
Lesson ID: A0172
In this bluegrass guitar lesson, you’ll learn how to use jazzy chord shapes in your bluegrass rhythm guitar. This technique will really make your rhythm guitar stand out at your next bluegrass jam. First, we’ll go over some useful jazzy guitar chords that you can use to replace standard open chords. Then, you’ll learn some strumming patterns that work great with these jazzy chord shapes. Finally, we’ll work through a practice progression from the song "Foggy Mountain Special" so you can get an idea of how to use these jazzy chords in a bluegrass song.
The Gear I Use:
Acoustic Guitar Strings - Woodtone Country Series
Acoustic Guitar - Collings D2H
Guitar Pick - BlueChip TP40
Thumb Pick - Dunlop 9003P White Plastic Thumbpicks, Large
Capo - Shub S1 Deluxe