How To Play Billy Strings' Dust In A Baggie - Advanced Bluegrass Guitar Lesson

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[@Mr_Showtime]

@Kyle F it makes it a whole lot easier though

[@toxic2355]

He is so in depth at explaining that I'm totally lost.

[@jimmybills9013]

Pretty much bluegrass in a nutshell

[@mf966]

Let's get him up there!!!

[@JimmySlacksack]

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[@PodOfHeat]

I liked the pickathon KEXP rendition with Don Julin. Absolutely rabid!!!

[@billsykes75]

Thats My favourite version too..100%:-)

[@rajanvikram7383]

Couch version deffo

[@megaroo6923]

AGREED

[@jackmistiff5300]

Heatpod Music That entire set is fantastic, my personal favorite performance of Dust in a baggie.

[@casualghoul]

This is one of the best guitar lessons I have ever seen! The way you break things down is super clear and concise. The camera work and editing is clean and everything is straightforward. Thanks for what you do!!

[@doolbro]

In 2018 I found bluegrass and started learning a lot about it. Avoiding this song thinking it was impossible to play... Well, I can play this 100% of the time at 50% speed and I'm not kidding, it's my favorite achievement on guitar in my 20 years of playing. Thanks Marcel!

[@JimXultra]

It's a huge accomplishment for any guitarist. I've been at it a couple decades on the ol gitfiddle myself. Songs like these for me require the attention I used to give to songs . I started this one once and will attempt it again. If you are interested in a cool piece that I've enjoyed playing for awhile check out the instrumental version of man of constant sorrow. Love seeing such good comments on here.

[@doolbro]

@@JimXultra Thanks for the kind words and the recommendation on the instrumental! gonna learn that one for the next bluegrass jam!

[@captrandycrpmarine6335]

Haven't played in years. You sir are an awesome teacher. Watched this clear through because I could understand your explanation clearly. I believe you are on a higher level of communication if there is such a thing. Probably in everything you do.

[@badkatrising3918]

Just found you. Been playing 30 years. Only time I ever really listen to bluegrass was when I thought I was getting really good and needed to get humble. Now it’s like my new addiction absolutely love it and very well taught. thank you

[@michaelcarlotto7667]

it deff is additive! lol

[@jasonp3076]

Dude I've been playing a decent amount of time and been all over KZbin and took private lessons... the way you broke this down was the best I've ever seen. Really professional graphics with the tab and then looking at scales; I loved when you said let's look at how he's seeing the neck. Whether it's using the caged system or whatever the mind visual on the neck is everything and man this is just awesome. This kinda explanation would save so many new guitar players months of trying to figure out the scale/chord/ triad game. Mad respect man

[@Traviecee]

I came back to this video after a couple days, started playing the intro with Marcel and I thought I was SHREDDING... until I realized the playback speed was still at .75 from a couple days ago.

[@Bildad1976]

I actually haven't played for a few years, but after watching your lesson, I am certain I could play this now (at half speed anyway).

[@TheBryanBobby]

Wow, what a solid lesson. One of the best quality lessons on the tube.

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Agreed. He’s really good. At playing and teaching 😂

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literally one of the best guitar tutorials i’ve ever seen

[@wolftijuana]

wow that was a great lesson. I'm probably going to spend all day checking out your videos. THANK YOU!!!

[@matthewbrode3806]

As others have said.. truly top notch stuff here Marcel. Like others, I’ve been playing for a long time (20 years) and I’ve really dug into bluegrass only within the last two. But I’ve made more progress as a player and developed a deeper understanding of the fretboard thanks to your breakdowns. Love all your content man! THANK YOU

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[@taylororr2734]

Such a good point on trying to not play like yourself at fast speed. It kinda forces you to do what you already know. Great lesson. I subscribed!

[@DD-eight]

Damn!! TY Marcel!! I can’t believe I made it thru this!! About 50%speed but damn I made it!! Thx a lot!!! Never a chance to play this without your help!!

[@RichardForrester-xn4uv]

awesome, been fiddlin w/this strings tune for quite some time. I'll be in touch boss

[@RitchiMaguire]

Awesome… so glad I found your channel.

[@calebvinson8703]

DO MORE BILLY STRINGS LESSONS!!

[@MegaStephenwright]

Thanks for posting . your videos are great - I find your breakdowns of how these breaks work from a music theory perspective very interesting

[@joemoran4301]

Great video! You explain things very clearly and I like the pace you move at in the lesson! Awesome job!

