Flatpicking Guitar Mastery with David Grier
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- Join the IBMA Bluegrass Association's "Guitar Player of the Year" David Grier for a Flatpicking Guitar tour-de-force and tips on technique and crosspicking. For a list of David Grier's Gear check below.
FLATPICKING GUITAR MASTERY WITH DAVID GRIER
0:50 “Cascade”
3:00 Phil Elliott Capos
4:25 Jim Merrill Guitars
5:50 David Grier Interview
9:20 Flatpicking Guitar Picks
11:08 Live Lesson Learning Moment: Flatpicking Crosspicking Technique
18:20 Building Speed Crosspicking
20:20 Building Coordination Between Hands
22:15 Working with a Banjo
23:40 Crosspicking Hand Position
25:00 The Importance of Volume Variations in Flatpicking
27:15 Peterson Clip-On Strobe Tuner
28:00 David Playing for Steve Martin’s Wedding
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I began playing "bluegrass techniques" about 57 years ago. I was 12 years old and ""Wildwood Flower" was the very first tune. David is among my favorite acoustic pickers. I am from the Catskills in upstate N.Y. Since retiring I am back up here in these hills that hold so many fond memories.
Wow very envious of your years of experience and those mountains
One of the important things David Grier said (which flew on by), while trying to show us how to start to learn a cross picking patter, was "oh my gosh, I can't do it when I try to think about it". If you want to build speed, you've got to practice long enough to cross the point of thinking about what you're doing. It may take two or three hours of steady practice or it may take twelve hours of practice, but when you stop focusing on 'what' you are doing and 'only on the melody of the tune you are playing', your hands will coordinate with what's going on in your head. If you're thinking of the tune up to speed, your hands will follow suit.
David is an amazing guitar picker, actually one of my Bluegrass favorites! His down home, humble personality and sense of humor makes him very likable and I am sure a blast to hang out with. Excellent interview Steve! Thanks!
David Grier is a trip and 1/2. What a talent, earned the hard way - working at it!
One of the best picking hands in the business.
what a composer...he really paints a picture in my mind.
I just recently started studying Bluegrass guitar. Been playing for over 20 yrs. Great stuff here
Same
Thanks for interviewing the master. I saw this video a few years back when I didn't know who he was and it left a big impression.
David Grier is so chill.
what a really cool guy
and a fantastic player as well.
I've been a close minded metal player for 25 years.. 2 weeks ago an amazing player.. Billy Strings.. Popped up on my playlist.. I can't get enough.. Little Maggie.. Great tune.. Molly Tuttle n Billy Strings.. I really wanna learn ....
Crazy how that works. It means you have an open mind and can recognize excellence, in whatever form.
yep a exciting time for you..check bella flecks bluegrass band...vids...
Love that piece "Cascade" and great pickin by David Grier too.
Music that melts the soul.
25:35 The definition of a gentleman -- a man who knows how to play the banjo -- but doesn't
I own a banjo, but I'm too classy to even learn a fourth chord. XD
Hey! If ya keep picking’ that thing it’ll never heal
Lmao 🤣 I always wondered if banjo jokes started because there’s no drummer in bluegrass and the banjo player brings a snare. 🤔
One of the very best pickers ever!
Yes, David is amazing. He's going to be at our Summer Guitar Gathering conference July 14-17, 2021 in Nashville if you want to meet him!
@@GuitarGathering that’s great! Thank you! I’ve been a big fan of his music for years.
Really liked that demonstration of playing with a pulse.
It really is. The “pulse,” or as I think of it “dynamics,” is a HUGE part of what separates the greatest players from the really good players. Once you get the notes under your fingers, you’ve got the easy part down. After that, you get into the important stuff like dynamics and swing and feel...and that part is a lifelong learning process.
Great guitar interview I enjoyed it a lot from England. ☓X
Great interview/discussion. I love Mr. Grier's playing and composing.
hey steve krenze you are the best fingrstyle teacher in the world you are the one who taught me fingerstyle from your video classes thank you so much
yugansh sharma Yugansh, thank you so much. I'm so happy to help you. Keep up the great work on your learning. Thanks for being part of our guitar family.
I searched "Flatpicking Guitar"... so far I've found 3 videos of people holding guitars, talking about flatpicking
What do you do about feedback? 'Oh just glare and cuss'. Genius!
Great playing.. Making Tony Rice proud..
Get FGM 19 vol 6 Aug. 2015 tab of David playing " Golden Slippers". One could study each measure for a week and pry into David 's method.
If you play on the bridge pins on an acoustic in the middle of the bridge, you can play that way confortably on a hollowboy electric that has some some space between the bridge and tailpiece, like on a 5420 with bigsby. Just get some double side (sticks to itself) velcro strap to wrap around the strings between the bridge and bigsby. Won't affect how the bigsby works. I cut enought to get pushed back against the bigsby and leave a 1/4" gap behind the bridge. You won't feel the gap in crosspicking, but its good to have in palm muting. You can play in that position without scraping up the side of your picking hand, and it moves fluidly against the fuzzy side of the velcro. There's no way that I'm the first to do this. If I am, you can call it Some Guy's strap. Note: You can probably find the strap in 4" width, so you'll have to cut it to a bit narrower.
He's great, I just started learning flat picking, loving the vid.
