Download Flat Pick Guitar Lessons

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The lesson packs include video clips that walk you through the stages of various topics and techniques.  They contain foundational information like scale patterns and chord diagrams. Often the lesson concludes with an arrangement of a traditional song or tune.  This approach allows you to see the stages of development then apply them in a realistic way, to the music we want to be playing.

The downloads work really simply.  Read through the lesson descriptions below then decide which lesson(s) you would like to purchase.  Click ADD TO CART and when you have everything you are after, check out via paypal.  A download link will emailed to you after he purchase is complete.  Follow that link to download a ZIP file.  Unzip it and you are up and running.
Free Lessons On YouTube

Level Up! Virtual Flatpick and Bluegrass Guitar Courses: During the first half of 2021 I taught 12 weeks of classes on developing creative choices and getting off of memorized tabs/charts/arrangements. I saw some really incredible results from these classes through the videos the students posted as part of their home work. These classes with matching handouts are available through the Nashville Acoustic Camps website. More Info & Purchase Links

 Space & Time: Right Hand Workshop
This is a "workshop" style lesson on refining your picking technique.  I cover all the exercises in the workbook and discuss how they effect your playing and how to implement them.  The first part is focused on string spacing and "taking measurements with the pick"  the second part looks at identifying and practicing common musical cadences. Working out these cadences will help your timing and add ideas to your improvised solos.  It all concludes with an arrangement of Leather Britches to push you a little further. Contains workbook and 30 minute video
$10.00

A Collection Of Instrumental Arrangements For Flat Picked Guitar

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This is a collection of arrangements that I wrote over the last few years. Some of them were written for specific lesson packs on the website, some for students and some just for myself. The skill level of the arrangements range from very basic melody and chords all the way up to some heavy duty workouts.

This is not intended to be a lesson or method book. Just some tunes to have fun with and possibly lead you to new ideas, sounds and challenges to explore.

I have recorded each arrangement at a "listenable" speed but I recommend that everyone has access to "slowdown" software so you can listen at a pace that suits you.


