Bluegrass Songbook: Intermediate

Interactive Video Songbook Masterclass for Bluegrass Guitar

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Bluegrass Songbook: Intermediate

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!

What you'll learn

  • Use legato techniques to create smoother melodies
  • Add slides and hammer-ons to smooth out melodic lines
  • Maintain consistent eighth-note rhythm while executing ornamentations
  • Maintain rhythmic pocket while using embellishments
  • Develop picking efficiency by strategically using hammer-ons
Release date: 12/08/2022 • 2h 19m runtime
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Sample lessons
"Billy in the Lowground" Analysis - Part 1
"Billy in the Lowground" Analysis - Part 1
Bluegrass Songbook: Intermediate
"Billy in the Lowground" Analysis - Part 2
"Billy in the Lowground" Analysis - Part 2
Bluegrass Songbook: Intermediate
"Billy in the Lowground" Performance - 85 BPM
"Billy in the Lowground" Performance - 85 BPM
Bluegrass Songbook: Intermediate
"Billy in the Lowground" Performance - 95 BPM
"Billy in the Lowground" Performance - 95 BPM
Bluegrass Songbook: Intermediate

What's included

36 lessons • 12 charts • 11 Jam Tracks

Bluegrass Songbook: Intermediate 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!
“Arkansas Traveler” - Performance - 80bpm
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” - Performance - 80bpm - Picking Hand View
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” - A Part Analysis
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” - B Part Analysis
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” - Performance - 90bpm
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” - Performance - 90bpm - Picking Hand View
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

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BrentPawluk

Verified buyer

12/12/25

Very good

Bryan Sutton is a very good teacher

Dan D.

09/21/25

GREAT

New to Bluegrass and these three songbooks by Bryan Sutton are exactly what I needed. He plays so well, clean and consistently, it helps to watch the videos over and over

philb

Verified buyer

06/11/25

Learn how to Flatpick bluegrass standards

Great Teaching to learn bluegrass standards, wow a great Flatpicking guitar player

Praver

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11/03/24

Excellent easy to follow and understand material.

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