Salt Creek
Lesson ID: A0171 “Salt Creek” is a popular bluegrass flatpicking tune that you’ll hear at…
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Ten Different Ways to Play the Bluegrass “G Run”
The classic “G run” is the most important part of bluegrass guitar. Learning different variations of the G run will improve your soloing and backup rhythm guitar. In this guitar lesson, we’ll work through ten different examples of how to play the standard bluegrass G run on guitar. All of the bluegrass G run examples in this lesson come with tablature. The first G run we’ll cover is the most common G run…
Little Sadie
Lesson ID: A0169 In this guitar lesson, you’ll learn how to play “Little Sadie” in…
The Year That Clayton Delaney Died
Lesson ID: A0168 In this country guitar lesson, we’ll work on a traditional country strumming…
Red Dirt Country Blues Strumming and Fills
Lesson ID: A0166 In this guitar lesson, you’ll learn a country blues progression in the…
Banks of the Ohio Crosspicking Guitar Lesson
Lesson ID: A0167 “Banks of the Ohio” is a traditional 19th century ballad that has…
Man of Constant Sorrow
“Man of Constant Sorrow” was first published by Dick Burnett in 1913 and later made popular by the Stanley Brothers in the 1950s. In this guitar lesson, we’ll show you how to play “Man of Constant Sorrow” in the style of The Soggy Bottom Boys. This song will turn some heads at your next jam…
St. Anne’s Reel
“St. Anne’s Reel” is a traditional French-Canadian tune in the public domain that was made popular by Joseph Allard in the 1930s. This song was originally played on the fiddle but it has become a favorite flatpicking tune of guitarists at bluegrass jams. In this guitar lesson, you’ll learn how to play a traditional melody for “St. Anne’s Reel” on guitar…
Worried Blues
“Worried Blues” is an old song from the early 1900s written by a country blues musician named Frank Hutchinson. Hutchinson was best known for playing slide guitar with the guitar held in his lap. His song “Worried Blues” has been recorded by several artists over the years, including a popular fingerstyle arrangement by Doc…