Billy Strings' Dust In A Baggie (Living Room) - Bluegrass Guitar Lesson

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Billy Strings is part of a new generation of flatpickers that are taking bluegrass guitar to the next level. His personal style isn't for everyone, as can be seen in every bluegrass guitar forum argument of the last 6 months. I've previously covered Billy's playing on Dust In A Baggie, While I'm Waiting Here, Tennessee Stud, I'm A Lonesome Fugitive, and Cocaine Blues. In the future I'll get to other hits like Slow Train, I promise (yes, the one in the van). I do find it interesting that in a scene flooded with Tony Rice imitators that the most popular flatpicker right now is Billy Strings, who is very influenced by Doc Watson!
Big thanks to Luke Black for being a monster and transcribing this break!
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[@MrJasdog107]

Billy Strings living room performance has to be musical milestone.

[@skatetodeath666]

He always sounded his best in that type of situation, as well ad playing with his pops.

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Except for the green shirt twit

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How dare you crop out the green shirt guy. Legend.

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Side Quest..

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Hypeman

[@MrSocko-bh1jb]

...Silent, you know nothing! Fools! We must all thank the mighty GSG! for he was the first witness of Billies dusty baggy, I mean his greatness. What a musician! And he seems so genuinely nice, and good hearted. If he ever starts a cult I call dips!

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[@MarcPutniorz]

Looooool u killed me bro

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I have officially embarked on my 3 year mission to get this one down pat

[@qwertylang108]

Достоевский?

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[@renekton410]

lol Since the pandemic all I have been doing is practicing this song and reading Dostoevsky.

[@heathkish6901]

It's honestly not too difficult! I've played strictly classical, and fingerstyle for going on 12 years now. I've only been seriously getting into flatpicking in the past couple months, and I can almost play this at full-speed. Lol

[@adamtoth1421]

@@renekton410 That is strange cause thats exactly what Ive been doing haha. The Brothers Karamazov and Blue Grass!

[@xXxGANTZxXx]

Dammit Marcel I literally listened to this song on repeat, half speed, tabbed everything out, and learned it at full speed TWO DAYS AGO.

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[@MrEmperorBlack]

You learn more when you do it all yourself! 🤣

[@jamesmorrison7384]

Can you please transcribe the into ? It’s the best part

[@derekblankenship6079]

I sat down determined to learn this and all I learned was how to say "HELLLLL YEEEEUH" like the guy filming it :(

[@Aaron_etc]

This song is going to be my lockdown goal

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How's it going?

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What about now?

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Yikes

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Thanks Marcel! You kick ass! Just what a lot of us probably needed during these times. Much love

[@tizergling7162]

Great, now I know what to do during quarantine. Thx for the vid !

[@drh488]

I'm a newbie because of Billy! Thanks Marcel!

[@dirkgibbens377]

You are an awesome player, and have such a humble demeanor. Very refreshing. Thanks for the great lesson and free tab 👍

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Without doubt, the best teacher on You tube!!!!!!by a bluegrass mile!!!!!!

[@stevesirois3418]

Wow, this 4-in-1 deal (3 breaks and a Strum machine tutorial!) comes at such an appropriate time when we're all holed up worrying about when our next paycheck is going to come in! Thank you, Marcel!

[@euanmorgann]

Man thank you so much the effort you put into these lessons is amazing!

[@Canadaballer96]

This is the best bluegrass lesson I've ever found on KZbin. Thanks Marcel! Now to get it up to speed...

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Very detailed explanation. Incredible work Marcel. Thank you!

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Well done sir. Best tutorial I've seen in a long time.

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I wish I would’ve found your channel earlier I love the way you teach this lesson, it made it so much easier for me understand and learn how to play this. Thank you so much for putting out this lesson I love the way billy plays this song

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Such a great lesson Marcel!

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[@MrKevivn]

Another great Billy Break to work on and try to get up to speed. I'm new to Bluegrass, (new Martin Guitar Helps) I'm new to Billy and new to you too. Many, many thanks to you Marcel. You are an inspiration.

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6:34 play along starts.

