dbeuttner
Verified buyer
07/07/26
Bluegrass Songbook: Basic
This course is helping me with the Basic techniques that I didn't know for Bluegrass, since I'm mostly a Rock/Blues player.
Bluegrass Songbook: Basic
Interactive Video Songbook for Bluegrass Guitar
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About this course
Bryan Sutton’s Bluegrass Songbook series features basic, intermediate, and advanced arrangements for 10 of his most popular song lessons from his top-ranked curriculum on ArtistWorks (our sister TrueFire Studios company).
All of the song lessons have been enhanced with all of TrueFire’s interactive learning tools including video-sync tab, looping, slow-mo, animated fretboards and many other handy controls. Now available “anytime, anywhere, on any device” for download and streaming!
”I selected 10 of the most popular song lessons in my ArtistWorks Bluegrass Guitar course; Arkansas Traveler, Billy in the Lowground, Lonesome Moonlight Waltz, Salt Creek , Blackberry Blossom, Shady Grove, RedHaired Boy, Wildwood Flower, Whiskey Before Breakfast, and St. Anne’s Reel.
These 10 songs are not just popular in my course, they’re popular throughout the whole world of bluegrass and flat picking — we’re talking the classics!
I teach them across 3 standalone editions; Basic Arrangements, Intermediate Arrangements, and Advanced Arrangements. My hope is that you’ll become as passionate about bluegrass and flatpicking as I am.
Meanwhile, let's dig in and expand your repertoire with these 10 must-know bluegrass tunes!”
You’ll have all of TrueFire’s advanced learning tools at your finger tips to personalize your workspace and learn at your own pace. All of the tab and notation is synced to the video lessons. You can also loop or slow down any section of the song lesson.
To go much, much deeper with Bryan, check out his highly popular Artist Works Bluegrass Guitar course, which is a thriving community of learners and lovers of this guitar style. Bryan covers every aspect of bluegrass flatpicking including tone, groove, musicality, dealing with tension, performance pressures and more. Plus, you’ll have access to the video exchange platform where you can view other students videos or submit your own — Bryan responds to all of them!
Grab your guitar, and let’s dig in with Bryan Sutton!
All of the song lessons have been enhanced with all of TrueFire’s interactive learning tools including video-sync tab, looping, slow-mo, animated fretboards and many other handy controls. Now available “anytime, anywhere, on any device” for download and streaming!
”I selected 10 of the most popular song lessons in my ArtistWorks Bluegrass Guitar course; Arkansas Traveler, Billy in the Lowground, Lonesome Moonlight Waltz, Salt Creek , Blackberry Blossom, Shady Grove, RedHaired Boy, Wildwood Flower, Whiskey Before Breakfast, and St. Anne’s Reel.
These 10 songs are not just popular in my course, they’re popular throughout the whole world of bluegrass and flat picking — we’re talking the classics!
I teach them across 3 standalone editions; Basic Arrangements, Intermediate Arrangements, and Advanced Arrangements. My hope is that you’ll become as passionate about bluegrass and flatpicking as I am.
Meanwhile, let's dig in and expand your repertoire with these 10 must-know bluegrass tunes!”
You’ll have all of TrueFire’s advanced learning tools at your finger tips to personalize your workspace and learn at your own pace. All of the tab and notation is synced to the video lessons. You can also loop or slow down any section of the song lesson.
To go much, much deeper with Bryan, check out his highly popular Artist Works Bluegrass Guitar course, which is a thriving community of learners and lovers of this guitar style. Bryan covers every aspect of bluegrass flatpicking including tone, groove, musicality, dealing with tension, performance pressures and more. Plus, you’ll have access to the video exchange platform where you can view other students videos or submit your own — Bryan responds to all of them!
Grab your guitar, and let’s dig in with Bryan Sutton!
What you'll learn
- Play the complete melody of Whiskey Before Breakfast with proper flatpicking technique
- Perform pull-offs without rushing the rhythm
- Play rhythm accompaniment with smooth chord transitions
- Execute the challenging descending phrase in the B section with proper phrasing
- Play a basic, stripped-down version of Blackberry Blossom melody
Release date: 12/08/2022 • 3h 16m runtime
Sample lessons
Arkansas Traveler
Rhythm
Arkansas Traveler
A Part Analysis
Arkansas Traveler
B Part Analysis
Arkansas Traveler
Performance 70 BPM
What's included
45 lessons • 32 charts • 9 Jam Tracks
Bluegrass Songbook: Basic Edition
Hey everybody, Bryan Sutton here and welcome to this interactive Bluegrass Songbook series on TrueFire!
In this course we’ll be working with 10 of my most popular songs from my ArtistWorks Bluegrass Guitar Course including classics like Arkansas Traveler, Billy in the Lowground, Lonesome Moonlight Waltz and more!