[@haydenhack]

Thanks man...Awesome..and you just seem like the nicest guy .. Have a great 2021

[@ImDaCaptainNow45]

Thanks! Spent so much time watching this song on KZbin x.25 speed! More Billy Strings songs please!

[@solum4718]

Amazing breakdown!

[@SupermarioVA]

Great job on the lesson. I like the way you present the concepts here.

[@jamesfalconi8533]

Thanks brother! Usually play electric lead in jam band type projects but have been itching to work on my speed, "dusting" off the acoustic to learn this should do the trick love this tune!!

[@ptrduggan5]

Officially clocking in before this channel blows up

[@parachute3725]

Great video! I love your presentation. Nice flat-picking too :)

[@geody3001]

I'm a guitar player never before exposed to bluegrass. I've been watching performances all day and this is a great lesson. Thanks!

[@CDTJosh]

Start with watching the blues history on KZbin. Get yourself some Delta Blues influence and see how it's developed. And then I'd focus on Chet Atkins style fingerpicking to be honest. Anyone can use a pick. Fingerpicking takes skill and alot of practice and coordination.

[@Blackeyedbeaver]

Been playing since '85 and only got into bluegrass around 2013 although I was exposed to a few standards because of my Phish obsession. If you're a jam player (like I am) some of these runs and phrases can work in a rock setting. Aside from that? These bluegrass pickers are just amazing. Blows me a way far more than the sweep pickers and finger tappers although all techniques are useful. But yeah, I came to this WAAAY late too.

[@francomozo6096]

The quality of the video and the granularity of the analysis of the song!! great work dude! Got a new subscriber

[@zacharywho5442]

Thank you for doing what you do. THIS IS ALL GREAT WORK

[@ericbusheymusic2497]

Great lesson! Thanks!

[@michaelcarlotto7667]

nice breakdown Mar!

[@charliekelly3139]

awesome exemplar

[@ryanguitargodfrey]

So I'm a 30-year long advanced player with my own small time lesson channel (which doesn't even compare to how well thought out your lessons are). This past week I've discovered Billy Strings and have decided that I love Bluegrass. It's funny how much trouble this song is giving me. I'm very thankful for your lesson and have learned it and note for note. However I can't even get up to 95% speed. My brain collapses. Lol. I'm just not used to playing in these kind of scale progressions. I'm officially a big fan of yours and want to learn as much as I can about bluegrass. I have a feeling I'll be spending a lot of time on your channel. 👍

[@madapaja]

this is awesome, thank you

[@bretmaples]

Man this was awesome! Would love to see one for the intro.

[@TheOldSpruceSessions]

Do the intro or solo from this video I shot with Billy a couple years back! kzbin.info/www/bejne/qnjKc4B3lrRmoKc

[@EricHarbour]

Well this gives me a fighting chance of learning this song!! Lol

[@skatetodeath666]

You ever get it up to speed ?

[@indywinchester1348]

This is awesome, thank you for breaking it down so easily! Also, can you tell me the band and what the name of the song you play at the closing is? I really like it a lot, but I'm not getting any hits on what it might be?

[@LessonsWithMarcel]

Its my song! Its called Beggar Boy off the Boot Beg Bury EP, you can find me on Spotify, iTunes, etc under Marcel Ardans!

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@@LessonsWithMarcel Just followed you on Spotify and downloaded it. Definitely going to give your album a listen because it is a really fantastic song!

[@ADHD_collector_in_the_YYJ]

Been playing for 27 years.....going to learn this song if it kills me lol. Currently on the struggle bus.

[@charlesmerfeld2988]

Excellent

[@tristenkidd8582]

Great job!!!

[@NunYa953]

This is so unimpressive...play "Dust in a baggie" after doing some dust in a baggie.

[@WillBlindYouWithLight]

😯😂😂

[@LeddingtonGuitars]

Great Video!

[@stickgs]

Hi Marcel! Awesome job on this transcription and lesson! Much appreciated! Would love to see you do a similar lesson on the fantastic solo in the Cats n Jammers version of Lover Come Back to Me....give it a listen!

[@justin_trojanhorsecanna6847]

awesome!

[@mikereynolds3294]

Can you give a lesson on “ enough to leave” by Billy. I know it’s not that difficult but I still need help. Thx for your awesomeness

[@emiliobasso775]

Mike Reynolds i would love that aswell! Would be awsome to learn it in detail. And nobody teaches better then this channel!

