Acoustic Guitar Lessons: 3 Rhythm & Voicings

Learn how to play bluegrass guitar with Grammy-winning flatpicker Bryan Sutton. Course 3 covers intermediate guitar techniques and advanced strum patterns.

Introduction

• Welcome

1. Intermediate Right and Left Hand Technique

• Intermediate Bluegrass Guitar
• Fretting Hand Review
Exercise 1
• Hammer and Pull (Key of G)
• Picking Hand Review
• Hammer (Key of C)
• Hammer and Pull (Key of D)
2. Intermediate Rhythm and Concepts
• Playing Alternate Downbeat Notes
• Intermediate Rhythm Exercise
• Moving Beyond the Boom Chuck
• The G Run
• Listening and Common Sense
Part 1
• “Turkey in the Straw” (Intermediate)
Part 2
• “Turkey in the Straw” (Intermediate)
Key of G (Intermediate)
• “John Hardy”
Key of G
• Major Scales: 2nd Position Closed
Key of C
• Major Scales: 2nd Position Closed
Key of D
• Major Scales: 2nd Position Closed
Key of A
• Major Scales: 2nd Position Closed
Key of F
• Major Scales: 2nd Position Closed
• Pentatonic Scales: Closed Position
• Pentatonic Scales: Closed Position
• Pentatonic Scales: Closed Position
• Pentatonic Scales: Closed Position
• Opening Up the Fretboard
• Opening Up the Fretboard
• Three Shape
Exercise 2
• Three Shape
• Fretboard
• Fretboard
• Major Scales: Up the Neck
• Major Scales: Up the Neck
• Major Scales: Up the Neck
Conclusion
• ArtistWorks and Next Steps