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Bluegrass Guitar with Chris Eldridge

Master the art of bluegrass guitar with Grammy-winning flatpicker Chris Eldridge
  • Elevate your bluegrass guitar skills, whether you’re a beginner, intermediate, or advanced player
  • Master bluegrass and flatpick guitar techniques including alternate picking, crosspicking, rhythm fills, & more
  • Learn to solo using critical bluegrass improvisation methods and music theory
  • Deepen your understanding of musical mindfulness and acoustic guitar mechanics
  • Receive personal guidance directly from Chris along every step of your learning journey
Bluegrass Guitar: Learn more about Chris' course
  • Elevate your bluegrass guitar skills, whether you’re a beginner, intermediate, or advanced player
  • Master bluegrass and flatpick guitar techniques including alternate picking, crosspicking, rhythm fills, & more
  • Learn to solo using critical bluegrass improvisation methods and music theory
  • Deepen your understanding of musical mindfulness and acoustic guitar mechanics
  • Receive personal guidance directly from Chris along every step of your learning journey
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What's In This Plan?
  • Unlimited Access to Lessons
  • Unlimited Access to Video Exchange Library
  • Unlimited Video Submissions to Teacher
  • Music Theory Workshop
  • Backing Tracks across Instruments
  • VIP Bonus Content
  • 100s of guitar lessons at your own pace
  • All levels and styles of playing welcome
  • Slow Motion & Looping on videos
Experience the Power of Video Exchange Learning®
Video Exchange Explained: how you'll connect with Chris
  • Get personalized video feedback directly from Chris
  • Watch and learn from hundreds of interactions that Chris has shared with his other students
  • The most supportive way to master bluegrass guitar online
Chris’ Online Guitar Course: A Comprehensive Guide for Flatpickers of All Levels
  • 8 sections covering introductory methods to advanced techniques and tunes
  • 110+ multi-angle video lessons for optimal learning and fretboard understanding
  • 50+ professionally recorded play-along backing tracks to accompany the lessons
  • Tablature, notation and supplemental materials included
About Chris Eldridge
  • Co-founder of internationally acclaimed bluegrass acts, Punch Brothers & Mighty Poplar
  • 10-time Grammy nominee with a Grammy win in 2019
  • 10 acclaimed records with Punch Brothers, Mighty Poplar, Julian Lage, & The Infamous Stringdusters
  • Studied under legendary guitarist Tony Rice at Oberlin Conservatory, where he earned a degree in music performance
  • Recorded or shared the stage with Paul Simon, Renée Fleming, John Paul Jones, Marcus Mumford, Justin Timberlake, & more
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Bluegrass Guitar Lessons

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Level 1

Parts of the Guitar
Posture & Holding the Guitar
Tuning the Guitar
The Layout of Notes on the Guitar
Holding the Pick
General Left Hand Technique
Introduction to Chords
Right Hand - How to Strum
Changing Chords
The Boom-Chuck Rhythm Approach
"Will the Circle be Unbroken" - Key of G Major
"Will the Circle be Unbroken" - Key of C Major

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Level 2

Single Note Downstrokes
Single Note Downstrokes - Exercise
The C Major Scale on One String
The C Major Scale in Open Position
Intervals
Introduction to Key and Chord Construction
The Guitar is a Shape Based Instrument
Bass Runs - Key of C Major
"This Land is Your Land" - Chords
"This Land is Your Land" - Melody
"This Land is Your Land" Using Bass Runs - Play Along
Chromatic Bass Runs
3/4 Waltz Time
"The Storms Are on the Ocean" - Key of C Major
Simon Says - Rhythm Exercise
Noticing Tension
Bass Runs - Key of G Major
Physical Principles of Good Tone
The Pentatonic Scale
"Will the Circle Be Unbroken" - Melody - Key of C Major