[@bigoogie3737]

Learned it with some tab and a really good YT version. I would love a lesson too, but in the meantime, its definitely possible to figure out.

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Great channel 10/10 just subbed maybe a lesson for Molly Tuttle - Endless Ocean

[@ralph40]

Thanks Marcel, it has become your world. I'll clarify, I've had my chance, & now it's your, please come to silver dollar city in may. Your talent is equal to what I'll see next week. Well, Josh Williams , Kristin Scott Benson, I'm a wanna be who is a grandpa, may you get to that. Be thankful you ain't me, Cuz grandma, ma, & (P), mi granddaughter, all want my strawberries. Seriously, you've put in your work, goodness, I pray that ur fingers dont become butter , oh, ein tune, marcel, bitte?

[@dondiubaldo1016]

Thanks again, more of Billy please!

[@siddthekid5046]

Thanks for the lesson! I just learned of Billy Strings the other day after seeing a video of him playing this song in a living room. All I can say is holy shit! He's my hero too.

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You are an amazing teacher!

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Yes! Dude you are a monster! Insanely talented teacher! Thank you for bringing us this quality of content for free. Damn dude. I’ll be watching this for the next 4 months straight. Don’t mind me, letting all your ads run. 🙌🏽

[@Alundrahs]

Please don’t ever take down this video because it’ll probably take me years to learn it

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That’ll get ya a subscribe!!

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dude...you're amazing! THANK YOUUUUUU MARCEEEELLLLLL!!!!!

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WOW......WHEN YOU SAID "SEE IF YOU CAN SPOT EVERYTHING"....BLEW MY MIND! WHOMEVER DISLIKES THIS IS AN IDIOT!.......SUBSCRIBED!

[@tylersmith6908]

Huge thanks for posting this sir your channel is an amazing resource. I'm a fairly novice player but im slowly learning this break and seeing progress, can get it up to about 60% speed now! My little finger on the left hand is starting to cramp in a painful way and I was wondering if you'd say that's a technique issue or simply my beginnerish hands getting over taxed by what im trying to have them do.

[@nicktshredz]

Whoah dude,I don't know anything about bluegrass. I'm a jazz/shred guy, but this video is exactly what I needed to get some new ideas. Thanks for the incredibly efficient lesson! Liked/subbed/favorited!

[@KSmooove32]

Great teaching ability friend!! 🙏🏻 thank you!!!!!

[@anatomyconspiracy9416]

Marcel you are the best guitar teacher on the internet. You deserve a million followers. Thank you so much.

[@flouisbailey]

If only people listened to more BlueGrass more interest. More it’s studied the of an art form it becomes. G C D you are on your way.

[@EricMooreGuitar]

Man, this is a KILLER lesson! I love the way you break it down. Aren’t you NC? I’d love to get together for a lesson/workshop sometime. I live over in Kernersville.

[@nobody3692]

U explain n break it down so well.. first bluegrass attempt n im in kindergarten again. Thank you!

[@Fatalist42]

Man, I've been trying to learn this one for so long. I am no where near that fast lol but thanks to your video I'll be practicing it every day. Thanks man! Absolutely love this song and Billy Strings. Subscribed

[@MegaChevy65]

Awesome break down. I'm about to retire so hopefully I'll learn this song before i die lol. Billy string is a really good flat picker but you nailed it

[@josephmecca9920]

Thank you so much for your posts. You are a great teacher and a fun break during the quarantine. I agree with all the positive comments on your page. You don't get enough credit. I will singlehandedly change that by word of mouth. LOLL

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Listen to the first few seconds and subscribed..Amazing job !!!

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You are an amazing player man. This is no easy task. Really awesome work! Subbed and will be following on IG!

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first time seeing one of your lessons. smashed that subscribe button

[@wolvros6040]

Fair play for learning this one! Took a real hit for the team! I’m guna get on this! For sure!

[@TonyPAT40]

50% speed is a good target. Love the idea of aiming at 95%. Great lesson, thanks.

[@jayclark3523]

I've seen Billy 3 times, twice in small venues before he got HUGE< his hands are Alien Lightning FAST !!! And he and his band worked the post-show merch table. Nice as can be, Success Deserved. Great Lesson as well !!!

[@nilesmosher9002]

Extremely thorough and not convoluted. Being a surface level player it’s nice to have an explanation of what’s happening and the theory behind it.

