Guitar Lesson: Improvising with Flatpicking Licks

[dav3fk]

Cool stuff.

But I'm still not payin jack.

[MaxAtkinsonGuitar]

Dude. RESPECT, you rock.

/like.

[wildwestpoint]

i see you pressing the 6th string but you're not plucking it?

[Schutzstafell]

@wildwestpoint Probably a comfort here.

[KP1215MM3000]

better to feel your own intuition,than metronom

[JOJOLAFRITURE]

merci very good

[a46474647]

good instruction. No nonsense! I'm buyin some of this dude's stuff!

[tpritchas14]

kevin smith

[LynnColorado]

saved it to my favorites . . . thanks

[stoolsample12]

one of the best lessons i've seen on youtube. Well Done, you know your shit.

[unwinsis]

Why is it so hard to find lessons like this? Learning to improvise is key to staying interested in learning guitar.

[ptalbany]

this guy is good check him out in this month flatpicking guitar magazine

well worth the money

[adjohns1]

Good stuff Curtis...THANKS

[mthoganway]

Nice. Clear and easy to follow. Thanks!

[plm3332]

i met this guy at a music store in murphy nortcarolina called music to my ears today lol

[iairboy72]

Cool stuff =]

[moonoggin]

This was way overdue. Cant wait to get to learnin' one o' those ... the willy one ... and you know .. some ppl want EVERYTHING for free when I KNOW HOW HARD YOU FINE PICKERS HAVE TO WORK to pull this stuff out of the universe!!

[harleybenedict]

Good lesson, but bad teaching etiquette by not showing everything you play.

[TruegrassBoy]

Good thing your using the "Bluegrass" G chord!

[hillbillystill]

wow i really like your video - and your approach. learning the licks was easy (im a beginner) but with the metronome and the lick displayed it made it easy to see how to punch them in. pretty cool i'd say. now on to the downloads -

[Swamy456]

thank you

[RichardYhelp2]

Can someone tell me what the opening 3 notes of 'way down town' are. Ive almost got this song figured out except for that part, i cant tell what hes doing. sorry, newbie here.

[bainjer]

The opening three notes (pickup) are 6th string (bass) on Fret 3, 5th string open, then 5th string on fret 2. This leads you into the 5th string on fret 3 which is the first note of his C run.

[donger7051]

what is played between lick 2 and lick 3 on way down town? is that called a fill?

[Jonwints1945]

Thank You Mr Jones!! You hit my guitar pick'n my buttons with your good advice! Happy Christmas from Australia!!

[Zspencer15]

what song is that

[dealer205]

Great stuff love your singing too.

[garynecky]

first bluegrass lick learned.ejoyable

[midblu]

Thanks. I am just starting to learn bluegrass and this was just what I needed. I like how it changes from chromatic ideas to diatonic and back.

[woodrowousley]

thanks for the lesson

[skye131924]

sooo basically a lick is a bunch of notes/catchy rhythm thats played in between cords/notes?

[Jamman224]

yes

[iamnorwegian]

does not even have to be between chords. they can also be a section of a solo (meaning solos are made of a number of licks put together). short melodies.

also, the lesson was cool, i got everything you were doing, and got the concept. not my cup of tee though, but still a great lesson.

[LadyMeilin]

Thats pretty :)

[melkkoe]

nice!

[tacopsp]

cool