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Level 3

Single Note Downstrokes - Exercise 2
"When the Chariot Comes" - Key of C Major
Getting the Most Out of Exercises/Practice
"You Are My Sunshine" - Key of C Major - Combining Chords & Melody
"Wildwood Flower" - Key of C Major - Chords
"Wildwood Flower" - Key of C Major - Melody
Introduction to Double Stops
"Wildwood Flower" - Key of C Major - Using Double Stops
"Home Sweet Home" - Key of C Major
The G Major Scale
Introduction to Modes
Introducing Upstrokes
Alternate Picking Exercises
"Redwing" - Key of G Major - Using Alternate Picking
"Old Joe Clark" - Key of G Mixolydian
"Old Joe Clark" - Key of G Mixolydian - Higher Octave Using Double Stops
Why Minor Chords are Minor
"Shady Grove" - Key of D Dorian

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Level 4

Rhythm Fills Between Phrases
Pick Stroke Theory
Using a Capo
"Soldiers Joy" - Key of D Major (Capo 2nd Fret)
"Arkansas Traveler" - Key of D Major (Capo 2nd Fret)
"Blackberry Blossom" - Key of G Major
"Red Haired Boy" - Key of A Mixolydian (Capo 2nd Fret) - Pick Stroke Theory
Hammer-Ons
"Wabash Canonball" - Key of C Major - Using Hammer-Ons
Pull-Offs
"Soldiers Joy" - Key of D Major (Capo 2nd Fret) - Using Hammer-Ons & Pull-Offs
Slides
"Wabash Canonball" - Key of C Major - Using Slides
"Liza Jane" - Key of A Major (Capo 2nd Fret)
G-Runs
Train Beat Rhythm Guitar
Open String to Pivot
A Minor Scale

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Level 5

"Billy in the Lowground" - Key of C Major
"Liza Jane" - Key of A Major (Capo 2nd Fret)
"St. Annes Reel" - Key of D Major (Capo 2nd Fret)
"Whiskey Before Breakfast" - Key of D Major (Capo 2nd Fret)
Major and Minor Shortcut
Harmonizing a Scale
"Home Sweet Home" - Key of C Major - Using Double Stops
Harmonizing a Scale Using Triads
Rhythm Guitar - Creating Lines in the Bass
Inversions
"Home on the Range" - Open-Chord Melody
"Blackberry Blossom" - Key of G Major - Using Hammer-Ons
"Blackberry Blossom" - Key of G Major - Using Pull-Offs

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Level 6

Introduction to Crosspicking
Crosspicking - Forward Rolls
"This Land is Your Land" - Crosspicking - Forward Rolls
"The Storms Are on the Ocean" - Crosspicking - Forward Rolls
"Wildwood Flower" - Crosspicking - Forward Rolls
Crosspicking - Backward Rolls
Incorporating Crosspicking in Rhythm Fills
Crosspicking - Down, Down, Up
"This Land is Your Land" - Crosspicking - Down, Down, Up
"The Storms Are on the Ocean" - Crosspicking - Down, Down, Up
Tony Rice Rhythm Fill Sweeps
"Home Sweet Home" - Key of C Major - Crosspicking
Playing in Open D
"Whiskey Before Breakfast" in Open D
Harmonics
How to Learn the Note Names on the Neck
Barre Chords

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Level 7

Triplet Methodology
Clarence White Blue Pull-Offs
"Red Haired Boy" - Key of A (Capo 2nd Fret) - Using Clarence White Blue Pull-Offs
"St. Annes Reel" - Key of D Major (Capo 2nd Fret)
"Liza Jane" - Key of A Major (Capo 2nd Fret)
"Home Sweet Home" - Key of C Major - Advanced Crosspicking
Hybrid Picking
The Pinky is the Strongest Finger

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Level 8

"The 11th Reel" - Rhythm
"The 11th Reel" - Lead
"Flippen" - Rhythm
"Flippen" - Lead
"Fair to Partly Cloudy"
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