National Flatpicking Champion Tyler Grant is an internationally recognized guitar virtuoso, songwriter, vocalist, producer and leader of the band Grant Farm, which is currently on an extended hiatus. Tyler has appeared at most major US festivals and performed thousands of concerts and guitar workshops worldwide.
He was an original member of the Emmitt-Nershi Band and a sideman for Abigail Washburn, April Verch and Adrienne Young. He has produced five solo albums and six releases by Grant Farm for his own Grant Central Records.
Tyler graduated from California Institute of the Arts (CalArts) in 2000 with a Bachelors degree in Guitar Performance. After moving to Nashville from Southern California in 2003 he joined Adrienne Young’s band and toured with her for nearly two years, acting as musical director. In 2004 he joined Casey and Chris Henry and the Two-Stringers. In the fall of 2004 he toured China with Abigail Washburn and Friends and appeared on her Song of the Traveling Daughter CD. During the first half of 2005 he toured with phenomenal Canadian fiddler April Verch. Tyler revealed his talents as a singer and songwriter with his first solo album, In The Light, released in June 2006 on FGM Records.
From 2005 through 2010 Tyler made hundreds of appearances across the country as a member of the Drew Emmitt Band and the Emmitt-Nershi Band, featuring the frontmen from two of the world’s most popular Jam Bands: Leftover Salmon and the String Cheese Incident. With Grant Farm currently on hiatus, Tyler fills his schedule with band and solo performances under his own name, guitar workshops, and online lessons.
This is my third course I'm learning from Tyler and I have to say he is one of my favorite instructors. His explanations are clear and concise, just a pleasure of a learning experience all together.
If you're on the fence about taking the time out to learn a song or anything he does don't hesitate to check it out.
Tommy~
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SoldierOfGod
02/14/24
Excellent
Everything one needs to grow towards intermediate and beyond is provided in the courses.
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MisterA2001
01/20/24
Great Teacher
I have Tyler’s Black Water lesson and currently practicing Bluegrass Flatpicking Method and learning a lot. He explains the history in context with the technique and music theory in easy but thorough detail.
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G. P.
10/05/22
Black Water
I've played guitar many years and Black Water is one of those songs I have tried to play around with but it never sounded right. I was really happy to see it was a featured song. Tyler does a beautiful job of disecting it and showing how to play it. Not only the standard Travis pick of the song but also the intricate lead. I love it and can't wait to get it under my fingers. Thank you Tyler and Truefire.
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clearly
01/07/21
Flatpicking licks
This is one of the best videos I've found for building up some riffs and tricks. Everything is well explained and moves at at good pace