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I just got turned on to String last fall. He has blown my mind! You are amazing playing this

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Bro, you explain things really well. Thankyou

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Excellent lesson, I am very grateful to you

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I can't tell you how much i appreciate this video. The couch performance is still my absolute favorite. I'll try to get the software. it looks sweet. Great geeetar learn'n Marcel!

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...amazing how far Billy's progressed since this old video was shot. I haven't watched it for a minute.

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Thank you for doing this cant wait to learn it.

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Got it yet?

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Thank you so much

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Somehow KZbin got me from a steel panther rig run down to Molly Tuttle , to Molly Tuttle and billy strings, to a long rabbit hole of billy strings videos. All the way to Marcel teaching me how to play bluegrass and I couldn’t be more pleased with KZbin right now. Subscribed! I played punk rock guitar in my teens but haven’t touched a guitar in 15 years. Now if it weren’t for covid I’d be running down to guitar center to buy a dreadnaught.

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I Love you for this

[@justinb292011]

Awesome intro

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This is a really great channel! I downloaded the tablature. Very good. I'm going to build an altar for you. Thanks.

[@davidcarlstedt79]

You’re the man Marcel! I Would love to see Some tabs from Molly Tuttles and Billy Strings back and forth in the live version of Little Maggie at grey fox.

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Thanks Marcel, I Just learned Bound to Ride from you (still trying to figure out how the singing part works 🙄) This is going to be next, it sounds super fun!

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Thank you 💚

[@adamtoth1421]

Thank you for all your lessons! Love that not only do you teach the songs but also the theory behind them. Any chance you could do the Billy Strings cover of I'm Ready For the Times To Get Better?

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Hello, I just joined the group and I'm more than willing to but those chops in my bag of guitar tricks! Thx Marcel for the info. I'm on your news letter as well!

[@kirkchamberlain8490]

Greatly appreciate you taking the time to add the three breaks. The intro to the song is pretty killer as well. Is it possible you could tab that out?

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Thanks bro you are awesome dude 👍🙏❤️

[@5150show]

Brilliant

[@drasticbread249]

I transcribed the first break on my own and came up a little bit different, for one he does a full arpeggio over most of the C chords in the break, coming back up to play the Dom 7 note on the "2" count. Also on the D chord, he's actually playing a D7.

[@ldmoriarty]

Thanks Marcel ! How about a Norman Blake song? Like a version of "Slow Train Through Georgia" but cross picked instead of finger style. Yeah, I don't ask for much ...

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Good job on this, Marcel. Your production is always excellent and the videos clear and easy to follow. The channel is criminally undersubbed in my estimation. Greetings from the UK.

[@camerontripp8476]

As someone just attempting to play bluegrass, I found this song specifically to be extremely unattainable. The way you break this down is phenomenal, and it really isn't THAT difficult. Now back to cursing and smacking myself trying to get up to 140.

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Nice!

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Do a lesson on Billy’s version of wharf rat. Love your channel.

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Subscribed!

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I can't wait until I'm "Billy Strings" type of sloppy :D I don't thing KZbin has a setting slow enough for me right now, but man do I love what you do. I've always liked bluegrass, and at 45 the younger players like Billy & Molly have pulled me in yet again. I'm only 6 months into learning guitar, but I still like to try what you put out. Thanks for this, I needed it!

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Rich Johnson I know it’s so fast 😂

[@stevesirois3418]

46 over here and loving the younger bluegrass players, too! Just started getting into flatpicking last year and Skype lessons with Marcel have helped me out tremendously. I highly recommend his lessons!

[@JustinHollandFitness]

Steve Sirois I agree! I just started doing Skype lessons with him the other week. I am blind so tabs don’t do me any good and he is a great teacher for sure.

[@stonedcrow5821]

This is way too advanced for someone who has only been playing 6 months, but I really admire the ambition! The chords and structure are very simple but you won't be touching these licks for a while. Just stick with changing fluently between the G, C and D chords for now. Marcel is right in saying this isn't as complex as it might appear and even more right when he says it's really about using and internalising what you can from it to "make it your own". Just keep your pace (very) slow and steady. Good luck!

