bluegrass

Learn to Play Black Mountain Rag

July 25, 2011

in acoustic guitar, guitar lesson

David Ellis has two new guitar lessons that will teach you an intermediate version of the old fiddle tune Black Mountain Rag. The lessons cover the flatpicking solo style of Doc Watson that has influenced just about every picker that’s come along since. David will teach you the solo measure by measure and then demonstrate at slow, medium, and fast speeds. The download includes Quicktime videos, .pdfs of the tablature, and metronome click tracks. Check out the lesson page for more details or watch the demos below. I’ve also includes a video of Doc playing the song in 1983.

Lesson 1

Lesson 2

Doc Watson with some background info and discussion.

Tagged as: bluegrass, david ellis, doc watson, flatpicking guitar

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Easy Flatpicking Guitar Lesson: Old Joe Clark & Wildwood Flower

February 15, 2011

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We have a new lesson for bluegrass guitar beginners. This lesson is the first guitar lesson David Ellis has done for our site after previously creating our Beginning Dobro lessons. The premium download features easy arrangements of the bluegrass standards Wildwood Flower and Old Joe Clark. David starts by reviewing the chord progressions for each song and then teaches you how to play the single note melody lines. This is a great introduction to playing bluegrass and will help the less experienced guitarist move from playing rhythm toward flatpicking leads. Check out the Easy Flatpicking Songs 1 page for more details.

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Guitar Lesson: Whiskey Before Breakfast

April 19, 2010

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Flatpicking Guitar Mag’s free lesson of the month is the bluegrass classic Whiskey Before Breakfast. In addition to having the tab for playing the song, there is some background music theory explanation on using harmonized scales.

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Guitar Links May 5th

May 5, 2009

in guitar lesson, guitar links

- Flatpicking Lesson on Tennessee Wagoner featuring tab and .mp3

- Six tips on buying guitars at garage sales or at pawn shops. Most pawn shops are internet savvy at this point, but garage sales can still be a good bargain.

- And the tale of someone who struck guitar gold at a garage sale. Crazy, crazy, crazy amount of guitar gold.

Tagged as: bluegrass, flatpicking

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