Flatpicking Fiddle Tunes: "Whiskey Before Breakfast"

[@mikeshaw5591]

This tutorial breaks the melody down to a tee. Also, thanks for keeping it at a pace us low flyers can comprehend. The fancy stuff will sneak into it after I get it completely under my fingers.

[@nathantcalvert]

Thanks!

[@SketchingRocks]

This is great. I play mandolin with this tune and NOW you have it on the guitar which I will now learn THANK YOU SOOOOOOO MUCH!!

[@albloodworth9137]

Great job teaching this! I’ve looked at a lot of other videos on whiskey before breakfast. You have the best lesson. Thank you!

[@mdmaier77]

Super concise, accurate lesson. Thank you so much for the work you put into this. Taught me my first fiddle tune.

[@DorkLift]

dude thank you so much this was such a comprehendible lesson, i wish learning other tunes was as simple as you made this one, thank you so much

[@stevemingle4484]

Thank you so much for this lesson! I think you’re tutorials are by far the best I can find they have helped me so much! I think you

[@manaandersen7152]

You really have a very beautiful way of teaching the song !! So easy to understand and play. And all the explanations were so helpful and valuable. Thankyou so much. 🙂 🙂

[@magicdave93]

I’m learning this song to the mandolin and I’m going to learn it on the guitar thanks to this fantastic lesson. Thanks For sharing buddy. 👍

[@henningkh3890]

Great teaching style! Thank you ! :)

[@amandas1270]

this was fun to learn... and evn funner (is that a word?) to play. i always wanted to flat pick a fiddle tune but dint think i could cuz i was intimidated by all the slides and pull offs and hammers and..and..and.... but you made it easy. now that i actually know the song i'm starting to add some of those slidy-licks that use to scare me... thanks for showing us this arrangement!!!

[@noahfontaine2606]

Thanks man great lesson thanks for making it free

[@rayj8768]

Good lesson taking the time to explain all details completely. Also my first foray into capo so appreciate getting started on the right foot.

[@patmb2011]

wow... i dint realize u can put a capo on with ur feet

[@joshkguitar]

Great lesson! Quick question from a jazz guy if you wouldn't mind: I understand that this style of music favors more open strings than I am used to (none lol), but is there a reason to use the capo as opposed to playing around more of the standard D shape chord? Like do you get more opportunities for open strings this way, or is there another nuance to this placement that I'm missing?

[@nodgelyobo1]

Really helpful, cheers mate thanks for taking the time

[@guitarvocs]

The other night I performed at a folk music "coffeehouse," more of a local showcase for performers. The first act, led by a friend of mine, was playing fiddle tunes, and although I've been playing for many, many years, I never dug much into that genre. One of the songs he did was "Whiskey Before Breakfast," and I decided I would take a whack at it. Your lesson was the first one I tried, and I am making great progress already. Thank you for your patience and clarity, and I'm going to keep at it.

[@zacharypierce759]

13:17

[@ptalbany]

did you put this lesson up a few years back as I learned it and it's note for note as your playing it? and thanks for posting the words took me while to find those as well as always Sir grateful for your time and efforts you put into these lessons

[@williamanesbitt]

I looked back at my videos going back seven years and didn't find it anywhere. Love the words.

[@sermft]

beautiful song. what guitar are you playing. great sound on this side!

[@williamanesbitt]

Glad you like it. It's a $300 Chinese cutaway called a "Ventura." About 8 or 10 years old. I enlarged the soundhole and put a bone nut and saddle on it.