[@h0nkeyk0ng]

Break 1- 6:36 Break 2- 11:57 Break 3- 15:04

[@mikebastiat]

Wrong... Break 1 = 3:45

[@h0nkeyk0ng]

@@mikebastiat listen again, yeah that's billy playing the first break. I time stamped robs because he's playing the tabs he provided and he's breaking it down. So no, not wrong

[@mikebastiat]

@@h0nkeyk0ng Alright then.

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Do a lesson on Billy Strings version of Last Day At Gettysburg. The video is by T Shaw’s Progressive Bluegrass

[@RcMcNutt]

This is awesome, thank you for doing this! Would love to see a video on the lead break in the album version of Hollow Heart!

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Hi Marcel! Great Vid! Nice Shirt, I need a hug......

[@LessonsWithMarcel]

You can't buy a hug on the site yet, unfortunately. When can I get some of your merch though?

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@@LessonsWithMarcel gonna have to add that to you'r online store. And Soon!

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The version on the grand old opry is my favorite

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Same! His solo is amazing

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How is something this well done- free?

[@GirthQuake3]

Breakdown billy strings cover of don't think twice. Subbed

[@alan4sure]

It isn't flatpicking, it's fingerpicking. Not applicable.

[@meowwoem6372]

i've a sing string banjo strung the way dr groovy said to do it. I think i'll have a go playing this on that and see what it sounds like.

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Can you do Cold on the shoulder or likes of me?

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Please do widespread panic next Jimmy herring

[@danger.snakes]

this is not quite as hard to play as I was anticipating, but it will definitely be hard to play it as fast as he plays it (that's part of the fun though!)

[@skatetodeath666]

Why does that chromatic thing on measure 6 work over g ? I can't figure out what it relates to other than the first note making it a G7 note

[@ryanrrree1744]

Can you do his cover or o brother whrre art thou

[@Quietmister]

Wondering what the strum pattern is for the verse. The backing track from strum machine doesn’t sound same as how he plays it? Tough to get it to flow. Trying to break it all down

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I’m looking forward to playing that sloppy 🤣🤣👍🏻👍🏻

[@fergalmcnally6677]

Thanks for the video Marel!! It is awesome. Did you do the tab for the intro too or did I miss a part? Cheers and keep up the great work!

[@LessonsWithMarcel]

Hey man, we actually didn't include the very first break in this one. We did that for a couple reasons but one just being the other breaks are more fun and the video was just getting long! Remember Billy is just improvising breaks so it would be a good opportunity for you to use the content in the other breaks to create your own intro break!

[@fergalmcnally6677]

@@LessonsWithMarcel cool, thanks for coming back to me Marcel. Yeah I can already hear that he is using similar licks from the other breaks in the intro. So I'm sure you are right, if I can learn all the breaks, coming up with an intro shouldn't be too difficult by then :) Cheers!

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I hate that he doesn't have 1mil+ subs. I guess bluegrass guitar breakdowns is a small audience

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Great lesson! Thank you! Just wondering but what model Martin do you have with all the fancy appointments and black headstock? I love it lol

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It's a DC Aura custom. Found it mislabeled at a guitar center and snatched it up, no idea how that happened but I'm not complaining!

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i have a D-12E and i love it and eventually would love something like that martin!

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I wish I understood the fretboard like you. I just know how to play it, and not very well at that. I can just hear it then trial and error gets me there.

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Learning the fretboard just takes a lot of practicing. There are no quick tricks to save time😄😄

[@obichamberlain4389]

3:47

[@patrickmcdonald7092]

Where's the intro lead break man?

[@ArchieRLib]

Well hell. I guess I know what I'm doing today.

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Hello sir. Grateful for the lesson but when trying to DL this free tab from your website I’m encountering a Red exclamation point (!) at the top of the checkout page and a red asterisk (*) where I have already entered my first/last and email address. I cannot locate any other boxes or drop down menus to fill out so I’m stumped as to why it won’t fulfill my order. Thank you.

[@LessonsWithMarcel]

Oh yikes! Looks like something has gone down on the site. I'll get on it!

[@divorcedtyrone]

6:34

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sorry. where i can get the coupon code？

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simple

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If that’s sloppy I might as well give it up

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