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Over the Waterfall

April 11, 2025May 4, 2024 by Devin

Lesson ID: A0222

In this lesson, you’ll learn how to play a bluegrass flatpicking arrangement for the traditional song “Over the Waterfall”. This arrangement is inspired by a lesson request submitted through our Forum that included a performance by greekflatpicker on YouTube. Check out their YouTube channel when you get a chance! They have a several nice flatpicking tunes posted to YouTube.

After you learn the arrangement, practice it with our “Over the Waterfall” backing track included with this guitar lesson. Also, tablature is available for download below the lesson video.

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Video Start Time	Lesson Topic
00:00 min	Potatoes – Measures 1 through 4
01:57 min	A Part, Round 1 – Measures 5 through 8
06:28 min	A Part, Round 1 – Measures 9 through 12
11:34 min	A Part, Round 2 – Measures 13 through 16
14:50 min	A Part, Round 2 – Measures 17 through 20
19:52 min	B Part, Round 1 – Measures 21 through 24
26:25 min	B Part, Round 1 – Measures 25 through 28
29:49 min	B Part, Round 2 – Measures 29 through 32
31:12 min	B Part, Round 2 – Measures 33 through 36
33:38 min	Practice along with me

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Dust in a Baggie by Billy Strings

April 11, 2025February 13, 2023 by Devin

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Lesson ID: A0209

In this guitar lesson, you’ll learn how to play the guitar solos from “Dust in a Baggie” by Billy Strings. We’re going to cover the popular version on YouTube where Billy is playing this song on a couch. We’ll cover all the guitar breaks that Billy plays in this version. The tablature files are available for download below the lesson videos.

Intro (Guitar Break 1)

Video Start Time	Lesson Topic
00:00 min	Intro (Guitar Break 1) Example
00:27 min	Line 1 – Measures 1 through 5
01:52 min	Line 2 – Measures 6 through 9
03:12 min	Line 3 – Measures 10 through 13
04:42 min	Line 4 – Measures 14 through 17
06:17 min	Line 5 – Measures 18 through 19
07:11 min	Practice Along with Me

Guitar Break 2

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Guitar Break 3

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Guitar Break 4

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Backing Track

This backing track loops the Guitar Break Chord Progression over and over. Enjoy!

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Flatpicking in the Style of Kenny Smith

April 11, 2025April 18, 2021 by Devin

Lesson ID: A0196

In this guitar lesson, we’ll take a close look at a flatpicking break in the style of Kenny Smith. This is a fairly advanced guitar break that will really help you build up some strength in your fretting hand. The hardest part is the “double pull-off” that happens a couple times throughout the arrangement. Before you begin, you’ll need to tune your A string a whole step down to the note G for a tuning of EGDGBE. We also have our capo on the 4th fret. Good luck!

Be sure to out Kenny Smith and his wife Amanda Smith on their website kenny-amandasmith.com where you can learn about their upcoming live shows.

If you like the sound of my guitar in this lesson, I’m playing on a Martin D-18 with an ambertone finish and I’m using Woodtone Country Series acoustic guitar strings.

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Jerusalem Ridge

April 11, 2025October 9, 2020 by Devin

Lesson ID: A0190

In this guitar lesson, you’ll learn how to play a flatpicking guitar arrangement that goes along with the old classic bluegrass fiddle tune “Jerusalem Ridge” by Kenny Baker and Bill Monroe. This is a catchy flatpicking guitar arrangement that will help you work on your pick control and timing. We’ll begin by covering an intro for this song, and then we’ll go over the four main melodies in this song (A Part, B Part, C Part, and D Part). Download the guitar tablature below the lesson video.

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Playthrough with Tablature

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