Lesson ID: A0074
“Red Haired Boy” is an old traditional bluegrass fiddle tune that’s become pretty popular among bluegrass flatpickers. In this guitar lesson, I’ll teach you the flatpicking part and the chord progression, along with a few techniques you can use to embellish your rhythm guitar playing.
Flatpicking Breakdown
| Video Start Time | Lesson Topic |
|---|---|
| 00:00 min | Lesson Overview |
| 01:05 min | Tablature Play Through – Slower Speed |
| 03:45 min | Helpful Tips |
| 06:50 min | Practice Along – Faster Speed |
Rhythm Technique
| Video Start Time | Lesson Topic |
|---|---|
| 00:00 min | Rhythm Overview |
| 00:31 min | Basic Strumming Pattern |
| 01:31 min | “Boom Chicka” Embellishments |
| 02:10 min | Alternating Bass Notes |
Very nice arrangement
So awesome. I’ll be taking this one to the next jam for sure. Thanks Devin!
I like the split screen with tabs nice work
Devin, I’m very impressed with your website and your straight-forward teaching style. Good job.
Just catching up with past lessons Devin def like this one
i have got pretty decent at this after countless hours, and thought i was done, but then i ran into tony rice master class, and seen additional riffs added to it. well the lessons are paying off! i am seeing, and hearing things i never did before. thanks again devin!
Awesome tune. I am kind of a guitar newbie especially to Bluegrass but I love the sound. You’re an excellent teacher and I am learning this very slow but it’s starting to sound like the song. Thanks a lot for the great lessons.
Thanks! Yeah, I love that bluegrass sound also. Great stuff. Glad you’re putting my lessons to good use…appreciate the message.
Can you do a lesson on Gold Rush?
Always one of my favorites. I’ve actually had a few other requests for this song recently. It’s on the list of lessons to record soon…keep an eye out for it. I should have it posted sometime in the next couple of weeks.
Wow just joined!!! hello yall! from new jersey 🙂 ..really so happy to see this ,, I will join annual,, very worth it.. love this bluegrass fiddle stuff! Got to go to work now but later today want to learn this from your wonderful awesome site!
Hey John – Thanks for joining! Glad to have you on board. Should have the next lesson posted by the end of this week, and let me know if you have any lesson requests after you have a chance to browse through everything. Hope you enjoy the site! – Devin
This is nice and clean. Thanks
Really like the last measure! Whole tune is simply fun to play !
Awesome stuff here…..started very slow and after a few days I started flying through this dead on and with tone!
Thanks Devin
Salt Creek and Red Haired Boy share a few similarities it seems, love both!
Nice lesson, just about got it memorized.. thank you
It’s crazy how much difference 10% is. I can’t get 100% , i can do it but not consistently yet. I can do 90% fine.
Great lesson.. I love it
i can finally do 100% speed. I’ve been stuck on 90% speed for 3 days. i love this. thank you.