Bryan Sutton Secrets for Successful Flatpicking
This extraordinary video series is filled with spectacular picking, detailed instruction and invaluable advice for aspiring bluegrass guitarists at all levels. Bryan Sutton thoughtfully and methodically lays out his “tricks of the trade” to help you play any tune and improve your flatpicking speed, power, timing and musicianship.
Videos
• Chapter 1 (06:00) - In this video, Bryan starts off with an amazing performance on the acoustic guitar. Then Bryan talks about his background in guitar playing.
• Chapter 2 (04:13) - Bryan starts this video talking about his right hand technique, and shares some handy advice that will help your sound in flatpicking.
• Chapter 3 (05:36) - In this video, Bryan talks about up strokes and down strokes, and the concept of a rest stroke. Bryan then shows you some great hand positions to help your sound and playability.
• Chapter 4 (04:36) - Bryan talks about building up speed and some advice on how to practice.
• Chapter 5 (09:10) - Bryan talks about combining your left and right hand playing, and focuses on how to keep both of your hands performing at their best.
• Chapter 6 (18:22) - Bryan talks about hammer-ons and pull-offs, and shows you how to get the sound just right while you practice at home.
• Chapter 7 (03:49) - Bryan talks about his favorite licks that he uses in different songs.
• Chapter 8 (11:33) - In this video, Bryan shows some great practice techniques and how to improve the songs you already know.
• Chapter 9 (08:24) - Bryan reviews a bit about what he's talked about so far. He also introduces Cody and performs a bluegrass song.
• Chapter 10 (04:40) - In this video Bryan talks a bit more about speed and improving your licks by practicing some of these routines.
• Chapter 11 (06:45) - Bryan speeds things up even more with another great performance. He then shows us some of the quick licks he was playing after slowing down and focusing on each movement.
• Chapter 12 (06:45) - Bryan brings things back down in tempo with another performance, then talks a bit about what they played and how to learn it all for yourself.
• Chapter 13 (01:20) - In this video, Bryan gives us an awesome performance on the acoustic guitar.
• Chapter 14 (08:09) - In this video, Bryan jumps into the "Beaumont Rag" and talks about more concepts and application.
• Chapter 15 (15:20) - In this final video, Bryan talks about some different picking techniques he uses in "Beaumont Rag". He then gives some final words before playing one last performance.