Table Of Contents: (pdf & mp3 for each arrangement) 
Angeline the Baker I, Angeline the Baker II, Arkansas Traveler, Beaumont Rag, Big Sandy River, Big Sciota I, Big Sciota II, Bill Cheatham I, Bill Cheatham II, 
Bill Cheatham III, Billy In The Lowground I, Billy In The Lowground II, Black Mountain Rag, Black Berry Blossom I, 
Black Berry Blossom II, Black Berry Blossom III, Bury Me Beneath The Willow I & II, Dark Hollow I, Dark Hollow II, 
Dark Hollow III, Double File, Durham's Reel, Falling Rock, Farewell To Whiskey Waltz, Fisher's Hornpipe I, Fisher's Hornpipe II, Gathering Flowers From The Hillside, Going Down The Road I,Going Down The Road II, Leather Britches, Lost Indian I, Lost Indian II, Red Haired Boy I, Red Haired Boy II, Saint Anne's Reel I, Saint Anne's Reel II, Salt River I, Salt River II, 
Soldier's Joy,The Devil's Hornpipe, The Girl I Left Behind Me, The Miner, Whiskey Before Breakfast, Wildwood Flower
$15.00
Intro To G Position Lesson Pack:  includes 8 videos plus pdf's of the worksheets. Scales in multiple positions, anchoring and cross picking, G Runs, Unison Slides, the Blue Note, Double Stops. (as seen on YouTube)$9.99
Intro To C Position Series:  This lesson series that looks at understanding the fundamentals of C position.  There are 9 video clips covering scales, cross picking, anchoring techniques, developing fretboard pathways and vocabulary.  Whiskey Before Breakfast and Billy In The Lowground are referenced throughout.  Also included in this package is are the worksheets discussed in the videos and mp3's of the backing tracks.
$9.99
Intro To D Position:  This pack is the first installment in the D position series. It covers scale patterns, fingering options, chord shapes, some basic inversions, walking bass lines to connect chords, Soldiers Joy, Fishers Hornpipe & Saint Anne's Reel. 
$9.99
Flat Pick Timing Exercises & Right Hand Workouts: This series helps you better understand timing and timing notation then really works out the picking hand. There are a number of exercises to work through that focus on playing quarter notes and eighth notes in time. Then work out the right hand to gain a better understanding of string spacing. There are also examples of practicing switching between rhythm parts (strumming & cross picking) and lead or single note parts. They all lead to an arrangement based on the tune Bill Cheathum that helps you transition between jobs: rhythm & lead.
$9.99 
Moving Up The Fretboard Volume 1: This lesson pack explores playing melodies up the fretboard.  Start with the 6 Major Scale patterns that I use as the foundation of the fretboard.  Then we will look at playing Black Berry Blossom & Red Haired Boy in each position.  This pack also looks at Transposing the patterns & tunes into other keys so you can get the most out of your work.  It all ends with "floating" arrangements of Black Berry Blossom, Red Haired Boy & The Girl I Left Behind.  
This pack includes a 27 page workbook and a video that shows all the examples, exercises and arrangements-both hands on screen throughout.
$9.99
Flat Picking Solo: Volume 1:  This is the first installment in a series that looks at the tools we need to flat pick songs solo. Most of us spend a lot or all of our time playing by ourselves.  Unless we develop our arrangements to suit playing alone, they can sound incomplete.  Volume 1 uses the melodies from Dark Hollow and Bury Me Beneath the Willow then walks you through the rhythm guitar elements, strum patterns and cross picking.  You will see these elements merge to create multiple arrangements of each song.  Included are: two video clips, one for each song, PDF's of the melodies, strumming and cross picking exercises, 3 versions of Dark Hollow and 2 versions of Bury Me Beneath the Willow.  Also included are MP3's of all the worksheets so you can hear and play along.
$10.99
Right Hand Technique:  This lesson series looks are right hand Flat Picking technique and offers some exercises to work through.  There are PDF's of the worksheets in the videos plus a few bonus worksheets.
$8.99
Picking Techniques Lesson Series: This pack contains an article on pick techniques like alternate picking, cross picking, hybrid picking, cross picking...and includes video of the figures found in the article.  Also included are 8 picking exercise worksheets with video and mp3 audio files (6 videos and 74 audio files!).  The lesson concludes with learning "Masters Bouquet" simple melody plus two flat pick variations that use the techniques from the worksheets.    
$10.99
Billy In The Low Ground Practice Video:  includes the video plus the PDF and mp3's of the tracks.  Bonus: a faster backing track (tempo 112)
$4.99
Whiskey Before Breakfast Practice Video:  also includes the PDF of the tab plus mp3's of both the slow and faster versions.
$2.99
Big Sciota Lesson Series:  Includes 7 videos, two pdf versions of the tune plus all the worksheets used in the videos and mp3's of the backing track. Cross picking, hammer on, pull off's, slides, Chord Shapes up the fretboard, etc...are also discussed allowing you to create your own take on the tune. 
$9.99
Bill Cheathum Practice Video:  Included the video practice track in the same style as Whiskey Before Breakfast.  Also included are PDF's of 2 versions of the tune plus MP3's of the backing tracks.
$4.99
Let the Chord Shape Be Your Guide:  This article discusses how the chords and their shapes can help you determine proper fingerings for phrases as well as how they can help you recreate a part in a new position.  This is a really helpful concept for developing solo arrangements.
$2.99
Adding Texture To The Tune:  This package contains an article on adding Hammer Ons, Pull Offs and Slides to the tunes.  I have taken the Whiskey Before Breakfast arrangement from the You Tube video and added these tools to it (PDF included).  Also there is a 2 page worksheet thats full of short exercises for these techniques in both G and C positions.  There is also a short video that demonstrates the new version of Whiskey as well as a few of the exercises on the work sheet.
$2.99