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How To Play Bluegrass Guitar
Learning how to play bluegrass guitar songs is a fun experience because many of these tunes are variations of old country songs or gospel numbers.
I say that meaning if you can play a country song as far as rhythm goes, a transition over to a bluegrass song is quite easy as far as rhythm is concerned.
Learning how to play flat-picking, well that's another story. But you always start with solid rhythm first.
The best way to learn in my opinion, is to jump right in and learn a bluegrass song. The picking stuff comes later. My lessons here cover many of the basic bluegrass runs you'll hear in many songs. In other words, the basic runs keep showing up in multiple songs. But learn rhythm first, then go back and review any picking found in these songs listed below
Alison Krauss --- The Lucky One
Bill Monroe --- Footprints In The Snow
Billy Strings --- Ain't Nothing To Me, The Preacher And The Bear
Charlie Seizmore --- I Don't Remember Loving You
Emmylou Harris --- Blue Kentucky Girl
Fastlane --- Tina At The Teardrop Inn
Girlyman --- Kittery Tide
Hylo Brown --- I've Waited As Long As I Can
JD Crowe --- Old Home Place
Keith Whitley --- Will You Miss Me
Pure Prairie League --- Amie
Sam Bush --- Last Letter Home
Seldom Scene --- Baby Blue
Soggy Bottom Boys --- Soggy Bottom Boy
The Grascals --- Dooley
The Osbourne Brothers --- Rocky Top
Zac Brown --- Fox On The Run
How To Play Bluegrass Guitar
AJ Lee Songs
Three Men On A Mountain ... info soon.
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Alison Krauss Songs
The Lucky One ... info soon.
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Bill Monroe Songs
Footprints In The Snow was not written by Bill Monroe even though he apparently had made that claim. The song dates back to 1880 and was written by Harry Wright with the title "Footmarks In The Snow".
The song was first recorded in 1931 Ernest Branch & The West Virginia Ramblers but they called it "Little Footprints". Bill Monroe recorded his version in Feb of 1945 in Nashville. He re-recorded the song again.
in 1952 with different musicians. Monroe released his 1952 version as a single and later appeared on his Greatest Hits album.
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Billy Strings Songs
Ain't Nothing To Me .. info soon
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The Preacher And The Bear ... info soon.
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Charlie Seizmore Songs
I Don't Remember Loving You ... info soon.
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Emmylou Harris Songs
Blue Kentucky Girl ... info soon.
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Fastlane Songs
Tina At The Teardrop Inn ... info soon.
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Girlyman Songs
Kittery Tide ... info soon.
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Hylo Brown Songs
I've Waited As Long As I Can ... info soon.
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JD Crowe Songs
Old Home Place is an old bluegrass standard that has been recorded by most bluegrass artists including JD Crowe And The New South and was a track from their 1975 album of the same name.
I play this one with a capo 3rd fret with a root down up down up and repeat rhythm pattern. Because this is a sol guitar piece here, there are several picking segments required. For chords you'll need a G, B7, C, D, D7 and an A7.
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Keith Whitley Songs
Will You Miss Me ... info soon.
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Pure Prairie League Songs
Amie ... info soon
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Sam Bush Songs
Last Letter Home ... info soon.
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Seldom Scene Songs
Baby Blue is actually a Bob Dylan song that he recorded himself back in 1965.
In 1974 Seldom Scene recorded the song on their live album Live At The Cellar Door. THEM, The Byrds and George Harrison all covered this song.
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Soggy Bottom Boys Songs
Man Of Constant Sorrow ... info soon.
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The Grascals
Dooly ... info soon.
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The Osbourne Brothers Songs
Rocky Top ... info soon.
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Zac Brown Brown
Fox On The Run ... info soon.
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Thanks for stopping by this how to play bluegrass guitar page. There will be additional pages links from this one over time with more information about specific songs discussing chords, strumming and so forth.
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