and 1 better way to improvise // Bluegrass Guitar Lesson

[@greg54444]

i can't find a code for a triad mini-course!

[@HayesGriffin]

My bad! You can get access to the course here: beta.hayesgriffin.club/offers/BirJyY3Z

[@jimmccarley9609]

This is where the cool dude, and the nerd cross paths, and even share common ground. Good stuff Hayes. I'm still blown away by how good you were at Winfield. It may be a contest, but for the likes of me, it's an exhibition of the talent that surrounds us. (That means you)! 1st, 2nd, 3rd,...it's so deep, a great thing for the world of Bluegrass. Keep up the good work.

[@HayesGriffin]

Thanks Jim! 💜🙏🏼

[@CassWhistles-le6sf]

I have been teaching the blended pentatonic 8-tone scale for awhile now in blues lessons and now that I'm getting into bluegrass I'm really glad to see someone else utilizing it explicitly as a scale in its own right. Great stuff!

[@HayesGriffin]

Awesome! I’d love to examine more of a blues approach to this concept on electric. Thanks for the comment!

[@CassWhistles-le6sf]

@HayesGriffin I find the easiest thing to do (to maintain a bluesy sound which starts to fall apart as you get too harmonically dense for too long) is use the whole scale but switch between emphasizing (i.e. landing on) the major pentatonic with passing tones/embellishments from the whole scale. And vice versa. Since you have a jazz education I'm sure you've already noticed that this scale is also really close to the "lydian mode" of Barry Harris' minor six diminished scale. I am excited to see more of your work! Love your stuff with Marcel too!

[@elanofigueiredo2893]

From Brazil 🇧🇷 ♥️, love this lesson, brother.

[@HayesGriffin]

Muito obrigado meu amigo 🙏🏼

[@larrycoats295]

Probably the best BG lesson I’ve seen yet. Great analysis of the scales. Keep em coming

[@HayesGriffin]

Wow, thanks Larry! Will do my friend 🙏

[@DrFritz-po7zy]

This is one of the simplest and informative lessons I’ve ever seen. Any new guitar player with a good ear could be playing bluegrass leads in no time following these tips.

[@HayesGriffin]

Glad you think so! Thanks for the kind words 🙏🏼

[@gumdocga]

Great lesson Hayes!!

[@michaelhockmuller4677]

Finally! Finally! Found what I’ve been searching for Thanks!

[@HayesGriffin]

Glad it was what you needed! Don’t hesitate to ask any questions

[@benbush1227]

Excellent Lesson! Thank you !

[@HayesGriffin]

You’re welcome Ben!

[@mrdogmoon]

Hayes I seen you play at Kaufman Kamp and Winfield this was a really cool lesson my friend. Thank you!

[@HayesGriffin]

Thanks for the kind words! Glad you enjoyed the lesson 😊🙏🏼

[@markcosgroveguitar]

Good job Hayes! As usual my friend.

[@HayesGriffin]

Thanks Mark!

[@markvann3754]

Thanks Hayes! Great stuff!

[@HayesGriffin]

My pleasure! Glad you liked it 😊🙏🏼

[@allanmaki4361]

excellent lesson

[@myrio1]

A passing tone is not bad!

[@fredfloyd68]

Great stuff..And hes got tabs...Jam on...

[@HayesGriffin]

Thanks!

[@joedodson4906]

Great stuff Hayes!

[@HayesGriffin]

Thanks Joe! Glad you liked it.

[@jimwaller5465]

Thank you!!!

[@HayesGriffin]

You’re welcome Jim!

[@jimwaller5465]

@@HayesGriffin I am on a long overdue journey to learn to play Bluegrass Leads, and this type of content is so valuable. I need to slow it down and apply the concepts and the physical repetition. Best to ya!

[@eliotbrenner3156]

Shoot, that sound so good I just might add a couple of courses of strings to my Mando, make it a Mando-Rick and revolutionize bluegrass.

[@midnighttoker8663]

Next step for the IV chord, is it to use the flat 3 and 7 of it as well?

[@TypingHazard]

I'm 0:40 in and I'm gonna have to compliment you on your shirt

[@HayesGriffin]

Nintendo kid all the way 😊🙏🏼

[@thomasrusso4506]

How long was the wait for the Henderson?

[@HayesGriffin]

This is a Jayne Henderson guitar (Wayne’s daughter) and she opens up her list at the end of every year for orders. The apple definitely didn’t fall from the tree, she builds amazing instruments!

[@rctestchannel-xi9gg]

Tension and resolution are IMPORTANT.

[@HayesGriffin]

Agreed 🤘

[@DavidFlorez]

Great lesson Hayes, I don't see the link to the lesson on how to properly use flat thirds

[@HayesGriffin]

Just fixed it! Thanks for pointing that out David. Here is a direct link for you: kzbin.info/www/bejne/lWPUnaV6m5h3rNk

[@MickeyAbraham2022]

briliant!!

[@loco.joe.goldfinger]

Wait what, there's wrong notes in bluegrass?

[@HayesGriffin]

I’ve played them all, bro 😎

[@joedodson4906]

"The major pentatonic scale is just a dressed up triad." I'm going to stitch that on a pillow, or get at tattoo of it, or something.

[@HayesGriffin]

😆🤘

[@GreggStallings]

If you play a song with a 4 (C note for a song in G), you should be theoretically correct to play the C note in a solo -

[@mandolewien]

Dangerous Intermediate 😊

[@HayesGriffin]

😆🤘

[@timwoody8689]

I can pick the scale but it doesn’t sound like that I don’t know why

[@HayesGriffin]

In my journey, the scale was one piece of the puzzle. Patterns were another piece, as well as licks and solos from the masters.