Bluegrass part 1: Flatpicking a fiddle tune

- All right, as we learn more about blue gras music…it's important to also be able…to play single note lines really well.…And that's traditionally called flat picking.…So, we're going to check out how to play…a G major scale in open position,…and instead of just playing scales up the neck,…a lot of times you'll play really cool lines…and scale movement in open position.…So, here we go, this is G major scale in open position.…

We'll play it backwards.…All right, so as we get into more blue grass pieces,…generally they're pretty fast,…and they are typically written in what we call cut time.…So, you can see at the beginning of…each system of music, instead of having a 4/4…you'll actually have a C with a line through it.…And it's thought of as in 2/2…but basically, the half note is getting the beat.…

So, you just play everything twice as fast…and tap your foot on one and three…instead of on one, two, three, and four.…All right, now let's check out…the next piece called Red-Haired Boy.…And basically, this goes through a lot of…