Lesson ID: A0194
In this guitar lesson, you’ll learn how to play the traditional bluegrass tune called “Cold Frosty Morning”. This song dates back to the 1700s and it has become a favorite tune played at bluegrass jams. It’s a great song to use for working on your bluegrass flatpicking — practice picking the melody at a slow pace in the beginning and increase your speed in increments. Also, don’t worry about volume at first. Try to pick each note with a nice, clean, and soft pick stroke. This will help you build the right technique and the speed and volume will develop over time. “Cold Frosty Morning” guitar tablature is available for download below the lesson video.
Overview
Arrangement 1
Video 1 – Playthrough with TAB – Low-Pitched Arrangement
Video 2 – Full Breakdown – Low-Pitched Arrangement
Arrangement 2
Video 1 – Playthrough with TAB – High-Pitched Arrangement
Video 2 – Full Breakdown – High-Pitched Arrangement
Backing Track
Video 1 – Slower Backing Track 160BPM
Video 2 – Faster Backing Track 200BPM
New lesson! You’ll learn two arrangements for Cold Frosty Morning and I’ll be putting together another video next week talking about the rhythm guitar for this song and also some tips for soloing over this song using the Dorian and Mixolydian modes. There are some pretty interesting chords in this song. Hope y’all like the lesson!
This one is appropriate for the season. It looks like fun.
Loving this new tune. It’s like getting 2 songs in one! Also just started on Home Sweet Home too
A compliment to wheel hoss to practise the flat picking technique, thanks. It’s magical how speed comes almost imperceptibly
cheers Devin
Devin, when you play in the overview how many bpm are you picking?
Devin given the backing track is played at 160 bpm – is it intended i flat pick at the same pace – oh my – long way to go!!
Hi Devin when practicing along with you i can alter the tempo to “normal” speed” – does this suggest this is the tempo it should be played at as the backing track starts at 160 bpm?!
I tried to choose a moderate speed as the “normal” speed in the backing track… from there, you can adjust the playback speed slower or faster depending on how fast you want to practice. I played the intro of the lesson at about 160 bpm or maybe just shy of that. Good luck! Hopefully that answers your question, but let me know if you have any others in the meantime!