Love "flat picking is just picking"
First song he plays is so sweet. Like honey. Reminds me of the blue mountains in springtime
i literally turn on this video and i am WEARING A GRUENS GUITAR TSHIRT AND I AM FROM ST AUGUSTINE FLORIDA THIS VIDEO WAS MEANT FOR ME
+Alex Miller It's Destiny! I hope your guitar learning is going well. - Steve
watching from NSW Australia
That was fantastic man really enjoyed that
"Yeh cain't out run the sound of the banjo." -David Grier haha.
Belgium..Nice playing !
Chicago.... and loving this!
Seems like a nice guy, and he plays good, too!
Statesville NC
I would sit this close to David Grier, but I would NOT hold my guitar!
Hello from Mukwonago, Wisconsin!
Hello from Thornfield,, Mo.
Awesome show,,,,,wow....Thanks for such talent.......John
Just ran across this... Hendersonville, TN
From Townsville. Queensland Australia hi😊
Americus Georgia!!!
I loved it! Thanks.
South Carolina
I'm tipping Portugal is further away than fort davis texas from Nashville
Wait... Wut!
This is awesome
13:40 Crosspicking
From Rolla (Ral Ah) Missouri.
Glad you're here. Learn all you can. - Steve
Very,very, good
Great. Phenix city, ala.
way to go
Yes, he's amazing! Thanks for watching. - Steve
Mercedes Tx.....I was able to see David Grier with a couple fellas by the name Phillips and Flinner? Do they ever still get together?
I think you'll find they're all good friends and go back a long way. They did a lovely album together where they each composed 3 tunes. Here's a link for you.
www.amazon.co.uk/Phillips-David-Grier-Flinner-1999-08-17/dp/B013Q74S1U
Yes they do
he is great
David. Have you ever played with Norman Blake?
Colorado Springs, Colorado
Stratford CT. Gruhn's huh? Nice. Great vid BTW -
Sanford NC
Guitar playing starts at 3:00.
I love to know if Cascade is available in tab form? Thank you from Adelaide South Australia!
I believe Flatpicking Guitar Magazine had TAB for that circa 1999.
14:59
This is too cool
Albuquerque
Cranston, RI
Hi, do you have in your channel a master of Irish trad music too?
I would love to improve my technique :)
Does chickin pickin are the same to flat picking ?
Eminence, Missouri
Montreal , Canada
Fred, welcome! Glad you're here. Learn all you can. - Steve
this is fun
Bloomfield ct
Perth Australia
wallingford, ct
Ireland
sweet pickings
thanks!
What kind of mic are you using? kg
why does the guy on the left has a guitar on his lap?
pacifier
What gauge pick do you use?
el paso texas
This guy is funny.
Mt. Lookout WV
Texas
I'm just curious but why do bluegrass flat pickers usually use a capo to facilitate playing in a C chord open string shape? He is playing in the Key of E with his capo at the fourth fret so why not just play in E with no capo? Tony Rice favors the key of D so usually capos at the second fret. What is so magical about the C chord shape?
It is just a personal choice also it gives the guitar a higher pitch as you are playing higher up the neck.
There is not really a right or wrong way. Just depends on the player.
In addition to what JoeShmo said, it also gives the player a different pallet of chord inversions. In your hypothetical, I find using the open C shape and the 4 and 5 chords of F and G, gives me all sorts of opportunities for hammer-ons, pull-offs, bass runs, etc. It is harder for me to do all those embellishments in E.
BTW, I took a workshop from Grier once. I wish I could have absorbed more than a small fraction of what he taught!
@@thirdactwarrior317 You are correct.
It gives more opportunity to use those kinds of open strings and such, as well as tonally changing the sound of the guitar.
If you practice improvising C-shapes, and you give it some serious effort and time, you will find that Bluegrass and fiddletune melodies are are right there under your fingers if you make the chord changes at the right time. Plus, you have two root notes on the low-E string (G and F) for powerful bass tones, especially valuable when there is no bass fiddle in the mix. G-shapes are almost as easy and utilize the low-E string better because the key tone is on the thickest string. D-shapes can get some pretty sounds that C-shapes capoed up two frets can't quite suffice for some tunes, but the D-shapes are not as easy to improvise at high tempo. Playing in D-shapes can sound wimpy because you won't have much bass unless you drop the low-E to a low-D, but that changes the G-chord.
Having the fifth note of the scale handy on both the low string and high string is just right in first position, both in the C chord shape and the G chord shape, even for the simplest boom-chuck accompaniment. (Wildwood Flower in the video.) And once you get started there, the C scale shapes are familiar too. Just thinkin' out loud. Interesting that blues likes E and A shapes.
Sorrento, British Columbia
Bucket list: See Grier at the Station Inn.
Yes, he's going to be at our Summer Guitar Gathering conference here in Nashville July 14-17, 2021 if you want to come meet him. - Steve
@@GuitarGathering Thanks so much Steve. I would so love to. Penciling it in!!
He plays there often. Check their calendar online.
South CAROLINA
Fredericton nb Canada
new brunswick
Uncle Larry's dad.
George
London England..
Ozark al.
expensive capo, but very classy
Yes, and David makes anything sound great. - Steve
LI NY
Hawaii.
Stuart fl
Guitar being a Banjo.
Antlers Okla.
Moncton nb
Crete
I thought that David Grier was a black comic who...on 'In Living Color'....used to say...."Wrote a song 'bout it....Like to hear it....Here it go!" He was a hoot....Oh wait....That was David Allen Grier....Nevermind.....
Worland wy
i think flatpicking is even better than fingerstyle
Why?
I love em both, they both have their own kinda sound and mood
Doesnt make any sense