expansion Exercises

27 - Three Shape - Exercise 1
28 - Three Shape - Exercise 2
29 - Fretboard - Exercise 1
30 - Fretboard - Exercise 2
31 - Major Scales - Up the Neck - Key of G
32 - Major Scales - Up the Neck - Key of C
33 - Major Scales - Up the Neck - Key of D

Conclusion

34 - ArtistWorks and Next Steps

Acoustic Guitar Lessons: 3 Rhythm & Voicings

Authors

Bryan Sutton