Greetings from Denmark - Introduce Yourself

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C White — Sat, 30 Jan 2021 00:10:46 +0000

@shysue Thank you, Billy is a hard guy to keep up with but his songs sure are fun to play.

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Susan Wagner — Fri, 29 Jan 2021 23:55:02 +0000

@g That was great! One of these days I'll get a video up, too, but I probably won't be playing Dust in a Baggie. That one is above my skill level right now.

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jerseychicadee — Fri, 29 Jan 2021 16:25:29 +0000

Making Devin and Marcel proud teachers!

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C White — Fri, 29 Jan 2021 12:30:01 +0000

@shysueThanks, yeah Marcel is really good. Him and Devin are my go to for studying guitar. I follow both religiously. It's funny you mention the Dust in a Baggie video. The living room version is my favorite. I'm still trying to get it down to where I can play it real smooth. The link below is my attempt to play that song.

Link to Dust in a Baggie

https://www.dropbox.com/s/3ysljm30tgttfx8/IMG_0230.mov?dl=0

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jrick92 — Fri, 29 Jan 2021 04:35:22 +0000

@g Agreed, It does take time. I'm trying to get a feel for the fills right now. I know at some point they will come a lot more natural.

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Susan Wagner — Thu, 28 Jan 2021 21:22:16 +0000

That's good advice, G. I saw a YouTube video (I think it was lessons with Marcel) where he broke down Dust in a Baggie. Slowed down it was very simple. The thing is though, Billy Strings does it super fast which is a different challenge. LOL

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C White — Thu, 28 Jan 2021 14:03:42 +0000

Agreed the country strumming course is a good place to start. After that jump to the cross picking lessons.
a good exercise for practicing clarity and playing smooth for me has been to play a G,C,D chord progression, which tends to be the most common in bluegrass. While playing each chord measure add a little crosspicking and then when you go to the next chord do a bass walk to get to the next chord. The crosspicking helps me a lot with clarity and the bass walks to other chords help me develop smoothness in my playing. Once you get that down going to the guitar lick library lessons that have lessons on G riffs would be good so you can add in some fills as you’re playing these chords. I really enjoy taking something simple like G,C,D chords and then layering in all of these things to give your playing a real rich sound. It’s exactly what billy strings does in that song dust in a baggie. It’s just G,C and D chords with all this stuff layered in. Just take your time and most of all have fun with it. It’s a journey. Nobody becomes Tony Rice over night. It’s all about putting in the work.

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Eric Reinhardt — Thu, 28 Jan 2021 13:45:31 +0000

Welcome Kadri

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Susan Wagner — Wed, 27 Jan 2021 19:18:39 +0000

Hello Kadri, Welcome to CGO! When I first started here I did the Country Strumming course. It was very helpful. Classic Country and Bluegrass Strumming Patterns Course Outline – Country Guitar Online

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Kadri Saad — Wed, 27 Jan 2021 11:05:57 +0000

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Thanks John! I will definately check that out :D