From the course: Acoustic Guitar Lessons: Intermediate

Unlock this course with a free trial

Join today to access over 22,500 courses taught by industry experts.

Old-time guitar: The roots of bluegrass

Old-time guitar: The roots of bluegrass

From the course: Acoustic Guitar Lessons: Intermediate

Start my 1-month free trial Buy for my team

Old-time guitar: The roots of bluegrass

“

- Alright now for old time guitar, the roots of bluegrass. Here we're going to get into some of the old bluegrass styles as well as some things that you hear in the new neo folk movement. in the new neo folk movement. And you're doing a lot of stuff with split strumming, moving between playing both riffs and hammer ons as well as melodies in the bass notes mixed with strumming. as well as melodies in the bass notes mixed with strumming. Also there's a new sign that I want to tell you guys about and that is the S symbol that you'll see. D.S. al Fine. That tells you to go back to the S symbol and then go to the end of the piece. So let's check out this next example, which is called Down in the Willow Garden. Enjoy it. One, two, three, one, two. One, two, three, one, two. (playing guitar)

Contents