Part 2 Dan Tyminski & Ron Block Teaching Bluegrass Soloing

[preshenning]

What song are they playing?

[rtanner77]

What DVD is this from and where can I find it?

[bajacore]

I'd love to have a jam session like this. I'm still a beginner, but like they said, play the hard stuff if you want to get better.

[Rizward10]

Youtube needs to have a Love It! button.

[tactteam00]

what song are they playing?

[5stringsmith]

I could listen to Dan and Ron all day long, they're awesome!

[OleBlues]

You guys who WISH you could play like that, I say quit wishing and start practicing. You CAN play like that, watch and learn then go practice what you've learned. I have students that I teach guitar and if I see that they are not practicing I get rid of them and pick up students who will practice. I get tired of guitar player want a be's who won't put any kind of effort forward to become better musician's. Tired of them wasting there time and my time.These guys are awesome but paid the cost.

[TheDeexster]

@OleBlues

AMEN!!

[tubbingallday]

those guys are awesome...

[raytheprinter]

Thanks guys! Love your music

[proverbs2221]

Wow, that was awesome.. :) That song at 2:21 sounds like "Beulah land".. :)

"I've got a home in Beulah land, outshines the sun.."

[bikerival71]

I didn't know this video existed. The incredible thing about this video is that Dan's first instrument is the mandolin and Ron's is the banjo yet they are still some of the best flatpickers in modern bluegrass. Their musicianship is inspiring.

[jeffbc]

@bikerival71

Actually Dan was a banjo player before he ever became a mandolin player......and a darn good one to!

[snake27317]

dan tyminski is a badddddddd boy on anything he plays and ron block is every bit as good as dan. wow awesome pickers

[JESSEGARON2]

wish i could play that way!!!

[WarBeer]

I've been a guitar instructor for about 16 years...playing for 32. If you want to learn how to play bluegrass or something like this. #1- Learn how to make simple 3 chords tunes in G and C groove. Focus on your "phrasing" EVEN when playing rhythm. Make it something you want to hear. #2- LEARN TO PLAY FIDDLE TUNES! Forget all that "relative.....pentatonic" stuff. That is NOT how bluegrass players think. 99.9% of the bluegrass licks out there are Dominant 7 licks with altered/chromatic notes. IMHO

[keithsmartin]

Dan is the best rythm player in the world right now

[chillichomper]

If you want to do a bluegrass solo then try this..

1) Learn pentatonic patterns(5 notes)

2) Find the relative minor of the chord you're playing. i.e Gchord(rel minor is E). It will ALWAYS be 3 frets down from the root of the chord your are playing.

3) Whenever a GChord is being played solo in E pentatonic. Whenever a CChord is being played solo in A pentatonic, DChord then Bpentatonic.

4) Later on learn to solo with the 7 note blues patterns

6) Forget that Glick Dlick crap. It makes no sense!

[chillichomper]

Oh one more thing... Whenever the chord changes you have to time the key change of your solo to that chords' relative minor pentatonic scale.

Voila you are now a bluegrass player

If they would just tell you this upfront they wouldn't be able to sell instructional DVDs

[jerrys96lt4]

great pickers gotta love those Martins

[agarfield2004]

Dan didn't have his nice D-28 on this video but man... I'm just going to say that Ron Block's guitar has to be one of the nicest sounding D-18's I've heard.

[steveinbeloit]

It is not my taste and I can even recognize how damn good and talented they are. Wow.

[hurdmj]

They are god's, only wish I could do something like this. It is my taste, and what I aspire too, but seems too complicated.

[DisneyWorld85]

All this does is discourage me....:-(

[tripswithtiresias]

i second that

[blindbikerbill]

They gave you guys really good advice. Work on the hard stuff first, then the easy stuff gets easier. HANG IN THERE.

[musicianforjesus]

Why does it discourage you? Is there something you don't understand? If so maybe I can help you

[senordorito]

Uh.......all of it for me. I need serious help because I am not getting any thing. The penatonic scale, scales in general, anything. Help would be greatly appreciated

[musicianforjesus]

Well the scales are pretty much what you base solos on and azs far as rhythm its just like Dan was doing. Up and down strokes to create the train effect and fill the holes up.

[agarfield2004]

yeah. ron block is amazing.

[th748]

It's nice to learn from the best !

[abrittain80]

Ron's break is awesome. He makes it look easy.

[musicianforjesus]

Thats because he spends all day long practicing his guitar

[musicianforjesus]

Two of my favorite players.