Common Bluegrass Flatpicking Licks - Guitar Lesson Tutorial

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In this guitar lesson video, I’ll teach you 16 common bluegrass flatpicking guitar licks that will come in handy at your next bluegrass jam. We’ll break down each lick with tablature and I’ll show you how you can use these licks with the majority of bluegrass songs. All of these flatpicking licks are in the key of G and they’re designed to help you improvise your guitar solo in bluegrass fiddle tunes like Red Haired Boy, Salt Creek, Gold Rush, Cripple Creek, Cherokee Shuffle, etc.

The Gear I Use:
Acoustic Guitar Strings - Woodtone Country Series woodtonestrings.com/
Acoustic Guitar - Martin D18 Ambertone Finish, Collings D2H, Atkin D28, Martin D-16GT, Martin D-15
Guitar Pick - BlueChip TP40
Thumb Pick - Dunlop 9003P White Plastic Thumbpicks, Large
Capo - Shub S1 Deluxe

All Comments (21)

@countryguitaronline 5 years ago

I have a lot more licks like these in my Bluegrass Guitar Lick Library countryguitaronline.com/bluegrass-guitar-licks/ And here's a link to the guitar licks in this lesson countryguitaronline.com/common-bluegrass-flatpicki…
@mikebastiat 3 years ago

This dude in heaven
@SjaakShirly6559 7 years ago

Finally a teacher who pointed out that he was once a student too and speed was not in his 'system' first! Great lesson.
@richardjones7232 3 years ago

Man I called off work sick today .. been a crappy couple weeks. Haven't read a tab in ages mostly just pick my own improv blues and bluegrass all the time.. watching this and learning these licks turned my morning around. Thanks sir.
@leviridge3307 5 years ago

been playin for 35 yrs just started with bluegrass awesome video
@chrischartrand6438 2 years ago

New to bluegrass…..always been a blues player. Some really good content in there for us newbs. I never realized I always did pull offs down, and never up. Great stuff my friend.
@alansouthall8221 4 years ago

Such a great teacher a cool humble guy thank you for this
@terraformingthesubconsciou7131 7 years ago

great tip on matching the direction of the pull-off with the next string!
@67markross 4 years ago

Wow, this is super cool! I've been searching for some good bluegrass instructions for guitar!
@hyliahero 4 years ago

Good lesson. Easy to understand. Tabs with the video help a lot.
@joshb4758 3 years ago

You're an excellent teacher thank you!
@t4texastom587 2 years ago

WoW...... what a great picker AND teacher you are.
@johnnypalacios9920 4 years ago

Now that tharn is some mighty fine pickin there boa! 🤠👍🤣 Thank you so much for your willingness to share your skills. I am a 62 year old guitar player and have never learned tablature. I always thought it was for the pro guitar player. Today you showed me how sinple it is. Grant it, it will take time to perfect the sound and timing. But now, you have taken this guitar player and placed him on anorher level of learning and self teaching. A track to run on.
@TheViralWizard 7 years ago

Thanks for this amazing tutorial
@alanleemaxwell831 2 years ago

Great guitarist, awesome teacher! Many thanks, much respect, and best wishes from 🇬🇧👍🎸
@mrnutterbutterdude 5 years ago

great lick & lesson, thanks!
@Primus-ue4th 1 year ago

Absolutely amazing man
@Sam-nk6hk 7 years ago

Thanks, man. You're a great teacher, and these licks are super cool. I'm already enjoying playing them, and I'll bet they'll really help me add some B.G. tastiness to my performance.
@joehaefner8684 7 years ago

Bought several guitars this year including a Martin D-41. However, Andrew White gave me a deal on his Freja 103J, Jatoba wood. That is what I practice Devin's licks on most often.
@DianeCumberlandSongbird 5 years ago

This is such a great tutorial!! Thank you!!