G’day! In this Joy To The World: Bluegrass Guitar Lesson, we’ll take a look at a fun arrangement of this Christmas Carol played in a bluegrass style, for the both the intermediate & advanced picker. The arrangement is played out of G shapes, capo’d at the 2nd fret, putting us in the key of A.
There are 2 versions inside this arrangement. The first is a basic version of the melody with plenty of space in the rhythm & a little extra bluegrass flavour added. The second variation is far more advanced, with lots of bluesy notes, bluegrass licks and some challenging picking, all while floating around the melody!
The first video lesson is available free below.The full lesson is available to members, which:
- Includes 4 video lessons;
- Includes the PDF tab & notation;
- Also includes MP3 play-along & backing tracks at full tempo.
The PDF tab & notation only is also available to purchase separately below:
Lesson #1:
- Learn the first 8 bars of the basic variation;
- Exercises for building the variation.
Lesson #2:
- Learn the remainder of the basic variation;
- Exercises for building the variation.
Joy To The World: Bluegrass Guitar Lesson #2
Lesson #3:
- Learn the first 8 bars of the advanced variation;
- Exercises for building the variation.
Joy To The World: Bluegrass Guitar Lesson #3
Lesson #4:
- Learn the remainder of the advanced variation, including the tag;
- Exercises for building the variation.
Joy To The World: Bluegrass Guitar Lesson #4
Audio:
Members Only- MP3 play-along & backing tracks at full tempo.