This tutorial was inspired by a subscriber in the forum that wanted to know about crosspicking guitar, and how it can be done. There are several ways to do it, this is only one of them, but this is probably the most popular.

This tutorial was inspired by a subscriber in the forum, that wanted to know about bluegrass strumming techniques to drive the rhythm of a song. The first two are really simple, but can add to a song too. The others are a little more complicated, and are probably used more often.

Rice tackles it all: lead, rhythm, single note lines, chords and intense rhythmic variation. This series of lesson will take a look at how Rice approaches these concepts and put them all together in a solo that exploits all of the techniques.

This Tutorial was inspired by the music I played as a child, and also professionally for 17 years. All four of these licks are in the key of G, and they feature licks I stole from some legendary pickers.

In this tutorial we're gonna look at two traditional bluegrass instruments and how they apply to regular guitar playing. We're gonna talk about the tuning, technique and style of both the banjo and the dobro and look at how you can work these sounds into your regular guitar playing. At the end of the tutorial we're gonna play through an old bluegrass tune using all the new techniques.

This tutorial was inspired by a subscriber in the forum, that wanted to know about bluegrass strumming techniques.

This tutorial was inspired by a subscriber in the forum, that wanted to know about bluegrass strumming techniques. All of these chords are in the key of G, and we're building up to a progression with fills.

This tutorial was inspired by a subscriber in the forum, that wanted to know about bluegrass strumming techniques. This is a progression in the key of G, using fills in between the chords.

This bluegrass standard is a treasury of hooks and driving rhythm combined to make one of the most memorable songs ever recorded. We'll walk slowly through the hooks and song parts until you've become a dueling master.

This tutorial was inspired by a subscriber in the forum, that wanted to know about bluegrass strumming techniques. These chords are in the key of G, and we're building up to a progression with some fills.

One thing that I always liked about Bluegrass, was the way the songs were ended. The most common was to play a couple of measures in the 1 chord, add your G run, and you're done. I did add a G chord, which everyone would play if you're picking with a band. This is another lick in the style of Tony Rice, Ricky Skaggs, Clarence White, Marty Stuart, and Vince Gill. The G run has been played by eve...

There are many bluegrass tunes that start with a turnaround, this is where the last line of the the chorus, or verse is played as the intro. This is done even more often playing bluegrass gospel standards, and they use the last half of the chorus. This is also common in country, rock, blues, and other styles as well. This one goes back to the 5 chord in the key of G, which is a D chord. In Nash...

I ALWAYS show this lick to my live students... It's usually one of the first exercises I make them learn. This is bluegrass 101, flat pickin licks ELECTRIFIED!

This starts with a Clarence White lick, and the last part is a famous bluegrass run. No, it's not the G run, this one is a C run. It's all done with a flat pick, but pay attention to the up and down strokes on the pick. This is a nice way to get from a C to a G chord, would work well starting a solo for an old tune called "John Hardy" I learned when I was a kid.

Basic Rolloff lick in the key of G.