Everything is tabbed and synced to the video. Using TrueFire’s learning tools, you can slow down or loop any of the video lessons to learn at your own pace.
Ready to get started? Let’s jump into this Bluegrass Songbook and expand your repertoire!
This Bryan Sutton course was curated and compiled from Bryan’s Bluegrass Songbook lesson series on ArtistWorks. If you’d like to continue learning with Bryan, including having the ability to submit a video for review using the ArtistWorks Video Exchange Learning® platform, visit his ArtistWorks Educator Page!
In this course we’ll be working with 10 of my most popular songs from my ArtistWorks Bluegrass Guitar Course including classics like Arkansas Traveler, Billy in the Lowground, Lonesome Moonlight Waltz and more!
Everything is tabbed and synced to the video. Using TrueFire’s learning tools, you can slow down or loop any of the video lessons to learn at your own pace.
Ready to get started? Let’s jump into this Bluegrass Songbook and expand your repertoire!
This Bryan Sutton course was curated and compiled from Bryan’s Bluegrass Songbook lesson series on ArtistWorks. If you’d like to continue learning with Bryan, including having the ability to submit a video for review using the ArtistWorks Video Exchange Learning® platform, visit his ArtistWorks Educator Page!
Arkansas Traveler
In this lesson series we'll be learning the tune Arkansas Traveler. I'll perform it and break it all down in detail! This Bryan Sutton course was curated and compiled from Bryan’s Bluegrass Songbook lesson series on ArtistWorks. If you’d like to continue learning with Bryan, including having the ability to submit a video for review using the ArtistWorks Video Exchange Learning® platform, visit his ArtistWorks Educator Page!
Arkansas Traveler
In this lesson series we'll be learning the tune Arkansas Traveler. I'll perform it and break it all down in detail! This Bryan Sutton course was curated and compiled from Bryan’s Bluegrass Songbook lesson series on ArtistWorks. If you’d like to continue learning with Bryan, including having the ability to submit a video for review using the ArtistWorks Video Exchange Learning® platform, visit his ArtistWorks Educator Page!
Arkansas Traveler
In this lesson series we'll be learning the tune Arkansas Traveler. I'll perform it and break it all down in detail! This Bryan Sutton course was curated and compiled from Bryan’s Bluegrass Songbook lesson series on ArtistWorks. If you’d like to continue learning with Bryan, including having the ability to submit a video for review using the ArtistWorks Video Exchange Learning® platform, visit his ArtistWorks Educator Page!
Arkansas Traveler
In this lesson series we'll be learning the tune Arkansas Traveler. I'll perform it and break it all down in detail! This Bryan Sutton course was curated and compiled from Bryan’s Bluegrass Songbook lesson series on ArtistWorks. If you’d like to continue learning with Bryan, including having the ability to submit a video for review using the ArtistWorks Video Exchange Learning® platform, visit his ArtistWorks Educator Page!
Arkansas Traveler
In this lesson series we'll be learning the tune Arkansas Traveler. I'll perform it and break it all down in detail! This Bryan Sutton course was curated and compiled from Bryan’s Bluegrass Songbook lesson series on ArtistWorks. If you’d like to continue learning with Bryan, including having the ability to submit a video for review using the ArtistWorks Video Exchange Learning® platform, visit his ArtistWorks Educator Page!
Arkansas Traveler
In this lesson series we'll be learning the tune Arkansas Traveler. I'll perform it and break it all down in detail! This Bryan Sutton course was curated and compiled from Bryan’s Bluegrass Songbook lesson series on ArtistWorks. If you’d like to continue learning with Bryan, including having the ability to submit a video for review using the ArtistWorks Video Exchange Learning® platform, visit his ArtistWorks Educator Page!
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Reviews
12 results
Andy
Verified buyer
04/25/26
Great Instruction from One of the Greats
You can tell how much Bryan cares about beginners learning the correct way. Tone, phrasing, execution - he stresses all of it. He makes you feel good about getting the basics down cleanly and correctly. Speed is intoxicating for many but it's really all the melody which a lot of times is sweeter at a slower pace. Thank you Bryan Sutton. I have purchased all of his Truefire offerings.
jlklein50
Verified buyer
04/15/26
New Bluegrass
As a bringer at Bluegrass I’ve found the Bluegrass songbook really helpful. I hope I can contuse to progress the additional books/course in this series.
ianrobinson7
Verified buyer
11/21/25
Bryan Sutton, Bluegrass songbook basic
Easy to follow and all the detail you need to get these tunes under your fingers. Can’t wait to graduate to the intermediate course.
robobart
Verified buyer
04/26/25
it is good!
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