[@cholmes590]

Incredible thank you! I just learned more watching this than I have in the last year of playing guitar. Keep em coming and more Billy Strings!

[@3cardmonty602]

Marcel - this is great! Ironically, I’ve been watching Billy Strings a lot over the last few days. He’s great! Thanks.

[@tinycrownarts3145]

me: has never played bluegrass, only fingerstyle also me: hmm yes I can play this totally I know what all these techniques are

[@tmgrapplerszone]

Subscribed. Awesome thank you.

[@symphonyfarm2009]

Thanks for this one Marcel!! Playing blueridge cabin home with my band and finding I can't quite make it work like tony, so I don things and subbed things that are more me. More than likely will take these ideas and use them some way that will work : On another note - took the "continueous stream" idea and put it to a metronome ladder. 60 80 100 110 bmp to improve the improvised soloing! Thanks for all you do!

[@LessonsWithMarcel]

That's the way to do it! Most of this stuff is worth dissecting and incorporating into your own playing piecemeal. Learning the full break and parroting it back wholesale is a little too robot for me. Glad those improv exercises are finding you well too. Snag some of the small phrases from these breaks and incorporate them!

[@symphonyfarm2009]

@@LessonsWithMarcel You know what it is, - learning a solo gives a context to the licks. And makes it faster and easier to hear where it fits, and easier to incorporate into a wider variety of music Verses - (although I like the vids) learning 10 advanced licks, and then trying to figure out where to put them. At least for me any way! You looked like you were having fun with this one anyway!!!

[@1N2345]

Sick video! exactly the type of stuff I need to progress

[@abcdefghijklmno3764]

Do meet me at the creek

[@krisgraffis3838]

This guy is bombing on Billy hard, honestly I thought he had good point's, but then it started to feel like he was throwing hard shade throughout the video. Like damn dude, it just seem's like you don't think he's good, he was probably 5 beers deep and 2 or 3 bowls in. I just feel like you're not giving him the credit he deserves. He is crushing it right now, and he just won best bluegrass album of the year. . I really liked your video though, I really like you're constructional critisism, and you were very easy to listen to, I liked your delivery throughout the video as well. I think I might subscribe. nice

[@pmasonburk]

Dude I love this. Thanks for not dummin it down!

[@squibilonius]

Great work brotha! Thanks

[@Whoisthiskid1]

Beast of a video, only youtube guide that made me want to pay for some lessons

[@jeffloewi5632]

I'm 77, I've been playing since I was 7 but don't have an ounce of your talent in part because I never learned any theory. Thirds, minor thirds, pentatonic are all cloudy concepts for me. Is it realistic for me to start now, is that something you offer? Thanks.

[@LessonsWithMarcel]

I never too late to start learning a little theory. Remember that theory is just descriptive, we're just describing things that sound good! It helps to make music but it's not music on its own! Find out more about lessons here: lessonswithmarcel.com/skype-lessons/

[@jeffloewi5632]

@@LessonsWithMarcel Understood. Can you guide me to your site and the links you might suggest for me.

[@kentuckywoodstovesessions5145]

I learned some good licks from this one thanks...it was great to see some breakdown of his licks and you do a great job

[@skylord281]

you have earned this subscribe sir, great work!

[@lescoachingsdepierre]

Hey, thanks for the great video, enjoyed it. Do you think this is achievable playing with the finger ? No pick involved

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Holy fuck your channel is amazing

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Love the style of video, got yourself a subscriber

[@TheZacdes]

That was awesome man, ive been playing very similiar rythm parts for years, but as you say, trying to exactly imitate another players fill in licks is not easy! 95%,lol. I think you could easily do it at 100:) Dont be modest. After seeing the deconstruction ive gone from wow, to, hey, bit of work and i could manage that, and ime getting there. After decades of on and off, so i bloody should,lol. Just not the sort of stuff i usually play. I sub very rarely, but you got it. Your a bloody good player mate:)

[@ThatADHDKid]

You killed it bro! Thanks for the tips!

[@DeHuwite]

Like Billy, you are a badass! Thanks.

[@davesperformance88]

Do you think you can do a Billy strings lesson on Cocaine Blues?

[@LessonsWithMarcel]

No lesson but I did transcribe it! kzbin.info/www/bejne/bWq8Zmlpm6tqhqs

[@Nelvis3]

Great Job! Love the breakdown.

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Alex Jordan tuna says great video

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This is fucking sold your soul to the devil skill level

[@TJlopes89]

dude....your videos are the best. thank you