G’day! In this Liberty: Guitar Lesson, we’ll take a look at the basic melody of the tune for the intermediate picker, with some basic cross picking. Liberty is a traditional fiddle tune in the key of D, and this arrangement is played in standard tuning, capo 2. The right-hand is alternating through the tune, with some basic cross picking passages included in the melody. Go to lesson...
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Arkansas Traveler: Guitar Lesson
G’day! In this jam packed Arkansas Traveler: Guitar Lesson, we’ll take a look at a fun & challenging arrangement for the intermediate/advanced picker, containing 2 variations of the melody for both Part A & B. Arkansas Traveler is a traditional fiddle tune in the key of D.
The first variation is played on the lower strings in the open position, built for speed and ease featuring a range of ornaments. Go to lesson...
Devil’s Dream: Guitar Lesson
G’day! In this Devil’s Dream: Guitar Lesson, we’ll take a look at the basic melody of the tune for the intermediate picker, which includes some great cross picking passages. Devil’s Dream is a traditional fiddle tune in the key of A. It has challenging left hand note combinations featuring both arpeggios and scale passages and is a great work out for your right hand featuring many 8th note passages plus several cross picking arpeggios, but is darn fun to play & a great session tune! Go to lesson...
Salt Creek: Crosspicking Guitar Lesson
G’day! This guitar lesson is in 2 parts; first we’ll be working on some crosspicking technique and several exercises to help improve accuracy; in the second part of this lesson we’ll apply the technique to an arrangement of the picking session standard, Salt Creek, out of capo 2 in the key of A. Go to lesson...
St. Anne’s Reel: Flatpicking Guitar Lesson
G’day! In this guitar lesson we’ll take a look at St. Anne’s Reel, played out of capo 2 in the key of D.
Here’s the lesson preview & lesson for part A:
Whiskey Before Breakfast (Adv): Guitar Lesson
Hey! In this guitar lesson we’ll take a look at Whiskey Before Breakfast. There are 2 versions in this arrangement – the first is played mainly in the open position around open chords, while the second is played using the floating technique and ventures up the neck.
Floating is a technique of playing open strings in combination with fretted strings. Go to lesson...
Cherokee Shuffle: Flatpicking Guitar Lesson
In this arrangement of Cherokee Shuffle for the guitar, there are 2 versions.
Form played in the preview = AABB – A1 (Basic) A2 (Variation) B1 (Basic) B2 (Variation)
The first is the basic melody, played in the open position. The second variation introduces more bluegrass licks, cross-picking, harmonises the melody in places plus also moves up the neck using a floating technique. Go to lesson...
Bury Me Beneath The Willow: Guitar
An arrangement of Bury Me Beneath The Willow for bluegrass guitar. Played in the key of A, capo fret 2, this arrangement can be easily transposed into other keys by repositioning the capo.
Lesson Preview
Go to lesson... Silent Night: Bluegrass Christmas
A bluegrass arrangement of the Christmas Carol ‘Silent Night’ for guitar, banjo & mandolin!
Here’s a preview for the guitar, banjo (0.46) & mandolin (1.30) arrangements:
MP3 Play-Along (all instruments) & Backing Track (rhythm guitar & mandolin)
Go to lesson...Liberty: Mandolin
Learn to play Liberty on the mandolin with this video lesson. This is my arrangement with a bit of crosspicking thrown in for good measure! Go to lesson...