Acoustic Guitar Lessons: 2 Scales, Walking Bass, Hammer-Ons, and Pull-Offs

Learn how to play bluegrass guitar with Grammy-winning flatpicker Bryan Sutton. Course 2 covers major and pentatonic scales, walking bass, and hammer-ons, pull-offs, and slides.

Introduction

• Welcome

1. Scales and Chord Theory

• The major scales, part 1: G and C
• The major scales, part 2: D and A
• The major scales, part 3: F and E
• The pentatonic scales, part 1: G and C
• The pentatonic scales, part 2: D and A
• The pentatonic scales, part 3: F and E
• Chord theory: Part 1
• Chord theory: Part 2

2. Walking Bass and Reading Tablature

• Walking bass: Part 1
• Walking bass: Part 2
• Walking bass: Part 3
• Reading tablature

3. Hammer-Ons, Pull-Offs, and Slides

• Beginning hammer-ons
• Hammer-ons: Exercise 1
• Beginning pull-offs
• Pull-offs: Exercise 1
• Beginning slides
• Slides: Exercise 1

4. Basic Bluegrass Tunes 1

• “Wildwood Flower” (basic)
• Using a capo
• “Big Sciota” (basic): Melody
• “Big Sciota” (basic): Rhythm
• “Daley's Reel” (basic): Part 1
• “Daley's Reel” (basic): Part 2
• “Blackberry Blossom” (basic): Melody
• “Blackberry Blossom” (basic): Rhythm
• “Blackberry Blossom” (basic): Performance 75 BPM
• “Blackberry Blossom” (basic): Performance 85 BPM

5. Basic Bluegrass Tunes 2

• “Red Haired Boy” (basic): Melody, part 1
• “Red Haired Boy” (basic): Melody, part 2
• “Red Haired Boy” (basic): Rhythm
• “Jimmy Brown” (basic)
• “Kitchen Girl” (basic)
• "Shady Grove" (basic): Melody
• "Shady Grove" (basic): Rhythm

Conclusion

• ArtistWorks and Next Steps